Please sign this petition in regards to spraying herbicides in nation parks via helicopter.

http://Change.org/BanAerialSprayingofGlyphosate

The Midcoast Council in collaboration with NSW National Parks has sprayed via helicopter a 160 ha area with glyphosate and Metsulfuron.

The EPA and Fisheries are investigating the consequences of the reckless intervention that has devastated local aquatic life.

Email - council@midcoast.nsw.gov.au

email- parks.info@environment.nsw.gov.au

These harmful spray for bees, wildlife, plants and people. The herbicide was dispensed this week along a 38km stretch of the NSW coast, killing bees, marine wildlife and other native flora and fauna.

Glyphosate is a herbicide that isn’t meant to kill insects, but it does. Studies have shown that glyphosate may also be having devastating effect on the environment and be harmful to fish, crustaceans, and amphibians, as well as to beneficial bacteria and other microorganisms in soil and water. It also breaks down the bees immune systems and smoothers them. Other research shows the common herbicide increases the risk of cancer in humans. In 2015, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared glyphosate as “probably carcinogenic to humans”.

The damage caused by this single spraying event will have lasting effects on coastal and marine wildlife. No one should be swimming in this water for a very long time. The spray also threatens the lives of roughly 304+ indigenous bees that live in the area.

We’ve called the Midcoast Council. What’s  concerning is that the council is saying they have alerted locals. We were told this information was accessible on their website but it isn’t there, and the residents of this area aren’t being informed on what is happening. Both the national parks and the council are involved.

Video footage taken by locals at Old Bar shows dead marine life washed up all along the beach. The toxic sprays have also drifted along the coastline, affecting many more animals and plants including 304 indigenous bee species that have been recorded in the area.

References and video footage:

https://www.instagram.com/tv/CPtsecglQu3/?utm_medium=copy_link

https://e360.yale.edu/features/bee-alert-is-a-controversial-herbicide-harming-honeybees