“The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Trump administration is claiming that ‘there are no risks to public health when glyphosate is used in accordance with its current label and that glyphosate is not a carcinogen.’ At a time when courts around the country have ruled in favor of cancer victims suing Roundup, because it contains glyphosate and caused their non-Hodgkin's lymphoma it is unbelievable that this EPA would say this. It is obvious that the EPA is now serving lobbyists, special interests and industry not the American people or the environment.

The EPA’s decision is precisely why New York City must take action and ban the use of toxic pesticides in our parks by adopting Introduction 1524-2019.  The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has concluded that glyphosate is ‘probably carcinogenic to humans and that there was strong evidence of an association between glyphosate exposures and non-Hodgkin lymphoma.’ Other countries that have heavily regulated or outright banned glyphosate include Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany and India among others. Join the fight at Benkallos.com/Petition/BantoxicPesticides.”