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Canal residents urge herbicide transparency; board points to existing protocol and agrees to post notices
Summary
A resident told the Natural Resource Board he and neighbors lack information about herbicides used in Sebastian canals and asked for advance notice and public disclosure; staff said a written herbicide/pesticide protocol exists at City Hall and agreed to post it online and provide a parks department update next month.
A Sebastian resident told the Natural Resource Board on May 6 that he and other canal-side homeowners are not being given advance notice or clear information about the chemical herbicides used to control floating vegetation.
Frank Trinkle, a canal-side resident on Joy Haven Drive, said the treatments “may be unknowingly sprayed on edible crops and play areas” and that “decaying treated vegetation releases nutrients that worsen runoff into the Indian River Lagoon.” He…
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