ROUNDUP SPRAYING

BC Rail urged to use
safer plant controls

Dear Editor:

Tam writing in response to your
Aug. 21 article titled Weed war
fears are needless says BCR. The
author's statement that, ‘‘Per-
sonally, | hate and fear all weed
killers. But unless you can shoot
down the facts quoted by Barrie,
his comments make reassuring
sense.’’ In my opinion, Mr. Bar-
tie’s comments do little to reassure
me. { therefore accept the author’s
offer to challenge BC Rail’s at-
tempt to calm the fears of
residents.

Glyphosate is the active ingre-
dient contained in the Roundup
formulation. It comprises 41 per
cent of the formulation with the
Temaining 59 per cent consisting of
unknown ‘inert’ ingredients, It is a
broad. spectrum herbicide that kills
annual and perennial broadleaf
plants and grasses. Glyphosate is
absorbed by the foliage and
translocated throughout the plant.
The way in which Glyphosate kills
is not exactly known.

Roundup was initially registered
for Canadian use in 1974. Round-
up was originally registered on
partial data from Industrial Bio-
Test Laboratories of Northbrook,
Illinois. This laboratory was found
to have falsified data on hundreds
of chemicals. As a_ result,
Agriculture Canada required Mon-
santo to replace I8 of these
studies. The Environmental Pro-
tection Agency (EPA) in the U.S.
has also registered Roundup. The
EPA’s June 30, 1986 registration
standard cites 88 studies that are
required to be submitted to sup-
port registration.

There are numerous examples of
pesticides that Save been registered

for use in Canada and are now
banned, recalled, withdrawn or
cancelled. They include pesticides
such as DDT. 2,4,5-T, Alachfor,
Plictran and Chloradane.
Tridutyltin, a pesticide used in
bottom paints on boats, is not reg-
istered for use in Canada but its
use is permitted. In view of these
facts, the registration of a chemical
is hardly a guarantee of safety.

The use of Roundup in West
Vancouver or anywhere for that
matter is not justified when alter-
native means such as mechanical
brush removal are available. Man-
ual removal of brush is safer for
the public and the environment in
the Iong run. Hopefully, common
sense will prevail in this issue and
BC Rail will cancel its plans to
‘dribble’ 88 pounds of Roundup in
West Vancouver.

Lloyd Manchester, president
Canadian Easthcare Society
Kelowna

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