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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 weed killer – within national forest property that abuts the community’s cherished lake.

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[–] discocactus@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

It's usually not the only way to get rid of invasives, it's often the cheapest. Federal and other government agencies often use herbicide in wildly inappropriate if not outright illegal ways