Ms. Que Banh<p>*We have a similar longtime movement in <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BritishColumbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BritishColumbia</span></a> for same government approved aerial herbicide toxic spraying issue <a href="https://beige.party/tags/StopTheSprayBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StopTheSprayBC</span></a> *</p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/FirstNations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstNations</span></a> and <a href="https://beige.party/tags/environmentalists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environmentalists</span></a> have denounced the practice of aerial <a href="https://beige.party/tags/herbicide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>herbicide</span></a> spraying on <a href="https://beige.party/tags/forestlands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>forestlands</span></a> for decades. This year, <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Indigenous</span></a> groups in Northern <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Ontario" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ontario</span></a> have announced a ban on blanket herbicide use, while in <a href="https://beige.party/tags/NovaScotia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NovaScotia</span></a>, residents have resorted to peaceful <a href="https://beige.party/tags/DirectAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DirectAction</span></a> to enforce their own ban.</p><p>The <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ForestIndustry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ForestIndustry</span></a> routinely dumps tons of chemicals like <a href="https://beige.party/tags/glyphosate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>glyphosate</span></a>, the main ingredient in <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Roundup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Roundup</span></a> weedkiller, on logged areas to kill off naturally-regenerated trees and shrubs in favour of commercial <a href="https://beige.party/tags/TreeFarms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TreeFarms</span></a>. The problem is, these herbicides are <a href="https://beige.party/tags/lethal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lethal</span></a> to frogs, lizards, and salamanders. They wipe out <a href="https://beige.party/tags/MedicinalPlants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MedicinalPlants</span></a> and berry bushes that Indigenous people and <a href="https://beige.party/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildlife</span></a> rely on. Glyphosate, a suspected <a href="https://beige.party/tags/carcinogen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>carcinogen</span></a>, <a href="https://beige.party/tags/contaminates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>contaminates</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/rivers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rivers</span></a> and <a href="https://beige.party/tags/groundwater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>groundwater</span></a> far and wide through indiscriminate spraying.</p><p><a href="https://watershedsentinel.ca/articles/spray-down/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">watershedsentinel.ca/articles/</span><span class="invisible">spray-down/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/CDNpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CDNpoli</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/StopTheSpray" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StopTheSpray</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Ecocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ecocide</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/CorporateGreed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateGreed</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/GreedKills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreedKills</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BanCorporateLobbyists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BanCorporateLobbyists</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ForestryReformNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ForestryReformNow</span></a></p>