Get rid of ROUND UP - Dear Bellingen Shire Council . . .

Writing to Bellingen Shire Council or any other council for that matter is a good idea if you want to instigate some changes along the way.  I have produced a form letter and would like to see this replicated by many and sent to council imploring them to look at their unsavory practices around weed control.

Understanding the Kerb Sides

My partner has done the Noxious weeds course and he tells me himself the best way is to pull it out by the roots.  We all have become too soft and expect an easier way.  Easy ways constitute major issues with herbicides and pesticides and that is the long and the short of it. 

Here is the letter constructed for COUNCIL .... Perhaps if you read this you will download this form letter and send copies yourself asap to this or your own council.

Pass this link on to others: 
https://www.dropbox.com/s/rybd50cm06nr8/ROUND%20UP%20TO%20COUNCIL.doc

17 October 2013

Mary Ellen Peters
14 Morgo Street
Urunga NSW 2455

The General Manager
Bellingen Shire Council
33-39 Hyde Street
PO Box 117
Bellingen NSW  2454

Dear Sir,

I am writing to you out of concern at Bellingen Shire Council’s continued and routine use of the herbicide Roundup. I believe we are a progressive shire, and the weight of evidence, after numerous studies, has come down firmly that Round Up is a chemical dangerous to the environment and to human health. It persists in waterways and is an endocrine disruptor in mammals, including humans.

But for example: a recent study published in the Journal of Toxicology in Vitro found that even at low levels, Roundup destroys testosterone and ultimately leads to male infertility (in laboratory animals). The findings add to the more than 25 other diseases known to be linked to Roundup, which include DNA damage, birth defects, liver dysfunction and cancer. 

The researchers found that at one ppm, Roundup was responsible for causing severe endocrine disruption that reduced testosterone levels by 35 percent. A one ppm exposure level is considered to be extremely low, and much lower than typical exposure levels in everyday environmental situations.

A US Geological Survey study in 2011 concluded that that air, rainwater and rivers across the Midwest US agricultural belt are routinely contaminated with high levels of glyphosate (Roundup), and causing "significant" environmental contamination.

At typical exposure levels, it has been proven to destroy human cells and cause serious reproductive harm. And at trace levels, it has been proven to severely disrupt proper hormonal function and lead to low testosterone in men.

What is Roundup doing to us, and our children?

Sir, if you cannot answer this question, I believe the precautionary principle must come into play and you must remove Roundup from the Shire’s chemical arsenal immediately.

I look forward to you acting on this matter of extreme health and environmental importance to us and future generations.

Yours sincerely

Mary-Ellen Peters

URUNGA

Link to Survey (http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=2909#.T-kOzI4rxFI )

Corner of Gleniffer Road and Roses Road Bellingen Shire

Images at Eminpee Fotography

A new Memorial Cross for Texsy .... R.I.P. my love.

 If someone can make you laugh when you're about to cry, don't give up on them. They're the true meaning of happiness.  
~ Nishan Panwar ~

Yesterday we traveled up to Bellingen out on Waterfall Way and parked the car and dug the hole and put in the most beautiful piece of love.  A cross for Texsy bearing a plaque with her name and the inscription "Ride the Lightening"

 

My facebook post about the day when I came back .....

Today . . at least the sun was shining and the flowers were pretty and a chook came down to say hello and have a look. Texsy most certainly was there when the chook turned up. A few months ago the original memorial cross was wiped out and busted up when someone else ran off the road in the same spot. A few months later.... a new one with the same plaque from the original one. ( we found the original in the long grass - tell me that wasn't meant to be). We laid some flowers and arranged some rocks around the base. The chooking turning up was such a bonus. ♥ I hope you all like it... Ride the Lightening ..Texsy ♥

When the hen turned up all ginger and looking really pretty I thought of Texsy's love of chooks and my memories of her and this brought a smile to my face while we were there memorializing her life on Earth.  

There are some other funny things about Texsy that make us smile,  if a bit too much boobie comes out of my bra or Montana's bra, this is known as chucking a Tex.  Texsy loved that we said this.  She used to laugh.  So,  if it happens we still refer to this now forever as "Chucking a Tex".  Oh Lord I miss her presence in this world.
Images @ Melonpopzdropz Flickr

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/woman-killed-in-hit-and-run-collision-near-bellingen/story-e6freuzi-1226153448653

Woman killed in hit-and-run collision near Bellingen

• The Daily Telegraph
• September 30, 2011 8:27AM 



A 32-year-old woman died after a car struck her as she walked along the Waterfall Way, less than one kilometer from Bellingen. Photo Frank Redward Source: Supplied

The accident occurred on the Waterfall Way, less than 1km north of Bellingen at about 8pm in a 100kph speed zone, according to police crash investigators.

The victim, believed to be a local 32-year-old woman, was apparently walking along the road in the dark.

It appears that after the woman was hit , witnesses rushed to render first aid, but the woman was not conscious or breathing and shortly after went into cardiac arrest.

Paramedics arrived and commenced CPR, however, the woman died at the scene.

Ambulance, police including detectives, crime scene and crash investigators and SES attended the scene.

Police spoke to family and witnesses, and at about 2am police found a car wanted in relation to the crash and sent a tow truck to a Bellingen address to collect the vehicle.

A man is currently being interviewed by police in relation to the crash.

Waterfall Way north of Bellingen was closed for approximately seven hours while police conducted investigations and traffic was diverted around the crash scene.

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