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To: East Riding of Yorkshire Council
ERYC Stop spraying Glyphosate or any weedkiller around trees!
This is to ask East Riding of Yorkshire Council to stop spraying glyphosate or any weed killer around trees with immediate effect.
Why is this important?
It's unnecessary and dangerous for insects, other wildlife, dogs and humans.
We need to stop thinking that 'neat' is necessary, nature is not 'neat'. Having longer grass near trees is not unsightly and very rarely is it dangerous to highway users. If you must remove the grass around trees for safety reasons hand cutters do the job just fine.
Glyphosate is a highly toxic chemical that damages plants, is one of the main causes of the diminishing bee population and has been known to make wildlife and dogs very sick or even kill them.
It also damages the Mycorrhizal fungi that trees and plants use to communicate with each other as well as the quality of the soil. This is turn damages the tree over years.
The World Health Organization classified glyphosate as “probably carcinogenic to humans” in 2015. A group of experts concluded in March that “glyphosate and GBHs [glyphosate-based herbicides] cause genetic damage, oxidative stress and hormonal disruption”.
“Regulatory agencies in countries around the world should treat glyphosate and GBHs as hazardous, as some countries have started to do,” the experts said. “Agencies should act without further delay to limit their use, or eliminate them if legally required, to protect public health.”
Please stop spraying glyphosate or any weedkiller where there are alternatives available which are safer to wildlife and people. And please stop the unnecessary killing of wide areas of grass by using quad-bike sprayers instead of spray-guns which target the growth you need to kill off.
We need to stop thinking that 'neat' is necessary, nature is not 'neat'. Having longer grass near trees is not unsightly and very rarely is it dangerous to highway users. If you must remove the grass around trees for safety reasons hand cutters do the job just fine.
Glyphosate is a highly toxic chemical that damages plants, is one of the main causes of the diminishing bee population and has been known to make wildlife and dogs very sick or even kill them.
It also damages the Mycorrhizal fungi that trees and plants use to communicate with each other as well as the quality of the soil. This is turn damages the tree over years.
The World Health Organization classified glyphosate as “probably carcinogenic to humans” in 2015. A group of experts concluded in March that “glyphosate and GBHs [glyphosate-based herbicides] cause genetic damage, oxidative stress and hormonal disruption”.
“Regulatory agencies in countries around the world should treat glyphosate and GBHs as hazardous, as some countries have started to do,” the experts said. “Agencies should act without further delay to limit their use, or eliminate them if legally required, to protect public health.”
Please stop spraying glyphosate or any weedkiller where there are alternatives available which are safer to wildlife and people. And please stop the unnecessary killing of wide areas of grass by using quad-bike sprayers instead of spray-guns which target the growth you need to kill off.
