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Pesticide Use Up in San Francisco Parks, Natural Areas – 2019

Posted on May 18, 2020 by SF Forest Alliance

In 2019, SFRPD applied herbicides 243 times, the most since 2013. Of these, 144 applications were in “Natural Areas” (this includes PUC areas managed in the same way – i.e. use of toxic herbicides against plants they dislike). Though the … Continue reading →

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Roundup, Garlon, and Pesticide-Free Parks

Posted on March 20, 2017 by SF Forest Alliance

New evidence has emerged that Monsanto influenced the Environmental Protection Agency  (EPA) to downplay the cancer-causing risk of Roundup. This pesticide, and others that may be even more hazardous, are used in our parks and watersheds. And now, since San Francisco is … Continue reading →

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Sutro Forest Herbicide Projections: Bad News for San Francisco’s Natural Areas?

Posted on March 21, 2013 by SF Forest Alliance

Our regular readers will know that we’ve been following the Natural Areas Program’s (NAP) increasing use of pesticides with some dismay. When we got the 2012 data, it was clear that pesticide use had increased by every measure. That story … Continue reading →

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