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Tip: Your message to SUST-MAR must be html-free. So, BEFORE you hit SEND, please go to your "Format" pull-down menu and select "Plain text." Thanks! ____________________________________________________________________________ For Immediate Release LIBERAL CAUCUS CALLS FOR MORATORIUM ON THE USE OF VISION (Halifax) The Liberal Caucus is calling on the department of natural resources to impose an immediate Moratorium on the spread of Vision and other Herbicides on Nova Scotia forests. "Products like Vision and other related herbicides have been linked to detrimental effects on the environment, both in the long and short term" Kings West MLA, Leo Glavine stated. The department of Natural Resource has called for a tender to spray Vision on locations in Cumberland, Colchester and Kings Counties. "Several European countries as well as Alberta and Quebec have banned the use of Vision and I feel we should know all the facts before we start a process that may harm the health of the people and the wildlife of Nova Scotia" says Victoria-The-Lakes, MLA Gerald Sampson. The Liberal Caucus is calling on the government to impose a moratorium until there is a full public consultation and further evidence to support the safe application of herbicides on Nova Scotia woodlands. The Nova Scotia government should be advancing sustainable forestry practices that other countries and provinces now employ. Glavine added, "A study by eminent oncologist Dr. Lennont Hardell and Dr. Mikael Erikson of Sweden have revealed a clear link between Glyphosate, the active ingredient in Vision and Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma, a form of cancer. I want to live in a province where the health of Nova Scotians is not negotiated." -30- For more information contact: Leo Glavine, MLA, (902) 424-8637 Jamie MacNeil, Director of Media Relations (902) 424-8637 Allison MacLellan Communications Officer Liberal Caucus Office (902) 424-8637 ____________________________________________________________________________ Did a friend forward this to you? Join sust-mar yourself! Just send 'subscribe sust-mar' to mailto:majordomo@chebucto.ca
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