Your submission to Call for information on use of glyphosate-containing substances
Carolyn Mooney, Carolyn Mooney
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Reference no: 287
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Which group do you belong to? Please select the category that most closely matches your role.
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Member of the public (for example domestic user / non-glyphosate user) Notes
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Do you use glyphosate? (mandatory question) Position
No Notes
I do not use glyphosate, because it is a poison that is hatful to human beings.
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5.1 What are the positive or negative effects of glyphosate products on the relationship of Māori and their culture and traditions with their ancestral lands, water, sites including kāinga and marae, wāhi tapu, valued flora and fauna, mahinga kai, rongoā, and other taonga?
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It screws up the flora and fauna; it is not healthy for any animals, including humans.
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5.2 What positive or negative impacts do glyphosate products have on the health, environmental, economic, social and cultural wellbeing of Māori?
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It is detrimental to the health of Maaori and all other human beings.
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7.2 Do you have information on any of the following:
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any alternatives to glyphosate products Notes
Boiling water (h2o) kills weeds safely.
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7.4 What alternatives are available that could replace the use of glyphosate products? What are the relative costs, availability, and safety of these alternatives?
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Boiling water kills weeds safely and relatively cheaply.
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8.1 On a scale of 1–5, how aware are you of the rules and controls associated with importing, manufacturing, selling and using products containing glyphosate?
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I work for a chemical that trains people in the safe handling of chemicals.
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8.2 Do you think the rules and controls are enough to manage the risks?
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No (please specify why not) Notes
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8.3 Do you have any concerns that the use of glyphosate products impacts people’s health?
Position Yes Notes
It’s extremely dangerous; please ban it.
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8.4 Do you have any concerns that the use of glyphosate products impacts the environment?
Position Yes Notes
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8.5 Do you have any concerns that the use of glyphosate products have an impact on public spaces?
Position Yes Notes
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8.6 What positive or negative impacts do you think glyphosate products have on environmental, economic, social and cultural wellbeing?
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They are insidious; they are slowly poisoning us.
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8.7 Do you think glyphosate products should be available and easy to buy for everyone, or available to professional users only?
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Neither. Please ban them outright. Now.
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8.8 How do you think it would affect you or New Zealand if the use of glyphosate products was further restricted?
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It would be a relief that at least we have begun to ban them.
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9.1 We may share your personal information with a third-party provider for customer surveys. If you do not wish to be contacted for customer surveys please indicate below
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I do not want to be contacted for customer surveys Notes
