{"id":37347,"date":"2025-01-06T00:01:37","date_gmt":"2025-01-06T05:01:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beyondpesticides.org\/dailynewsblog\/?p=37347"},"modified":"2025-01-06T13:19:03","modified_gmt":"2025-01-06T18:19:03","slug":"local-public-health-and-environmental-protection-critical-as-aggressive-regulatory-reduction-expected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beyondpesticides.org\/dailynewsblog\/2025\/01\/local-public-health-and-environmental-protection-critical-as-aggressive-regulatory-reduction-expected\/","title":{"rendered":"Local Public Health and Environmental Protection Critical as \u201cAggressive Regulatory Reduction\u201d Expected"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

(Beyond Pesticides<\/em>, January 6, 2025) With the incoming U.S. president promising the \u201cmost aggressive regulatory reduction<\/a>\u201d ever seen in the country\u2019s history, attention shifts to local and state governments\u2019 responsibility to protect health and the environment. While the reliance on local governments to fill the gaps left by deficient federal action is not new, the U.S. system of federalism has historically and constitutionally required a sharing of powers from local to state to federal, with a reliance on agencies like the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish a basic level of protections. While the role of local and state governments has been critical to ensuring environmental and public health protection when scientific findings have shown federal action to be inadequate, the new administration has outlined a course that suggests an increasingly important role for local and state governments. As Beyond Pesticides<\/a> has reported, \u201cMr. Trump, who has called climate change a \u201choax,\u201d has targeted \u201cevery one\u201d of Mr. Biden\u2019s policies designed to transition the United States away from fossil fuels,\u201d according to\u00a0The New York Times<\/a><\/em>. This is happening as the country and world face serious catastrophic threats of ongoing and escalating health, biodiversity, and climate crises<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n

In this context, a piece published by\u00a0Harvest Public Media<\/em> at the end of December, captures the power of individuals and communities working together to adopt a rather simple change that is crosscutting in its effect on the current and growing health, biodiversity, and climate crises\u2014transitioning parks and public spaces to organic practices. For environmental and public health advocates, this is a bright spot in responding to the crises with practical steps. The article, \u201cThese Midwest cities are cutting pesticides from public parks with the help of a national nonprofit<\/a>,\u201d highlights the work of Jen Schroeder, a mother of two children in Kansas City, who wants, simply, her neighborhood park where her children play to be free of toxic chemical use. She saw a flier in her local Natural Grocers grocery store about Beyond Pesticides’ Parks for a Sustainable Future Program<\/a>, reached out to her Kansas City Parks and Recreation Department, and now the city is moving ahead to transition two pilot sites to organic practices. It happened with a simple reaching out to the Parks Department. With the hands-on assistance of Beyond Pesticides, Parks Departments receive a plan and training from a horticulturist and learn about organic practices that can be applied across all parks and public spaces.\u00a0(More information on the Parks Program is available here<\/a>.)<\/p>\r\n

In its Action of Week this week, Beyond Pesticides is urging people to become a part of the Parks Program and ask their Mayor, in the new year, to adopt a policy and program for organic management of your community’s parks and public spaces.<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

In protecting children using their community parks, the organic land management program is creating models for cost-effective programs that meet community expectations, while eliminating the use of petrochemical pesticides and fertilizers. When combined with the growth of certified organic agriculture, the conversion of land management to organic eliminates the\u00a0petrochemicals associated with endocrine disruption<\/a>\u00a0(see a\u00a0talk by Tracey Woodruff, PhD here<\/a>) and rising rates of related illnesses, biodiversity decline, and an escalating climate crisis. As the climate crisis causes increasingly erratic weather, more frequent flooding, and widespread fires, organic soil management\u00a0draws down atmospheric carbon<\/a>, which reduces the threat of greenhouse gases that contribute to climate disasters.\u00a0Also, see the effects of\u00a0synthetic fertilizers<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\r\n

Given the political context, advocates see this as a critical time to engage in efforts to advance organic, from choices in diet, lawn and landscape care, or community involvement. Beyond Pesticides provides more on the reasons why:\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

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  1. Health and Safety:<\/strong>\u00a0Organic foods and parks are free from harmful pesticides, fossil-fuel-based substances, and toxic chemicals, making them safer and healthier for all ages. Visit Beyond Pesticide’s\u202f40 Common Lawn and Landscape Chemicals<\/a>\u202fpage to learn more about the health impacts of pesticides in communities.\u00a0See how you\u00a0can manage your landscape<\/a>\u00a0without petrochemical pesticides and fertilizers.\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\r\n\t
  2. Environmental Stewardship:<\/strong>\u00a0Organic land management supports practices that protect pollinators, improve soil health, increase biodiversity, and reduce toxic runoff into water bodies.\u00a0Learn more about how to protect pollinators by reading\u202fBEE Protective<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\r\n\t
  3. Trust and Transparency:<\/strong>\u00a0The USDA Certified Organic label ensures strict standards and regulations for organic products, providing trust and transparency for consumers worldwide. We provide oversight for parks that use organic land management.\u00a0Visit Beyond Pesticide’s literature called\u202fSave Our Organic<\/a>\u202fto learn more about the power of the organic label and use our\u202fKeeping Organic Strong<\/a>\u202fpage to keep USDA accountable to the principles and values in the Organic Foods Production Act.<\/em>\u00a0<\/li>\r\n\t
  4. Just Communities:<\/strong>\u00a0Supporting organic farming practices can benefit local communities and economies, as well as promote responsible animal welfare and fair labor conditions. Organic parks are the ethical choice to promote environmental justice.\u00a0The Black Institute’s\u202fPoison Parks<\/a>\u202freport shines a spotlight on New York City’s previous reliance on glyphosate-based herbicides and that people of color communities, including landscapers, bear the burden of this toxic chemical’s impact.<\/em>\u00a0<\/li>\r\n\t
  5. Climate Resilience:<\/strong>\u00a0Organic farming often exhibits better performance during droughts and challenging environmental conditions. Watering needs are very site-specific and the type of soil impacts drainage. Once established, a deep root system from organic land management requires less water and results in the drawn down of atmospheric carbon, contributing to efforts to reduce the adverse effects of carbon on climate.\u00a0<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n

    Ask your Mayor, in the new year, to adopt a policy and program for organic management of your community’s parks and public spaces<\/a>.<\/em><\/a>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\r\n

    Letter to Mayor
    \r\n<\/strong>I am writing to urge you to use your leadership in the new year to require as a matter of policy and practice the organic management of our community parks and public spaces. My concern about the management of public spaces\u2014used by children and families, those with health vulnerabilities, pets, and wildlife\u2014stems from the hazardous nature of the petrochemical pesticides and fertilizers commonly used. The adverse health and environmental effects are captured on two factsheets, 40 Commonly Used Lawn Pesticides (bp-dc.org\/lawnfactsheets). With this information, we urge you to advance a policy and management decision to stop the use of these hazardous chemicals and transition our parks to organic practices.<\/p>\r\n

    The factsheets document, with scientific citations, a wide range of diseases and ecological effects linked to pesticides. The underlying analysis identified in the factsheets are based on toxicity determinations in government reviews and university studies and databases.<\/p>\r\n

    Of the 40 most commonly used lawn and landscape pesticides, in reference to adverse health effects, 26 are possible and\/or known carcinogens, 24 have the potential to disrupt the endocrine (hormonal) system, 29 are linked to reproductive effects and sexual dysfunction, 21 have been linked to birth defects, 24 are neurotoxic, 32 can cause kidney or liver damage, and 33 are sensitizers and\/or irritants. Regarding adverse environmental effects, 21 are detected in groundwater, 24 have the ability to leach into drinking water sources, 39 are toxic to fish and other aquatic organisms vital to our ecosystem, 33 are toxic to bees, 18 are toxic to mammals, and 28 are toxic to birds.<\/p>\r\n

    In adopting organic land management, our community can make an important contribution to solving the threat that petrochemical pesticides and fertilizers are to biodiversity collapse and the climate crisis. The 2022 United Nations\u00a0Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services<\/a>\u00a0(IPBES<\/a>) warns that we must adopt policies and practices that reflect the value of Nature\u2019s biodiversity, including pollinators, in supporting human life and activity. This starts with the management of soil and landscapes in our community.<\/p>\r\n

    As the climate crisis causes increasingly erratic weather, more frequent flooding, and widespread fires, organic soil management draws down atmospheric carbon, which reduces the threat of greenhouse gases that contribute to climate disasters. Organic management of our parks enables our community to contribute to solving this existential crisis and elevates our role in climate action.<\/p>\r\n

    Please take advantage of Beyond Pesticides\u2019 offer to assist you and land managers of our community parks in the adoption of organic land management practices through its Parks for a Sustainable Future program. You can contact them at\u00a0info@beyondpesticides.org.<\/p>\r\n

    I look forward to your reply and working with you in the new year.<\/p>\r\n

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