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\"\"(Beyond Pesticides<\/em>, September 13, 2018)\u00a0House proposal would wipe out communities\u2019 power to restrict pesticides.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>In an effort to protect the rights of communities nationwide, over 60 local officials from across the country sent a letter<\/a><\/u> to Congress today opposing a farm bill provision that takes away local governments\u2019 authority to restrict hazardous pesticides. The signatories are urging the farm bill conference committee to reject a \u201cpoison pill\u201d rider that will preempt local governments, making the entire legislation unacceptable.<\/p>\n

Section 9101 of the House version of the farm bill will institute federal preemption of local pesticide policies, a move that will overturn a decades-old Supreme Court decision and prevent communities from adopting protective laws that meet the needs of their residents or unique local environment.<\/p>\n

The letter<\/a><\/u> urges the conference committee to reach an agreement on a final 2018 farm bill that does not include this rider. It was signed by over 60 local officials in 39 communities from 15 different states, ranging from North Miami, FL to South Euclid, OH, West Hollywood, CA and Maui, HI. The County Council of Montgomery County, MD<\/a><\/u>, which passed a landmark policy on toxic pesticides, also sent a letter to the farm bill conference committee.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe pesticide industry\u2019s attempts to stymie a national grassroots movement against their toxic products is only serving to elevate the voices of local leaders that have seen their communities successfully transition to safer land care practices, in many cases organic land management,\u201d said Drew Toher, Community Resource and Policy Director with Beyond Pesticides.<\/strong> \u201cThe farm bill\u2019s preemption provision represents an unacceptable federal overreach into community parks, playing fields, and natural spaces.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mayor Ethan Strimling of Portland, ME, said, <\/strong>\u201cAt a time when the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has failed to act, and follow sound science on toxic pesticides like bee-killing neonicotinoids or the probable carcinogen glyphosate, it is critically important that local governments retain the right to protect their citizens and environment.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em>\u201cThe Farm Bill should not be a tool for stripping city and county officials of their ability to protect their citizens from pesticides,\u201d said Jason Davidson, Friends of the Earth\u2019s Food and Agriculture Campaign Associate.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em>\u201cThe Farm Bill should be supporting healthy farming and rural communities, not undermining local control,\u201d said Kristin Schafer, Executive Director of Pesticide Action Network.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Quotes from local officials:<\/p>\n

Mayor Ethan Strimling of Portland, ME: <\/strong>\u201cAt a time when the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has failed to act, and follow sound science on toxic pesticides like bee-killing neonicotinoids or the probable carcinogen glyphosate, it is critically important that local governments retain the right to protect their citizens and environment. The City of Portland deliberately undertook a years-long process, involving considerable debate between a range of stakeholders, before passing legislation to restrict toxic pesticides in favor of organic land care. Removing the rights of communities in Maine and elsewhere to have the same robust debate on this important topic doesn\u2019t represent who we are as a nation.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

City Council President Ben Stuckart of Spokane, Washington: <\/strong>\u201cAs someone who has worked on local food issues for the past 6 years it is very important that innovative cities continue to have the ability to lead our federal government when they refuse to act. That is how progress is being made across the country. I have dealt with the federal government over the last 6 years and if you want to get something done you do it locally, not rely on the bureaucracy in Washington, DC. \u00a0We will never make progress if that is what our options are. We have done a horrible job as a society taking care of our natural environment.\u00a0 We must be allowed the option to deal with these issues locally if the Federal government refuses to act.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Mayor Scott Zerby of the Shorewood, MN:<\/strong> \u201cThe City of Shorewood passed an ordinance banning city use of pesticides containing ingredients proven harmful to pollinators by University of Minnesota researchers and other scientists around the country. Pollinators are the very foundation of much of our food supply and the elimination of these products has not changed the beauty or functionality of our city. This issue was raised by our citizens and it should be their right to manage local resources as they believe right if does not deny public safety or damage property. \u00a0\u00a0Federal guidelines should remain that and not mandates. \u00a0\u00a0We find the alternative products to satisfy the public need as well as what has been used in the past. \u00a0We continue to support the approach that it is better to be cautious when managing precious environmental resource like our beneficial pollinators.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Recreation and Parks Commission Chairperson Chip Osborne of Marblehead, MA:<\/strong> \u201cMarblehead, MA\u00a0debated the issue of pesticide use on public property 18 years ago. A local policy by the Board of Health has been in place since 2001 and strengthened to a Health Regulation in 2005. This was an important discussion that focused upon synthetic pesticides and how they were regulated by the US EPA. There was not enough confidence in the regulatory system to ensure that the public was in little or no danger from the use of these materials, particularly where children play. It is my firm belief, both as an elected public official and a private homeowner that a local jurisdiction should have the right and the ability to restrict the use of pesticides within the community both on public and private property. I do not believe that the federal government should step in and regulate home rule. The federal government should not supersede states\u2019 rights and ultimately the final right should rest with the local jurisdiction.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

TAKE ACTION:
\n<\/strong>If a Democratic Senator(s) represents you in the U.S. Senate,\u00a0click here to let the Senator know\u00a0<\/a>that you want this provision preempting the rights of local governments kept out of the Farm Bill.<\/p>\n

If your Democratic U.S. Representative is not on the letter from 105 members to the Farm Bill conference committee (click here to see letter<\/a>), please reach out and tell them that you want them to sign-on the letter or write their own letter opposing preemption.\u00a0Click here to find your Representative<\/a>\u00a0and then click on the envelope under his\/her picture to send the following message: Please sign on to\u00a0Rep. Donald McEachin\u2019s letter<\/a>\u00a0to the Farm Bill conference committee, urging that Sec. 9101 in the GOP Farm Bill be rejected and the right of local governments to protect children\u2019s and environmental health be preserved.<\/p>\n

Contacts:
\n<\/strong>Drew Toher, community resource and policy director, Beyond Pesticides, 202-543-5450,\u00a0dtoher@beyondpesticides.org<\/a>
\nJay Feldman, executive director, Beyond Pesticides,202-255-4296,\u00a0jfeldman@beyondpesticides.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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It was signed by over 60 local officials in 39 communities from 15 different states, ranging from North Miami, FL to South Euclid, OH, West Hollywood, CA and Maui, HI. The County Council of Montgomery County, MD, which passed a landmark policy on toxic pesticides, also sent a letter to the farm bill conference committee. 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