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Recent news and updates about the Gateway Green Alliance.

Pesticide Use in St Louis City Parks

on Fri, 08/19/2022 - 7:58pm

Data compiled: March 13, 2022, reorganized May 14, 2022
STL
Parks
data:

Key: “N” = north; “S” = south;
“C” = central

Zone = Zone number, 1-11

St. Louis Poisons Its Parks & Public Spaces with Toxic Sprays

on Tue, 08/16/2022 - 10:08am

In July 2020, the St. Louis No Spray Coalition submitted  a Sunshine Law request to the City of St. Louis for records of invoices that showed pesticides/herbicides purchased, the amounts paid, any other records disclosing the amount and type of pesticides/herbicides used in St. Louis City Parks and public spaces and where and when the pesticides were used.  After nearly two years of wrangling with the city, they released the requested documents.

St. Louis Park Employee Contracts Lymphoma, Wins Lawsuit Blaming Roundup

on Mon, 06/06/2022 - 10:02am

A former employee of St. Louis's Department of Parks' Forestry Division won a settlement from Bayer earlier this year from a lawsuit connecting his cancer to his exposure to Roundup while working for the City agency. The plaintiff, Earl Neal, brought one of over 100,000 similar cases in which people successfully sued Bayer, which bought Monsanto in 2018, contending that their illness was caused by spraying the Roundup herbicide, Monsanto's flagship product. Over 130,000 lawsuits over the Roundup-cancer connection have been filed against Bayer/Monsanto in the USA.

Inequities of Legalized Marijuana

on Fri, 02/25/2022 - 9:06pm

Webinar at 7 pm CT USA, Wed, March 2

02/02/2022 - 7:00pm

Healing a Broken Agricultural System

on Fri, 11/26/2021 - 7:35pm

12/01/2021 - 7:00pm

Black & Green Wed, Nov 3: Agriculture as a Weapon of Domination

on Thu, 11/04/2021 - 7:37pm

Agriculture as a Weapon of Domination

11/03/2021 - 7:00pm

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