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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Carey Gillam

Lake Tahoe residents ‘horrified’ by plans to spray cancer-linked glyphosate in public lands

Wide view of a lake with blue water and snow-covered mountains in background.
Lake Tahoe’s Emerald Bay. The Forest Service said it will work to reduce the risk of the pesticide getting into the area’s many bodies of water. Photograph: Brandon Berry/UC Davis TERC

Katherine Levy remembers a childhood deeply rooted in the natural offerings of Lake Tahoe – water-skiing in the summer and working as ski instructor on the surrounding snow-covered mountains during winter months.

She recently moved back to live out her retirement along the lake’s north shore. But she doesn’t like what she has found upon her return: a US government plan to spray multiple types of herbicides, including the cancer-linked glyphosate weedkiller – within national forest property that abuts the community’s cherished lake.

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