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  1. BellingenNSW @[email protected] ·

    Is pesticide spray on food leading to movement disorders?
    Precautionary principle - ban paraquat

    "Paraquat and the related herbicide diquat are fast-acting weedkillers that farming groups say are essential for controlling resistant weeds."

    "Multiple epidemiological studies from different groups of scientists have shown that people exposed to paraquat have around a three times greater risk [of developing Parkinson's disease]."

    'The chemicals have been under review by the APVMA since 1997 and they are banned in the EU, the UK and China due to their toxicity.'

    "There are now multiple epidemiological studies or real-world exposure studies that have suggested that paraquat increases the risk of Parkinson's disease by around threefold...Like Australia, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) continues to allow restricted use of the pesticide despite ongoing health concerns." >>
    abc.net.au/news/2026-06-08/neu

    Visualising the “blanket of agricultural toxins” from space
    This Yellow Glyphosate Map Reveals Where Farmers in the Netherlands Spray the Controversial Herbicide >>
    europeanpressprize.com/article
    #food #pesticides #glyphosate #Roundup #paraquat #weedkillers #SprayDrift #volatilisation #neurotoxicity #MovementDisorders #toxins #harm #farm #workers #residents #councils #LoggingIndustry #science #APVMA #regulation #Australia #SoilDegradation #water

    #food #pesticides #glyphosate #roundup #paraquat #weedkillers
  2. BellingenNSW @[email protected] ·

    This could happen anywhere in Australia:
    Biodiversity conservation going to the dogs

    Somewhere in crowded suburbia is a small creek with a bit of bush left behind by accident. It is a refuge for swamp wallabies, blue wrens and many other species of the biodiversity kin.

    ‘User groups’, that is locals and their dogs demand that the last bit of green is for their ‘recreation’ and not Australian flora and fauna. Pet owners allow that their roaming dogs destroy the last small fragmented refuges where native wildlife can survive.

    Recently a council voted to fence dogs out of the park "to manage the growing dog population in the municipality." There are “problems with dog behaviour…They (swamp wallabies) are threatened and chased and killed by dogs.”

    Anger and vandalism followed. Local pet owners demand to "make the park off-leash for dogs.” The dispute requires 'conflict experts’ from outside to get involved.

    In a place where everything is 'dog friendly’ and where half of Australian households own at least one dog, they implicitly ‘voted with their paws’ to be 'wildlife unfriendly'.

    * Conflict experts called in following a dispute over a dog fence in Coburg >>
    abc.net.au/news/2026-04-09/mer

    * A 'balancing act' as council votes to fence dogs out of park, sparking safety concerns >>
    abc.net.au/news/2025-08-21/mer
    #biodiversity #wildlife #conservation #UserGroups #dogs #pets #roaming #DogOwners #TheBush #recreation #parks #FOMC #fences #UrbanEcology #extinction #councils #WildlifeUnfriendly

    #biodiversity #wildlife #conservation #usergroups #dogs #pets
  3. JanPV @[email protected] ·

    The latest Council Tax bill just dropped through the letterboxes of countless people across Anglesey today.

    The cost? £2227 for the year. £42 per week. For a rabbit hutch bungalow.

    A fundamentally regressive tax that no party ever wants to make fairer.

    #anglesey #counciltax #councils #taxation #wales #cymru

    #anglesey #counciltax #councils #taxation #wales #cymru
  4. Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈 @[email protected] ·

    #National #Teamsters #Leadership Won’t #Endorse a #Candidate, So #Local #Unions are backing #VicePresident #KamalaHarris.

    Several joint #councils in #battlegroundstates have #pledged their #support for Harris.

    rollingstone.com/politics/poli

    #national #teamsters #leadership #endorse #candidate #local
  5. AutisticMumTo3 @[email protected] ·

    The homeless families refused housing help by under-pressure councils | The Independent
    independent.co.uk/news/uk/home

    #Homeless
    #Homelessness
    #HomelessFamilies
    #Landlords
    #Council
    #Councils
    #Housing
    #HousingCrisis
    #Section21Evictions
    #IntentionallyHomeless
    #Shelter
    #ChallengingYourHousingConditiions
    #PreventativeServices
    #Section202HousingRequest
    #Disabled
    #HousingActionSouthwarkAndLambeth

    #homeless #homelessness #homelessfamilies #landlords #council #councils
  6. Mark @[email protected] ·

    UK mindless, hostile, aggressive local #councils

    #StokeOnTrent couple fined £1,200 for clearing up rubbish

    Their road had been blighted with #litter for years

    Mr Pinter cleaned up the #rubbish & left it in cardboard box by the full bins

    The #mindlessness council said fly-tippers would be punished with fixed penalty notices & considered the matter resolved

    #Waste is often dumped around bins on their street which doesn't get collected, attracting rats

    bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cldyny

    #AmjidWazir

    #amjidwazir #waste #mindlessness #rubbish #litter #stokeontrent
  7. SubtleBlade ⚔️ @[email protected] ·

    'One in 10 biggest #English #councils risk #bankruptcy over #ChildProtection bill

    Many #CountyCouncils and #UnitaryAuthorities are “running out of road” to avoid #insolvency as they grapple with high #inflation, increases in children being taken into care, and massive bills for [Privatised, highly profitable] #ChildrensHomes the #CountyCouncilsNetwork (#CCN) said.'
    theguardian.com/society/2023/n
    #ToryPoliciesInAction #UnderfundingPublicServices #PrivateProfitPublicCost
    #MoneyBeforePeople

    #moneybeforepeople #privateprofitpubliccost #underfundingpublicservices #torypoliciesinaction #ccn #countycouncilsnetwork