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Stopping the use of Glyphosate in public spaces.

We the undersigned petition the council to stop using Glyphosate on pavements, green spaces and anywhere else where Barnet LB currently uses Glyphosate, and employ environmentally friendly methods of weed control

The World Health Organisation has stated that it is highly probable that Glyphosate is carcinogenic.
Glyphosate is also an endocrinal disruptor affecting our hormones, and also kills microbes thus being detrimental to intestinal flora.


As it is chemically stable, Glyphosate is highly detrimental to the environment, being accumulated the higher up the food chain you go.

As it is soluble in water, it is highly damaging to all forms of aquatic life and soil organisms, including earthworms.

Many other countries have banned or severely restricted Glyphosate, for example Sri Lanka, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Italy, Belgium, to name a few.

In the UK, many local authorities have also banned or severely restricted Glyphosate, including Shaftesbury, Hammersmith and Fulham, Glastonbury, Aberdeen and Edinburgh,

We believe it is time that Barnet followed the lead that others have shown and protected our environment and public health for the future.

http://issuu.com/pan-uk/docs/glyphosate_monograph_complete?e=28041656/43997864


http://www.bfr.bund.de/cm/349/glyphosate-in-urine-concentrations-are-far-below-the-range-indicating-a-potential-health-hazard.pdf

https://www.foeeurope.org/sites/default/files/press_releases/foee_3_growing_doubts_glyphosate.pdf

Dangerous Chemicals in roundup slip past EU Regulators
http://www.euractiv.com/sections/science-policymaking/german-states-call-ban-household-pesticide-314508

This ePetition ran from 22/06/2017 to 05/06/2018 and has now finished.

644 people signed this ePetition.