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HomeMy WebLinkAboutATM 18 ART 59 NB Glyphosate1 Town of Nantucket ————ulu———— OFFICE OF THE TOWN & COUNTY CLERK 16 Broad Street NANTUCKET, MASSACHUSETTS 02554-3590 Catherine Flanagan Stover, MMC, CMMC Town & County Clerk (508) 228-7216 FAX (508) 325-5313 Home: (508) 228-7841 Email: cstover@nantucket-ma.gov flanaganstover@yahoo.com townclerk@nantucket-ma.gov WEBSITE: http://www.nantucket-ma.gov ————ulu———— NON-BINDING April 4, 2018 TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: I, Catherine Flanagan Stover, duly elected Clerk of the Town and County of Nantucket, hereby certify that the April 3, 2018 ANNUAL TOWN MEETING adopted Article 59: “Ban on Herbicides and Pesticides Containing Glyphosate ” at the April 3, 2018 adjourned session. VOTE: The vote on the positive motion pursuant to Article 59, as moved by Chris Humphrey was by Majority Voice Vote. The motion was adopted. Catherine Flanagan Stover, MMC, CMMC Town and County Clerk ATM 18 Article 59,Page 1 of 3 2 ARTICLE 59 (Ban on Herbicides and Pesticides Containing Glyphosate) To see if the Town will vote to: Ban the use and sale of all herbicides and pesticides containing glyphosate in favor of non-toxic alternative solutions. Roundup [glyphosate] is an herbicide manufactured by agricultural giant Monsanto which contains toxic, neurotoxic, carcinogenic, and endocrine disrupting chemicals. It is widely used on Nantucket by landscapers, gardeners, farmers, and homeowners as an all-purpose weed killer. Scientists are now finding that glyphosate is toxic and tied to a number of serious health-related issues, including autoimmune disease, Type I Diabetes, infertility/miscarriage, and cancer. Countries that have already banned the use of glyphosate include the European Union, Sri Lanka, Malta and the Six Gulf States (Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, and Oman ). The undersigned agree that the time has come for Nantucket to protect its inhabitants, harbors, aquifers, soil, fisheries, and crops from any further exposure to this well documented poison. (Darcy Creech, et al) FINANCE COMMITTEE MOTION: Moved to take no action on the Article. FINANCE COMMITTEE COMMENT: Town Meeting does not have the authority to enact a ban such as described in the Article. Any such ban would have to be in the form of a general bylaw or Board of Health regulation. Further, under Wendell v. Attorney General , it is unlikely that the Attorney General would approve a ban on a certain type of pesticide because the regulation of pesticides has been preempted by state law. 3 ARTICLE 59 (Ban on Herbicides and Pesticides Containing Glyphosate) Motion Moved that the Nantucket Board of Health be requested to explore regulating the use and sale of herbicides and pesticides containing glyphosate on Nantucket.