mo4ch:>New York calls for Monsanto’s 'toxic' pesticides to be banned from city parks | Mo4ch News

Two New York City council members have introduced legislation that would ban the spraying of glyphosate-based herbicides and other toxic pesticides in parks and other public spaces.The measure would prohibit the application of synthetic pesticides within 75 feet of a natural body of water. It would encourage city agencies to start using biological pesticides, which are derived from naturally occurring substances rather than synthetic ones.“Parks should be for playing not pesticides,” a co-sponsor of the measure, New York City council member Ben Kallos, told Environmental Health News. “All families should be able to enjoy our city parks without having to worry that they are being exposed to toxic pesticides that could give them and their families cancer.”Also on rt.comBayer beware! Monsanto found guilty of poisoning French farmerGlyphosate is the world’s most widely used herbicide. It is the active ingredient in agrochemical firm Monsanto’s Roundup, which is a very popular weed killer …