Pesticide Petition Signatures

1	Yorick Phoenix	Oakland	CA	I don't want another heart wrenching trip to the emergency room with one of my loved ones because of an exposure to an unnecessary pesticide application
2	Gwen Willows	Oakland	CA	A little sanity, please, about contaminating our air, lungs, respiratory systems.
3	Lucinda Hodges	Missoula	MT
4	William M. Meyer	San Francisco	CA
5	Laura Allen	Oakland	CA	I am an elementary teacher, for the love of our children and ourselves, please don't use pesticides!
6	David Sheen	Oakland	CA
7	Anonymous	Oakland	CA	I am a severely chemically injured, disabled Oakland resident. The regional parks are the only place I can still breathe without having to wear a mask. Please don't take away my access to fresh air.
8	Micaela Pronio	Oakland	CA
9	Charles Loder	Castro Valley	CA
10	Cynthia A. Norman	Petaluma	CA	I lived in Oakland for 5 years and left because of air quality issues, including herbicide use at an elementary school across the street from me. There are many alternatives to herbicides with similar costs.
11	John Bondon	Oakland	CA	The long term risks far outweight the short term gains. Please do not use toxins. If you need help identifying safe alternatives, contact me and I know we can come up with a viable solution. Thanks for listening (reading). :) John 925-457-7717 (cell)
12	Brett Shull	Oakland	CA
13	m. imfeld	234 grand	CA
14	Nancy M. Friedman	Oakland	CA	Please do not add to our carcinogenic load by spraying in Oakland.
15	Joanna Dewey	Cambridge	MA	I lived in the East Bay for 20+ years, and I loved the parks. Like many, I am allergic to pesticides and would hate to see them unavailable to people like me.
16	holly pugh	oakland	CA
17	Anonymous	oakland	CA	I am a community gardener at Lakeside Park in Oakland. I have really appreciated growing food for my family in a chemical free environment. Please don't spray toxic chemicals in the city parks!
18	Ken Knudsen	oakland	CA	remember j brown's political career has gone from gov down to mayor since the the forced med fly spraying - some of us have memories you know!
19	Deborah Duggan	Oakland	CA
20	Lisbeth Pollard	Oakland	CA	Due to chemical injury, the parks are one of the few places where I can go and be healthy. Exposures to pesticides are very dangerous to my health. Don't take the Oakland city parks away from me.
21	Maxina Ventura	San Leandro	CA	I hope none of you ever has to rush your child to the hospital, as I have (most recently in August), or has to evacuate your home as we did in August for the week, at the urging of the pediatrician at Kaiser, until reaching the neighbor by mail, waiting f
22	erin bullock	san francisco	CA	toxicity is a serious issue... mistakes made now can have very dangerous consequences. please think about this!
23	Vincent Sauve	Oakland	CA	Out of concern for those who I know who are chemically sensitive, I wish to oppose the use of spraying of herbicides and pesticides in Oakland.
24	Marta Sonnenblick	San Rafael	CA	I like to hike in Oakland City Park, but despise pesticides and endocrine disrupting mutagenic chemicals. They are particulately toxic to persons hyperventilating as hiking and running people do.Little children (and even pets) are very suseptible. Marta S
25	Nancy Sidebotham	Oakland	CA
26	Val Eisman	Oakland	CA	My husband got a terrible total body rash from spraying a pesticide within a confined area. Also, dioxin is the number one cause of miscarriages and two-headed babies born in Vietnam. The use of dioxin has been banned in Oregon.
27	Anonymous	oakland	CA	If non-chemical methods are feasible, clearly that is preferrable, and worth some extra cost.
28	kelly newman	Oakland	CA	A very dumb idea. No need to do it.
29	Anonymous	Oakland	CA
30	Anonymous	El Sobratnte	CA
31	Janice Brooke	San Leandro	CA	Please do not resind the decision to not use pesticides.
32	Anonymous	Oakland	CA
33	Lori Barnabe	Oakland	CA
34	Susan Quinlan	Berkeley	CA	There are enough toxins in the Bay Area environment. Let's not add to this ongoing assault on our immune systems.
35	Anastasia Nicole	Oakland	CA	I am concerned with the long-term health of our Oakland Parks, and the native and non-native residents of Oakland. Our watersheds and re-emerging wildlife are too precious to be risked with exposure to highly toxic herbicides.
36	Laura Nicodemus	Oakland	CA
37	Anonymous	Oakland	CA	Let's go in the OTHER direction in our world ... less pesticides and additives, etc.
38	Michael Chendorain	Oakland	CA	As someone who has researched pesticide use for years, I have some understanding of this issue. Please lets stay progressive and not go backwards. Mike Chendorain, Environmental Scientist
39	Edward Day	Oakland	CA	Please bear in mind that the public, including children and pets, may wander into areas recently sprayed. Also, these substances eventually leach into the bay. Volunteers can do a better job on weeds!
40	Catherine Saunders	Oakland	CA
41	annika hacin	El Cerrito	CA
42	judith ann taylor	Oakland	CA	Please stand up for health and well being for the citizens of Oakland. Remember, pesticide is just a nice name for poison.
43	Jennifer Mahan	Oakland	CA	Please bear in mind that those of us who have chronic illnesses are greatly harmed by the presence of toxic chemicals in public spaces.
44	Melissa Mandel	oakland	CA	As representatives for the public interest it is your responsibility to make decisions that are supportive of the public's health and well being. Pesticides have been so accepted in the past that the health impacts are not clearly understood. Your decisio
45	Anonymous	Oakland	CA
46	Lee Chan	Oakland	CA
47	Emily Liolin	Oakland	CA
48	Anonymous	Oakland	CA	We don't know all of the long term effects on us and our children of using pesticides. We know they are bad. Oakland should be a leader in using products that are not harmful.
49	Rosemary Sanders	Oakland	CA
50	Anonymous	San Francisco	CA
51	Anonymous	oakland	CA
52	David I. Tam	Berkeley	CA	A great deal more consideration should be given by the Wildfire Prevention Assessment District board than they appear to have given to the concerns about pesticides and herbicides at their 26 January meeting. Between one in eight and one in six residents
53	Joe Lachoff	Oakland	CA
54	William Smith	Alameda	CA	There are alternative to pesticides. Please use them to protect our children from becoming sensitized and to minimize the disruption of the lives of those adults who have already been sensitized.
55	Anonymous	Oakland	CA	Please don't re-instate the use of pesticides by public works
56	Jennie Schacht	Oakland	CA
57	Tim Gordon	Berkeley	CA	A lesser known effect of pesticide use is the killing off of worms in the soil, which has broad and damaging implications for ecosystems.
58	Sharon Haase	Oakland	CA
59	Susan Harman	Oakland	CA
60	Anonymous	Oakland	CA
61	Pamela Drake	Oakland	CA
62	Grace Helu-lara	Berkeley	CA
63	Susan Pearlman	Oakaland	CA
64	Ingrid Pollyak	San Leandro	CA	I'm ten years old. Oakland shouldn't use pesticides because those are the closest parks to us we can use. We're chemically sensitive and we can't go to the parks around us, in San Leandro, so don't use pesticides or we'll always have to go farther, to Ber
64	Ingrid Pollyak	San Leandro	CA	I'm ten years old. Oakland shouldn't use pesticides because those are the closest parks to us we can use. We're chemically sensitive and we can't go to the parks around us, in San Leandro, so don't use pesticides or we'll always have to go farther, to Ber
65	Renata Bodon	Oakland	CA
66	Mary Cranley	Oakland	CA	Even if applied to tree stumps, herbicide residue will leech into the soil and end up in our (yours and mine) watershed and eventually our (yours and mine) bodies. If you do not wish cancer on yourself, your family, your friends, the fetuses of your pregn
67	Kay S Greisen	Oakland	CA
68	Tina Monaco	Oakland	CA
69	M Halmi	Oakland	CA
70	Trudi Petersen	Berkeley	CA	Think about what pesticides do to the babies when you are making your decision.
71	Anonymous	Oakland	CA
72	Anonymous	San rafael	CA	I want a pesticide free oakland.
73	Kara Andrade	Oakland	CA
74	Carl Bruce	Oakland	CA	or HERBICIDES!
75	Sandy Hou	Oakland	CA
76	Anonymous	Oakland	CA
77	Stephanie Gerson	Berkeley	CA	this is ridiculous. please seek counseling from agroecologists that know local flora and fauna - i.e. Miguel Altierri. I am ashamed that this would be proposed in an area with such a progressive and sustainability-conscious population.
78	Scott K. Jung	Oakland	CA
79	Joseph Young	Oakland	CA
80	Beverly Shalom	Oakland	CA
81	Laura Parker	Oakland	CA
82	Anonymous	Oakland	CA	We do not need more cancer producing insecticides influencing our health coming from our environment.
83	Anonymous	oakland	CA	Pesticides are often unnecessary and there are plenty of harmless alternatives.
84	Anonymous	Oakland	CA
85	elizabeth wharton	Oakland	CA
86	Paul Kohman	Oakland	CA
87	Alma E. Cervantes	Oakland	CA	Is there no other way?
88	Joan Heller	Oakland	CA	I'm a cancer survivor and do not want possible carcinogens in our city.
89	Gene Brockhoff	Oakland	CA	I was born and raised here in Oakland as is my 21 month old son, and as a long time resident I believe we are the kind of community that should set standards for others to follow. Saying no to pesticides in our parks is one way of upping the ante of commu
89	Gene Brockhoff	Oakland	CA	ante of community standards that is so desperatly needed in todays world.
90	Patricia Torza	Oakland	CA	As a holistic nutritionist, herbicides should not be used 'anywhere'...Round-up (a product of Monsanto) is "not" the friendly herbicide it is made out to be...these toxins are harmful to the human/animal body...do not be fooled Jean.
91	Anonymous	oakland	CA	keep it clean !!
92	Saralee F. Vosburg	North Hollywood	CA	My husband, dog and I visit Oakland frequently as our children live there. We always hike in that area. I have ashthma and can't tolerate perticides.
93	Steve Schultz	Oakland	CA
94	Hannah l. James	Oakland	CA	With all of the information that we have about the toxic impact of these poisons, I cannot believe we are having this discussion!
95	Tara Dobyns	Oakland	CA	I've worked with tumor registrars throughout the western US and know how cancer clusters evolve from seemingly innocuous products/industries. If pesticides/herbicides are allowed into such a large community, the bay waters (and the folks who eat from them
95	Tara Dobyns	Oakland	CA	will be lost. I'll live with the bugs and weeds!
96	Betsy Levine	Oakland	CA	Don't jeopardize the health of our citizens as well as native wildlife by reintroducing the use of pesticides in Oakland parks!
97	Anonymous	Oakland	CA
98	Anonymous	Austin	TX	California needs to stay as a leader. Please do not apply pesticides. They harm children and pets, as well as residents and tourists, alike.
99	Susan Pastika	El Cerrito	CA
100	Mickey Moore	Vancouver	--	I suffer from Multiple Chemical Sensitivites, I was not born with it I developed it. The long term affects of pesticides are poorly understood. I am a 54 year old man, I became severly handicaped at age 47. I had amajor DDT exposure at age 12. please do n
100	Mickey Moore	Vancouver	--	do not risk the future health of your communities children. Mickey Moore
101	Dean Petrich	Freeland	WA
102	Lars Kvale	Sausalito	CA
103	Penny Prevezich	San Carlos	CA	I have severe MCS due to pesticide exposure; this is a killer; please find it in your heart to really hear us and don't spray. This is really true; it is poison and kills.
104	jen howells	Eastbourne	--	It would be a disappointing blow to go backwards on this.
105	Anonymous	Portland	OR	There are many municipalities that manage parks without pesticides, and some munipalities in Canada where it is illegal to use pesticides for cosmetic purposes. Clearly, it is not necessary for park management or these cities would not be able to do this.
105	Anonymous	Portland	OR	There is an unacceptable public health risk in that a percentage of the population that is genetically susceptible WILL be harmed by the use of pesticides in public parks. Given these two facts, it is simply unjustifiable to use them for this purpose in t
105	Anonymous	Portland	OR	this setting.
106	Anonymous	Oakland	CA
107	Debra Alber	Oakland	CA	There are too many "hidden" costs of pesticide use. Let's not impose any more health burden on the citizens of Oakland.
108	Anonymous	San Pablo	CA
109	Diana Buckland	Kallangur	--	There is an ever increasing percentage of the global population suffering Multiple Chemical Sensitivity and other chemically induced illnesses, diseases and injury - the widespread use of the toxic, neurotoxic and carcinogenic chemicals must cease - there
109	Diana Buckland	Kallangur	--	are safe non-chemical alternatives. Please see my website GLOBAL RECOGNITION CAMPAIGN for Multiple Chemical Sensitivity and other chemically induced illnesses, diseases and injury affecting civilians and military personnel www.mcs-global.org Thank you, Di
109	Diana Buckland	Kallangur	--	Thank you, Diana Buckland
110	Kimm Fitzgerald	Oakland	CA	Please do not use these chemicals in our parks where we go for our enjoyment.
111	Ruth Malone, RN, PhD	Oakland	CA	There is so much we don't know about the short- and long-term effects of these highly toxic chemicals on humans and the environment. I'm tired of the public having to be the guinea pigs because chemical companies can manipulate the regulatory process and
111	Ruth Malone, RN, PhD	Oakland	CA	spend millions on marketing. Oaklanders are exposed to enough toxins just by virtue of having a city bisected by major freeways and toxic hotspots. Please do not resume pesticide use. I'd rather have weeds.
112	Sarah Wales	Oakland	CA
113	Margaret Radke	Berkeley	CA
114	Anonymous	San Francisco	CA
115	Ayana M. Hill	San Francisco	CA	People should eat food - not chemicals!
116	Jim Allan	Pine Rivers	--	Pesticides cause health problems - see www.mcs-global.org
117	Bonita Poulin	Jordan	NY	You have a good thing going. Don't spoil it by lifting your ban. A few weeds are no big deal compared to the lives that can be ruined because of pesticide exposures. I speak as one who has already been poisoned by chemicals and it left me disabled with Mu
117	Bonita Poulin	Jordan	NY	ltiple Chemical Sensitivities. Our numbers are already growing quickly. Don't add to it!
118	Anonymous	Daly City	CA
119	janet garber	millwood	NY	Pesticides kill big creatures(as in humans) and are often ineffectual against smaller ones. My life and many others has been seriously affected by exposures to pesticides and other chemicals. Think of the veterans exposed to Agent Orange (a defoliant) and
119	janet garber	millwood	NY	the Gulf War veterans of whom 100,000 are now suffering from chemically-induced syndrome. Don't do this to your constituents. Read Dr. Rapp's new book, Our Toxic World.
120	Adina Sara	Oakland	CA	Do you not have enough evidence yet that pesticides cause cancer?
121	Tim Deller	Berkeley	CA	Thank you for keeping our environment free from poisons.
122	Anonymous	Oakland	CA
123	Anonymous	Oakland	CA	This is already a very toxic city please don't make it worse. Today it is other people suffering and dying, keep it up and it will be you and yours tomorrow.
124	Linda J. McElver	San Luis Obispo	CA	It's illegal (against federal law) to say pesticides are safe when used properly. So many are at risk, sick people are not protected at all and it is not mentioned on the label. As protectors of public safety, I urge you to contact the manufacturer of any
124	Linda J. McElver	San Luis Obispo	CA	product you plan to use and insure it's safety for those disabled chemically intolerant, asthmatic, cardiac, neurological conditions, pregnant women. Get the chemical company promise in writing that no one will be harmed with the proper use of their
124	Linda J. McElver	San Luis Obispo	CA	product. Ask for all the studies that test the full product including the often more toxic secret inert ingredients that prove this product is safe for those with environmental health disabilities.
125	Karen Moreno	Santa Cruz	CA	Everyone should know the effects of pesticides on people and animal's health, especially children. Not to mention all the benficial insects that it kills. I also love Bats. These wonderful little flying mammals are very beneficial and eat millions of ensects, mostly harmful, every night and their numbers are down 80% in the last 20 yrs mostly because of pesticide poisoning and ignorance. Please don't undo a good thing and start using pesticides again in public parks where there are so many children and animals.
126	Anonymous	Pasadena	CA	Do not reintroduce pesticides in Oakland.
127	Laura Brainin-Rodriguez	San Francisco	CA	I live in the East Bay and am concerned about the use of pesticides when non-toxic methods are available. This use disproportionately impacts children and families who seek recreation in our public parks. Please reconsider and say no to adding more
127	Laura Brainin-Rodriguez	San Francisco	CA	poisons to our environment and our ground water.
128	Brian Everette	San Mateo	CA	No pesticides necessary check out Pfse.net in Moraga and communi-tea.org in San Mateo use precautionary principle in all things provide more work for people in a healthy safe environment
129	Anonymous	oakland	CA
130	Jane Nielson	Sebastopol	CA
131	katherine steele	Oakland	CA	Please choose the path of ECOLOGICAL SUSTAINABILITY with the knowledge that it is connected to economic fairness, comprehensive peace, democracy, social justice, permaculture and a healthy revitalized community. You have the power to do the right thing an
131	katherine steele	Oakland	CA	and protect your citizens and yourself. Thank You.
132	Terra Davenport	Coalinga	CA	More and more people are being affected by chemicals and the environment that are even diagnosed, and our generations to come are the benefactors of the changes and effects unknown at this time.
133	Anonymous	San Carlos	CA	There's simply no such thing as safe pesticides. Don't believe anyone who says there are. Oakland has wonderful parks. Please protect them.
134	fred caruso	ashland	OR	I have a severe case of multiple chemical sensitivity and my life is totally changed by it.
135	Anonymous	San Francisco	CA
136	jean peck	Atascadero	CA	I am not a resident of Oakland. I am more concerned about the effects the pesticides or herbicides will have on the visitors to the city's parks. I was injured by legal pesticide use, and I am now intolerant to a vast number of chemicals. This prevents me
136	jean peck	Atascadero	CA	from visiting parks, shopping malls, schools, and even hospitals. I can not be around people wearing fragrance or people who use strong laundry detergent that has perfume added. I have Multiple Chemical Sensitivity. Please reconsider your decision, and
136	jean peck	Atascadero		listen to those of us whose lives have been impacted by chemical exposures. We all live in a toxic world, why not strive to be leaders that want to protect the rights of us all. Sincerely, Jean Peck
137	Patricia Taylor	Westport	CT	I am a graduate of U.C. Berkeley, a former resident of San Francisco, Berkeley and Oakland, a mother, and a concerned citizen. As a resident of Westport, I resisted the use of sprayed pesticides to combat West Nile Virus. Anthony Iton was a big advocate
137	Patricia Taylor	Westport	CT	for sprayed pesticides in that effort, and I am sorry that he's continued his advocacy in the East Bay. Anthony Iton should practice true IPM in your town. Weeds don't kill kids, pesticides do. Please don't reintroduce pesticides in Oakland - Be a role
137	Patricia Taylor	Westport	CT	model and head the way to the implementation of the Precautionary Principle regarding the use of pesticides. Make them prove it's safe, don't let your children be the proof it wasn't.
138	Andy Pollyak	San Leandro	CA	I'm 9 years old. A few months ago, suddenly I could hardly move my arms and legs. The doctor at Kaiser said it was pesticide poisoning from someone's spraying. Don't use pesticides, they'll make everybody sick.
139	Sallie Blytt	Oakland	CA
140	Anonymous	Berkeley	CA	As a former resident of Oakland, who often visits & does business there, I'm quite concerned to hear that you're considering reintroducing pesticides in this area. I have been chemically injured myself & know several others with permanent damage to their health from exposure to pesticides. Children are especially vulnerable as their immune systems are still developing. Please protect the safety of local residents by continuing to use non-chemical alternatives to pesticides.
141	Cheriel Jensen	SAratoga	CA	I was disabled by exposure to pesticide and now have frequent anaphylaxis when exposed. There are few parks I can visit. Please do not close off my options.
142	Louise Yost	San Rafael	CA	As a former resident of Oakland, and as a person with chemical sensitivities who has been permanently disabled, I strenuously object to the reversing of the current Oakland city ban on chemically derived pesticides and herbicides in Oakland parks, and in the East Bay Regional Parks. These chemicals have been proven to cause cancer, asthma, central nervous system damage, migraines, anaphalactic shock, etc. They are especially toxic to children, pets, the elderly, & the chemically sensitized. There is no acceptable risk. Challenge the authority of the Food & Drug Administration and do the research!
143	Anonymous	Halifax	--	I was made pesticide sensitive by three involuntary poisonings by pesticide drift used by others for cosmetic purposes. Until you go pesticide free, I would not beable to go into your city safely if you are using pesticides and if I visit it would only be when the snow is on the ground. While you use pesticides in public areas your citizens risk my fate.
144	Anonymous	Alameda	CA	I have had terrifying personal experience with the effects of "safe" pesticides, which not only impacted me immediately, but so amplified my sensitivity to other chemicals that I was unable to work for several months. "Safe" for whom?! Not only am I concerned about pesticides applied in Oakland blowing my way, I don't want them running downstream into Alameda's wetlands, which are filled with migratory birds and other wildlife. I'm appalled that you are even considering this unconscionable practice, which could be as devastating as the fires you are trying to prevent. Find another way!
145	Juliene Lipson	Mill Valley	CA
146	Anonymous	Hayward	CA
147	Anonymous	richmond	CA
148	Anonymous	Oakland	CA
149	Anonymous	fremont	CA	I am a mother of 3 children who has become ill from an overload of exposure to chemicals in our environment. I was so sick I could not leave my house for months due to the severe reactions I would have outside and in stores and even some friend's homes. I am now much better but can relapse if exposed to an excess of certain chemicals. Please consider keeping the ban on spraying pesticides. Every exposure makes a difference in people's lives. Let yourself be an example to other cities and help keep your citizens healthy. Thank-you, Astrid Coustier
150	Jean Caiani	Oakland	CA	I have a 3-year old daughter who spends an enormous amount of time in Oankland's city parks. The information is in...we do not need any more studies, reports, etc...these pesticides are dangerous and never should have been produced, not too mention be use in public spaces where babies, children and families picnic and play. Please show some backbone and do nopt reinstate the use of these dangerous chemicals.
151	Felicia Gustin	Oakland	CA	We have to stop poisoning our children and our earth!
152	Janice Jackson	Oakland	CA	I understand you are proposing this to save money. Money is important, but not as important as using pesticides to erradicate the problem. These pesticides are bad for the evironment both in the production of them and the application. Please look beyond the simple answer of just poisoning the plants to eliminate the problem. It is time to begin to seek less destructive answers for our solutions. Thank you for reading this humble request.
153	Anonymous	Berkeley	CA
154	Ann Lopez	Felton	CA	Ever increasing cancer rates among children who are the most vulnerable to these agrochemicals, is reason enough to give up the practice of polluting the environment. Stop herbicide/pesticide use NOW!!!
155	Merry Luskin	Oakland	CA	There are more effective pest control methods than toxic sprays. No need to create an additional public health hazard.
156	Chicory Bechtel	Berkeley	CA	I am a resident of South Berkeley, and spend a lot of time in Oakland parks. I am also an environmental scientist and educator. It is irresponsible to use pesticides in areas used by the public, especially areas frequented by children. Even when applied properly, "safe" concentrations of pesticides are largely determined from results of studies on healthy adults, not children, elderly, or those with otherwise compromised health, all of whom live near and/or use Oakland park. Additionally, pesticide runoff contributes to degraded water and habitat quality for the birds, fish, and other wildlife (including endangered species) that depend on the SF Bay. Please do not use pesticides in Oakland, for the health of its citizens and Bay Area ecology. Thank you.
157	Anonymous	Oakland	CA
158	Linda B. Smith	Oakland	CA	Please continue to use non-toxic pesticides to maintain plants/shrubs in City parks and recreational areas.
159	TOXIE MYERS	Pinole	CA	A book written by me, copyrighted Jan2005 and will be available anyday is titled A POISONING IN EDEN. It is exactly about the dangers of a Biocide ,Herbicde called DOWcide, Pentachlorophenol. It has caused major ailments, death-causing, and caused many criminal acts by those "sworn to protect" to cover this major crime. The Pinole Dump that was CalTrans Salvaged Waste next door to me will statisticly murder more than the 9/11 horror with its Penta and Dioxin. I want to address the Council. I am a Native Oaklander who put thousands of dollars into your Library System and Computer Programs. I want the FLOOR!
160	Anonymous	SAN RAFAEL	CA	I suffer from EI -Environmental Illness- especially sensitivity to many man-made chemicals. There are few enough places for me to go to without getting ill. Let's not poison what little remains in its natural state. Today Oakland, tomorrow Marin County, then what?
161	Simone Grasshoff	San Francisco	CA	I am strongly opposed to the use of pesticides and herbicides, due to the contamination of the environment and the inherent health risks for those exposed to the chemicals. This includes workers applying the chemicals, children and adults coming in contact with the substances. Please set an example and keep the ban on pesticides in Oakland. There are numerous other ways to fix a weed problem-ie. weeding or flame (with the use of a fuel filled back pack). By using pesticides, other beneficial insects are killed in the process, disturbing the delicate relationships within the ecosystem, often increasing a pest problem. Please, do not reintroduce pesticide use in Oakland. Be an example to other communities by doing the right thing for the environment and for public health.
162	Anonymous	Oakland	CA
163	Anonymous	Berkeley	CA	I live one block from Oakland in South Berkeley and thus spend much time in Oakland in parks. I have environmental illness. Please don't make the parks a health hazard to me!
164	Anonymous	Oakland	CA
165	Anonymous	Oakland	CA	Due to my extreme chemical sensitivity, I am overwhelmed by pesticides and oppose their use.
166	Anonymous	Larkspur	CA	I am a former resident of Oakland, and am a mother of young children who enjoy Oakland parks. I also am the Director of the Pesticide Education Group. PEG is working in Marin County to reduce pesticide use in parks, open spaces and on school grounds. We have often used Oakland as the standard by which others should follow in pest management practices. It is extremely disappointing to hear that you might be moving away from upholding strong standards that protect the parks, people and their pets and moving towards weakening those standards. Please take into serious consideration what the repercussions of your actions will be-not only will their be detrimental effects to Oakland residents and the environment-it will send a very poor message to other municipalities who have looked to Oakland as a model.
167	Anonymous	Oakland	CA
168	Anonymous	Oakland	CA
169	arlene shmaeff	oakland	CA
170	Anonymous	Costa Mesa	CA	Thank you for holding the line protecting citizens from pesticide damage. Endangered Specie "Humanus Americanus"
171	Anonymous	Oakland	CA	I live in the Oakland Hills and use the parks on a daily basis, along with thousands of other people. Please don't contaminate our soil, air and water with these pesticides. You will regret it.
172	George White	Oakland	CA
173	Brenda Jackson	Oakland	CA	Please do not poison us!!
174	Anonymous	Oakland	CA	The long term adverse effects of pesticide use are not fully known, but what is known leads to the undeniable conclusion that the dangers far outweigh the benefits where, as here, there are alternative measures available.
175	Sheri Hostetler	Oaklnd	CA
176	Anonymous	Hayward	CA	Do not reintroduce Pesticides in Oakland
177	Anonymous	San Rafael, CA	CA	Fire control in the hills is an immensely important issue, but it should never be used as political cover to justify unnecessary use of potentially toxic chemicals. Neither should it be used to pressure city or county agencies into abandoning a least toxic/IPM approach to hazardous vegetation management, if that policy has been effective. The speed with which this change has been proposed and moved ahead makes it appear suspicious on both these counts. For the sake of all those whose lives and health are negatively impacted by herbicide use in public places, please do not institute this change until you have had a chance to hear from the effected communities, and until some hard evidence of the necessity for it has been provided for public comment and review.
178	Anonymous	Oakland	CA
179	suzi goldmacher	oakland	CA	I urge you not to allow reintroduction of pesticides to Oakland
180	Barbara J. Kiernan	Irvine	CA	Hopefully, you will continue to be a model city with respect to the use of non-toxic weed control. Please do NOT use pesticides.
181	Anonymous	Oakland,	CA	Please act to prevent spraying of pesticides in the East Bay Hills. Pesticides find their way into drinking water and into the air we breath. They cannot be contained and cause numerous illnesses. I have been diagnosed with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity and I want an outdoor environment that is safe for myself and other humans and pets. Please don't let fear drive you to the use of pesticides; rather investigate other newer methods, and there are other options, that will be healthy for humans, pets and trees. Consult with the Green Resource Center in Berkeley, CA. Thank you.
182	Mary Nash	Emeryville	CA	Protect the children; don't use pesticides in the parks.
183	barb wilkie	Berkeley	CA	Dear Councilmembers: As a neighbor of Oakland (and a former employee of an agency with offices in the city of Oakland), a person living with the devastating effects of chemical injury whose recreation IS walks in the Oakland/Berkeley hills, the public member of Alameda County's IPM (Integrated Pest Management) committee and the president of the Environmental Health Network, I plead with you to rise to the challenge of controlling weeds and other "pests" with the least toxic means available. Herbicides are not the least toxic means available . . . regardless of advertising hype. We ALL are stakeholders when it comes to breathing. Sincerely, Barb Wilkie ++ ++ ++ ++ EHN -- www.ehnca.org -- was incorporated in 1988 as a nonprofit with the expressed purposes of providing "support, education, assistance and advocacy for persons with autoimmune disorders and related environmental and chemical hypersensitivities; and to promote the improvement of the environment." EHN is staffed by volunteers, all of whom live with the devastating effects of chemical and electromagnetic injury.) For more information on pests, pesticides and pest management, please see http://www.ehnca.org/ehnlinx/pestcide.htm
184	Karin Kelly-Givens	Oakland	CA
185	Anonymous	Berkeley	CA
186	Anonymous	Oakland	CA	As someone who has become disabled from exposure to toxic chemicals, I am already limited in my ability to go to many places. Please don't also deny me access to parkland by making these areas toxic.
187	Paul Goettlich / Mindfully.org	Berkeley	CA	I see the eucalyptus coming down in the Oakland hills and think it is a lunatic fringe project. But if they must come down, then do it manually. The machines alone are bad enough, spewing diesel fumes and leaking oil all over. But Roundup and or any other herbicide do indeed cause a wide range of human health and environmental health maladies. As Roundup and other herbicides are used, the things they are sprayed on become resistant to the herbicides, thus creating a need for increasingly greater quantities to be dumped in order to get the same results. Please see this page for much more on Roundup and Monsanto: http://www.mindfully.org/Pesticide/Monsanto-Roundup-Glyphosate.htm
188	Anonymous	Concord	MI	I become very ill, if exposed to pesticides. Many people do. They are certainly hazardous to health, and should not be used where people are exposed to them. They are especially dangerous for children and pets, as well as birds and other wildlife.
189	Anonymous	Whittier	NC	I become very sick when exposed to pesticides and am considered disabled as a result of it. Pesticides severely effect my neurological, immune and endocrine systems so that I cannot walk, think, and have trouble breathing when exposed to them. This usually lasts for weeks following an exposure. There are very few places that are safe for me to go because of this, but public parks should be one of those places. After all, I am one of the public and should not be discriminated against. Additionally, as a disabled person who is exquisitely sensitive to chemicals such as pesticides, I should not be denied access to public places such as a park, just as you would not deny a person in a wheelchair access.
190	Anonymous	Oakland	CA	As a cancer survivor for one year, I am asking you not to reintroduce pesticides in the Oakland/Berkeley Hills where I walk 2-3 times per week for exercise.
191	Kathryn Barkley	Santa Cruz	CA	As a former Oakland resident and current visitor, I am alarmed at the plan to use chemicals in the park areas. Besides the known and unknown long term effects, many such as myself and family have growing immune system damage. We are weakened and sickened immediately in areas of pesticide/herbacide use (including Roundup).Please use any means necessary to prohibit this dangerous precedent for residents and visitors.
192	Janet Stevens	Charleston	SC	Please don't make people sick by pesticiding. My sister becomes very sick just walking through a pesticided area.
193	Anonymous	danville	CA
194	Anonymous	Kirkland	WA
195	Christine Olsen	Oakland	CA
196	Elizabeth Preston	Oakland	CA	We have worked hard in the upper High Street area to stop pesticide spraying of the median strip. It is a tremendous improvement. Let's not go backward in Oakland.
197	Anonymous	westlake	OH
198	Daniel Shively	Indiana	PA	Oakland is a model city in many ways, for the nation to emulate. The ban on pesticides is something to cherish and ways can be found to address the special needs without resorting to a weakening of the ban.
199	Peter Drew	Hartford	CT	Please don't give up the good fight. You're protecting people, such as my wife, who are immediately affected by pesticide applications. She's very sensitive to them. But even though most people aren't that sensitive, their bodies, especially those of children, can be damaged in the long run. Pesticides are poison, plain & simple. There is no such thing as a safe pesticide. We're fouling our own nest in the name of expediency and it's hurting some people immediately and all of us in the long run. Please take a stand and do the right thing, not what's politically and fiscally expedient. We're fighting to do the right thing back here in the East. If you fold, then we have less of a chance to make improvements here. Thank you.
200	Cancer Prevention Coalition	Malibu	CA	Please stop spraying toxic chemicals in our environment. Isn't the public's health safety more important than filing the pocketbooks of the toxic chemical companies? www.publicsright2know.com
201	Leslie Gordon	Berkeley	CA	Do not spray toxins into the environment.
202	Laura Knoff, BS, NC	Oakland	CA	Toxic chemicals do not know when to stop killing. They pollute our air and water. Please do not allow the distruction of our environment. Hire people or goats to remove unwanted vegetation.
203	Anonymous	Stirling	--	If you start spraying again, I won't be visiting your city. I'm hypersensitive to these chemicals. As your neighbour in the north, I urge you not to use them as well, because of the number of chemicals that migrate north in the air. Some of these persistent organic pollutants are known; others are still being discovered. Please don't make us your guinea pigs. Thank you.
204	Jessie MacLeod	Ventura	CA	I am someone who was poisoned by a "safe" pesticide. That poisoning halted my career, affected my health and changed my life forever. No pesticide is safe. Think about the chain of nature--we are a part of that delicate chain.
205	Anonymous	Pensacola	FL	Please continue to be a good example for the rest of the United States to look to. More and more people are suffering the effects of too many toxins in the environment, we must do something to stop this!
206	Michelle Robinson	Oakland	CA
207	Lotus Goldstein	Berkeley	CA	Please do NOT bring back pesticides. We have been working so hard to get rid of them. I, like many people, have extreme reactions to them and I do a lot of hiking and would love to feel safe in these areas. Let us NOT follow the current federal example let us become cleaner and safer!
208	Anonymous	Berkeley	CA
209	Laurel Benjamin	Berkeley	CA	Everyone's health is at stake when pesticides are sprayed around town--no one is immune. Please put this at the top of your priority list.
210	Sarah Glaubman	Oakland	CA
211	Sarah Saunders	Oakland	CA
212	Irvin Collins	Oakland	CA	The latest statistics show that one of every three women and one out of every two men will be affected by cancer sometime during their lifetime. What other cause more than the proliferation of toxic chemicals in our environment? Isn?t it about time we did something before you, me or our children become the next victims? ?An ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure.? Stop this madness now.
213	manjari ehrlichman	oakland	CA	do not reintroduce Pesticides in Oakland
214	Ecology Center	Berkeley	CA
215	pk Velsey	San Joxe	CA	Lack of pesticides was one reason I chose your parks. Please keep it that way.
216	Gerta Farber	Berkeley	CA
217	Soula Culver	Richmond	CA	I could not possibly feel more strongly about this.
218	Toni Hafter	Berkeley	CA	Please be responsible and do not introduce any more toxins into our environment.
219	Dr. Robin Balliger	Oakland	CA
220	Helene Knox, PhD	Oakland	CA	The only thing more dangerous than spraying toxic pesticides around town is the stealth campaign to contaminate nature and the food chain with Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs)
221	Anonymous	oakland	CA	Pesticides create health hazards. Weeds do not! Protect our citizenry!
222	PhoeBe ANNE (thomas) sorgen	Berkeley	CA	no poisons, please!
223	Anonymous	Danville	CA
224	Anonymous	Richmond	CA	keep pesticides out!
225	Anonymous	San Francisco	CA	As a veteran Bay area Sierra Club hiking leader in accordance with national Sierra Club policy I urge all members of the Oakland City council to oppose re-introduction of pesticides or toxic chemicals onto any Oakland park and city property. I believe toxic chemicals endanger the health and safety of all Oakland residents and visitors and open up the city to potential future law suits. Please vote this matter down resoundingly for all of us.
226	Derek Van Hoorn	El Cerrito	CA	Pesticides should never be used except as a last resort.
227	Janet Miller	Oakland	CA
228	Hope Boije	Oakland	CA	I live near Redwood Regional Park and walk ther frequently. I don't want to be exposed. I care about my health.
229	Karen Appeldorn	Piedmont	CA	A native of Oakland/Piedmont, I have also lived in Santa Barbara Co. for over two decades, an area known for its heavy use of pesticides. RoundUp is not saltwater and its inert ingredients are extremely toxic. It lasts in the environment for years, not
229	Karen Appeldorn	Piedmont	CA	days. It will also end up the in SF Bay and the Pacific. It harms every living thing!
230	Lorraine Rosenblatt	Oakland	CA	Can't goats do a better job?
231	Anonymous	Santa Maria	CA	Be among the enlightened who have learned of the very effective alternatives to pesticides that save money, as well. Talk to Green Gardeners in your area and people at the Pesticide Action Network; there is a ton of solid information available to help move you out of the Dark Ages of toxic pesticides. Your community will be healthier and you will set a wonderful example for others.
232	Michelle Miller	Oakland	CA	The ordinance is a waste of tax payer money, makes our hills vulnerable to erosion, and wouldn't make sense EVEN IF it posed no harm to humans, pets, wildlife, and the environment.
233	Roger Zimmerman	Santa Maria	CA
234	Anonymous	Dublin	CA	What's more important--health or how good the landscaping looks? Please do not use pesticides. Thank you!
235	Anonymous	Oakland	CA	Please consider pesticide measure as last resort and not first step.
236	Amy Beshears	Oakland	CA
237	Lori Naslund	oakland	CA	Please continue to use non-toxic, non-chemical means of controlling weeds and brush in Oakland. Whatever benefits spraying may bring, it also brings risks that are just not worth it.
238	James K. Sayre	Oakland	CA	Dear Council Members, I believe that the City should thoroughly investigate the possible use of controlled burns (controlled fires) to lower potential vegetation fuel levels. I oppose any City use of herbicides, since all herbicides have some degree
238	James K. Sayre	Oakland	CA	of toxicity to humans and other animals.
239	Anonymous	Concord	CA	Please continue the ban!
240	Menal Shah	Milpitas	CA
241	Tori Thompson	oakland	CA	The council members promoting using pesticides in the Oakland Hills are either misinformed or have a total disregard for the environment and its inhabitants. Pesticides kill birds and wildlife and pose dangers to humans. The pesticide residue ultimately ends up in our drinking water. Fish have decreased in areas polluted with pesticides. We need to stop these politicos from promoting dangerous pesticides in our parks. Tori Thompson, Oakland
242	Pesticide Alternatives County	Santa Clara	CA	Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma, Sex Hormone Disrupters, and Miscarriages are very serious "side effects" of herbicides. There are other methods of eliminating weeds. Please reconsider your decision to use Garlon or Glyphosate. Thank you.
243	Anonymous	Oakland	CA	Please use environmentally safe methods to control weeds and pests. Protect the land we use and the air we breathe. All the pesticides drain into the Bay too - and that's very bad for the marine life. Please protect our resources. Thank You!
244	Sandy Sanders	Oakland	CA	Pesticides are poison and not compatible with biological life. Therefor they should not be used on earth. Enough said?
245	DeAnna Tibbs	Oakland	CA
246	Anonymous	berkly	CA	This would be moving backwards not foward. The health and safety of our citizens should be more important than perfect greens. Who would choose to poison any of us????
247	Kellis Parker	Seattle	WA
248	Heather Kuiper	Oakland	CA	The studies to prove the terrible effects of pesticides on future generations are underway, but by the time the results are in it will be too late for our children. Stop now what we now will be true in the future - NO PESTICIDES!
249	Caryn Graves	Berkeley