From Elizabeth Fattah, University City resident and member of Conservation Committee of the San Diego Sierra Club: The Climate Council of Greater Kansas City is sponsoring a public webinar Herbicides are Poisonous for Children and Other Living Things on Tuesday, October 6, 2020, at 5:00 PM PDT.
This is a discussion of the dangers of herbicides including:
- How Roundup damages the immune system and its links to non-Hodgkin lymphoma
- Explore links between environmental racism and using chemical poisons for agriculture, state parks and urban green spaces.
- How do herbicide sprays leave people more exposed to COVID-19?
- Hear about efforts by industry to cover up these threats and what local activists can do about it.
Panelists:
- Warren Porter, PhD., Toxicologist, University of Wisconsin at Madison
- Howard Ehrman, MD, MPH, Physician, University of Illinois College of Medicine
- Carey Gillam, Research Director for consumer group US Right to Know
- Dr. John Wesley Boyd, Jr., President, National Black Farmers Association
- Elizabeth Fattah, Non Toxic Neighborhoods in San Diego, California
Moderator: Howie Hawkins, Green Party
Information and registration: https://nospray.org/
Note: Elizabeth Fattah works with Non Toxic Neighborhoods, which currently is seeking legislation to restrict use of herbicides in San Diego, California.
