NZs Environmental Protection Authority in a muddle over weed killer.
This Blog from The University of Otago. Public Health Expert posted on August 16, 2017 describes how NZ EPA chose not to accept the assessment of the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC).
IARC established that the herbicide glyphosate was a "probable carcinogen". Instead the NZ EPA commissioned its own report which found that glyphosate is “unlikely to be genotoxic or carcinogenic”. The full text can easily be found on-line by entering the title of this post.
Why is this especially important for us in Nelson?
Because there are many similarities between, what the EPA has done in this instance and what has happened and is still happening right here in Nelson with the application of 26 tons of Brodifacoum laced bait onto our Brook Valley.
Read the Footnote (below) and by simply replacing some of the names involved, you can see where this is leading. In the case of Brodifacoum the international science is steadfastly ignored. So are peer reviewed NZ scientists who have been warning about this particular poison for decades.
The Brook Sanctuary wrote its own glossy brochure to down play all the negative effects of this poison, so much so that many people now believe they could eat a few pellets and not be the worse for it.
The code of practice for the use of Brodifacoum was written by the boss of Orillion, the very company producing the poison pellet baits. NZ research papers demonstrating in some cases horrifying numbers of by-kill are never mentioned. Brodifacoum bio-accumulation has been demonstrated with great regularity by the fact that it has been found in a large variety of non-target species and that list is still growing.
See what Bruning and Browning have to say about what happened with Glyphosate and it is easy to compare!
Footnote: * Bruning and Browning note particularly that the NZ EPA report considers just “glyphosate chemistry and not glyphosate-based formulations that are used in ‘the real world’ and that are obviously of the essence”; that it “makes every effort to discredit a finding by the NZ EPA’s own authority on cancer, the IARC”; that it “appears to give exclusive consideration and weight to industry-paid and industry-supported studies and reviews as well as arguably out-dated and industry-developed guidelines”; that it ignores the NZ EPA’s own manual ‘Thresholds and Classifications under the HSNO Act 1996’ where IARC is listed as “one of the two respected sources for information on carcinogenicity”; and finally that it “fails to address twenty-first century scientific understanding of the factors that pre-dispose to risks of cancer development – ignoring new data from toxicology and cancer biology.”
🧩😏 Riddle me this, Neighbours…
I am an odd number. Take away a letter and I become even. What number am I?
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Labour Party Hypocrisy
Well, here we go again. More Labour Party hypocrisy.
Just as Labour MP Rachel Boyack has cried crocodile tears over National not building the promised new Nelson hospital when Labour had promised (showing both how little a Labour promise is worth and the hypocrisy of their tears) to get the hospital started before their term ended we now have Deputy Prime Minister Seymour calling for the Air New Zealand shares owned by the government to be sold.
Now that is to be expected given Seymour’s party policies but what is astounding is Labour’s finance spokesperson Barbara Edmonds comments in response.
She tells us Air New Zealand is critical national infrastructure and the Government should not be selling its shares.
Very good, but wait. Labour has clearly (and conveniently) ‘forgotten’ which party privatised Air New Zealand.
In 1989, the Labour Government sold Air New Zealand into private ownership. The sale transferred the airline from being a fully state owned national carrier to a privately owned company. The sale was part of a broader wave of Labour privatisations, also including:
• Telecom (1990)
• New Zealand Steel (1987)
• PostBank (1988)
Labour may well have built state houses for working people (not just beneficiaries like Ardern’s government) in the 1930’s but what have they done since? Very, very little other than to ride on that one good thing ever since and, as we are seeing again and again approaching this election, spent most of their time practicing their hypocrisy. Remember the Kiwibuild promise?
If you want truth in politics beware Labour.
Scam Alert: Bank cold calls
ASB is warning customers about reports of cold calls from scammers claiming to be from ASB. These scammers are trying to obtain personal information, including usernames, dates of birth, and verification codes sent to your mobile phone.
🛡️ The "Caller Check" Test
If you get a call from someone claiming to be from ASB and you’re unsure, just ask them for a Caller Check. You will then be able to verify the call through the app.
Remember, banks will:
❌ Never ask for your banking passwords, PINs, or verification codes
❌ Never need to know your full credit card number – especially the CVC
❌ Never ask you to download software or remotely access your device
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If you have received a phone call and think your account has been compromised, call ASB on 0800 ASB FRAUD (0800 272 372), or visit your local branch.
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