My property in Mullum backs onto the river and there is a stretch of Crown land before the river bank.
Over the years I have walked down there, and on a number of occasions, I have found the entire place blanket stained with that menacing green dye that is added to the ‘mix’ to show where Roundup has been sprayed.
My family and my neighbours have been totally horrified, and traumatised, over the years to think that this deadly chemical is in use only metres from our house and metres from where tiny children play daily, and there is nothing seemingly we can do about it.
In the past, I have written to Council and telephoned them to let them know how it is affecting my health. Attempting to make a change to this insane practice, even if only near where we live, but they readily pass the buck and claim: ‘We hire outside contractors to do this work, so we don’t know what it is they use’.
I mean, what a good excuse and way to wash their hands of it. I knew someone a decade back who claimed that Council hired him to spray Roundup at night.
Join me in petitioning Byron Shire Council to lead the way to an organic Australia.
Ask that they stop poisoning us for one and for all!
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