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Residents urge Health Commission to review herbicide use in parks and natural areas
Summary
Public commenters from the San Francisco Forest Alliance and local residents told the Health Commission they are concerned about repeated herbicide applications in parks, cited IARC and pediatric studies linking glyphosate and other herbicides to cancer risk, and asked the department to review current practices and notice buffers.
Two public commenters called on the Health Commission to review the department’s and Recreation and Park Department’s use of herbicides in San Francisco parks and natural areas.
A representative reading a statement for the San Francisco Forest Alliance said the group is “concerned about the use of toxic herbicides in public places,” argued that glyphosate has been reassessed as a probable carcinogen, and urged that…
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