I'm with Mary. I would also like to see an explanation about the use
of Round-Up in Clark Park posted to this listserv.
Margie
On Jun 9, 2011, at 11:45 AM, mcget...@aol.com wrote:
Tony:
According to your post, the herbicide Roundup was indeed applied to
Clark Park A during its reconstruction. Reasonable people have
concerns about its safety and since many of us cannot stop by the
FOCP table this Saturday, could you please post to this listserve
the details that you have at your disposal about this chemical and
its use in the park? That seems a more efficient way to inform as
many neighbors as possible about the presence of this potentially
toxic compound. Thanks.
Mary
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From: Anthony West <anthony_w...@earthlink.net>
To: UnivCity <UnivCity@list.purple.com>
Sent: Wed, Jun 8, 2011 10:50 pm
Subject: Re: [UC] News about Clark Park herbicide
People who want detailed information on Round-Up and its use in the
Park
"A" restoration project, which is days away from completion, can swing
by the Friends of Clark Park membership table at the Farmers' Market
this Saturday from 10 to 2, iff'n it don't rain.
FoCP volunteers are in the park 20 Saturdays a year manning an
information table. It's the most-accessible civic group in West
Philly;
no other body is easier to talk to, or to join. But we don't have an
office, or paid staff; we're just neighbors like you.
--Tony West
On 6/8/2011 11:56 AM, Glenn wrote:
> Report on dangers of roundup and cover-up. see links below
>
> RoundUp is the herbicide used in Clark Park. Earlier this spring, I
> reported my last sighting and confirmation of the chemical being
used
> in Clark Park. (I wonder if Penn would disclose how much it uses on
> its campus?)
>
> My eyewitness report: The worker was pumping large amounts on the
> tree roots in the fenced off section of the park. I asked the
worker
> for the name of the chemical and he confirmed it was roundup. (I
know
> that the truth only comes from the front line workers in a
> plutocracy.) They then covered it with thick mulch circles around
the
> few remaining trees.
>
> Concerned individuals can spot the privatized land where this
> herbicide is destroying the natural soil. Dandelion, clover, and
> almost all other varieties of plants will have been conspicuously
> destroyed, and the single spindly (unhealthy looking) grass variety
> will be the only "lawn" present. (The suburbs are drenched in this
> roundup stuff, and that is why it arrived in Clark Park with the
> gentrification!)
>
> Long term residents will remember beautiful Clark Park before these
> chemicals were used! UCD and the FOCP has denied that anything
other
> than "organic fertilizer" has ever been used in Clark Park. This is
> false! And the city doesn't care what the invitation only Clark Park
> Partnership does!
> (In the past, the Clark Park workers only put warnings at a few of
the
> sidewalks, while they were spreading the chemical, because of these
> assurances about safety.)
>
> For many years, I've tried to warn pet owners, parents, and the
people
> of West Philly about the use of this chemical in Clark Park by
> reporting on this public listserv. With the few minimal warning
> plaques on the day of the chemical, many West Philadelphians
certainly
> didn't know they were exposing their families before the drying
period
> was over.
>
> More importantly, I believe the information about the global
> environmental danger of these chemicals is just scratching the
> surface. I think this is a much more serious global problem than
> exposing the population of one upscaled, gentrified, shopping
district!
>
>
> http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=21251
>
>
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/07/roundup-birth-defects-herbicide-regulators_n_872862.html
>
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