The Addison Reserve Homeowners Association along with the ARCC (Addison Reserve Country Club) has approved the application of the herbicide Roundup to be used on its 9-hole golf course and practice range beginning March 1, 2023 and again on March 21, 2023. In March 2024, there will be two more applications on the 18-hole golf course unless an alternative is found. The purpose is to kill the grass in order to redesign the golf course.     

We, the members of Addison Reserve Country Club, do not want to be exposed to Roundup or any other herbicides or pesticides used in the maintenance of our golf courses  and common areas. 

We, the members of Addison Reserve Country Club, do not want to be exposed to possible litigation due to the use of Roundup or any other herbicides or pesticides used in the maintenance of our golf courses and common areas.  

We, the members of the Addison Reserve Country Club, propose the following actions be taken by management and that these actions be endorsed by the Addison Reserve Home Owners Association Board members. 

1.    For all pesticide/herbicide applications, provide one-week prior notice via email and by 24’ x 24” signs placed at the to-be-sprayed location. Describe the specific chemicals to be used. Leave the signs up for one week after application. The small flags are not effective. Do not allow golfers on the course until an analysis demonstrates that all glyphosate has been absorbed and none remains on the surface. Studies have shown that glyphosate is detectable up to 197 days.

2.    Workers using such chemicals must wear the appropriate protection equipment as required by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.  If respirators are required, workers shall wear them.

3.    Test for chemical runoff and contamination of all lakes and water sources to our common area sprinklers every 6 months and provide results to the community. 

4.    Update our strategic plan to include the implementation of Organic Land Care (OLC) practices policy within the next 12 months. Begin immediately to retain an expert to evaluate and recommend how Addison Reserve can reduce and replace chemicals with natural alternatives.  Provide residents a progress report and show a demonstrated reduction in the use of herbicides and pesticides at each monthly board meeting. 

5.    Establish green initiatives similar to other golf courses and communities: Vineyard Golf Course  (Massachusetts) Designed by British architects Donald Steel and Tom Mackenzie, the course has replaced traditional pesticides with bio-stimulants and composted fertilizers that help protect the island’s single-source aquifer., Golf Course, (Oregon)​ Applewood Golf Course (Colorado) the "grandaddy or organic golf courses" and Wawona Golf Course (California).  More here. 

The city of Miami bans the use of glyphosate products! --concerns over contamination of Biscayne Bay.

"Miami's ban followed other Florida cities, including Miami Beach and Stuart, that have already stopped the use of glyphosate products. Across the world, many cities and even entire countries have pushed to reduce or ban the ingredient due to concerns about cancer."

Contact us at cleangreenaddison@gmail.com

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Health

2015 - the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) of the World Health Organization found that glyphosate “is a probable human carcinogen”.
July, 2017 - the California State Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) added glyphosate to its prop 65 list of known carcinogens.
October, 2017 - after over 1 million Europeans requested a ban, 72% of the Members of the European Parliament voted to BAN glyphosate. 

A meta-analysis and supporting document that exposure to glyphosate-based herbicides increased the risk of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma by 41% 

Liability

Recently, a jury awarded RoundUp weed killer cancer victims $2 billion and Bayer announced it will pay over $10 billion to settle approximately 125,000 pending Roundup claims.

Studies Documenting Adverse Effects of Lawn Pesticides:

An Apparent Cluster of Parkinson’s Disease (PD) in a Golf Community, a small study by doctors that should be expanded on. 

Beyond Pesticides' Daily News. 2014. Scientist Warns of Ecological Effects Associated with Lawn Care Pesticide Runoff.
Anthony Samsel and Stephanie Seneff. 2013.

Glyphosate’s Suppression of Cytochrome P450 Enzymes and Amino Acid Biosynthesis by the Gut Microbiome: Pathways to Modern Diseases. Entropy 2013, 15(4), 1416-1463; doi:10.3390/e15041416

Rick A. Relyea 2012. New effects of Roundup on amphibians: Predators reduce herbicide mortality; herbicides induce antipredator morphology. Ecological Applications 22:634–647.

Rosso, A.L., et al. 2008. A case-control study of childhood brain tumors and fathers' hobbies: a Children's Oncology Group study Cancer Causes Control. 19(10)1201-1207

Teitelbaum, S.L., et al. 2007. Reported residential pesticide use and breast cancer risk on Long Island, New York. American Journal of Epidemiology. 165(6):643-651

Declaration Backgrounder. 2005 April. Beyond Pesticides/National Coalition for Pesticide-Free Lawns. An overview of scientific studies supporting hazards of lawn pesticides.

Sanborn, Margaret, et al. 2004 April. “Systematic Review of Pesticides Human Health Effects,” The Ontario College of Family Physicians (OCFP). Toronto, Ontario.

Glickman, Lawrence, et al. 2004. "Herbicide exposure and the risk of transitional cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder in Scottish Terriers," Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association. 224(8): 1290-1297. (Press Release)

Porter, Warren. 2004, Spring. “Do Pesticides Affect Learning and Behavior? The neuro-endocrine-immune connection,”

 Pesticides And You. Beyond Pesticides. 21(4):11-15. (Overview of Dr. Porter's findings published in Environ Health Perspectives and Toxicology and Industrial Health.)

Greenlee, Anne, et al. 2004."Low-Dose Agrochemicals and Lawn-Care Pesticides Induce Developmental Toxicity in Murine Preimplantation Embryos," Environ Health Perspectives. 112(6):703-709.

Colt, Joanne, et al. 2004. “Comparison of pesticide levels in Carpet dust and self-reported pest treatment practices in four US sites.” J. of Exposure Analysis and Environ. Epidemiology, 14:74–83. Salam, MT, et al. 2004.

"Early Life Environmental Risk Factors for Asthma: Findings from the Children's Health Study." Environmental Health Perspectives. 112(6): 760.

Nishioka, Marcia G., et al. 2001."Distribution of 2,4-D in Air and on Surfaces inside Residences after Lawn Applications:

Comparing Exposure Estimates from Various Media for Young Children," Environmental Health Perspectives, 109(11), November.

Hardell, Lennart and Mikarl Eriksson. 1999."A Case-Control Study of Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma and Exposure to Pesticides," American Cancer Society.

Zahm, S. "Mortality study of pesticide applicators and other employees of a lawn care service company." National Cancer Institute. J. Occup Environ Med. 1997 Nov;39(11):1055-67.

Nishioka, Marcia G., et al. 1996. "Measuring Transport of Lawn-Applied Herbicide Acids from Turf to Home: Correlation of Dislodgeable 2,4-D Turf Residues with Carpet Dust and Carpet Surface Residues," Environmental Science & Technology, 30(11): 3313-3320.

Hayes, Howard M., et al. 1991."Case-Control Study of Canine Malignant Lymphoma: Positive Association With Dog Owner's Use of 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid Herbicides," Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 83:1226-1231.

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