Articles About herbicide

• Human error caused pool herbicide scare

  By Diane ChiddisterNovember 14, 2013

  

  Misinformation, a lack of communication and poor judgement all contributed to the gross overuse of a herbicide at the Gaunt Park pool in June, according to an investigation report presented to Village Council at Monday night’s meeting.

• Pool re-opens, controversy goes on

  By Diane ChiddisterJuly 4, 2013

  Village Council will decide at its July 1 meeting when to remove the fence around the grassy area where herbicide was over-applied.

• Profile of the herbicide ‘Escalade 2’

  By Diane ChiddisterJune 27, 2013

  According to Dr. Jason Russell, a medical toxicology fellow at the Ohio University College of Medicine who works at the Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, villagers have “not much to worry about.”

• Pool closed 2 days after herbicide application— Spraying sparks controversy

  By Diane Chiddister

  Several villagers spoke passionately and heatedly about their frustrations and fears around the Wednesday, June 12, overuse of herbicides on the grass around the Gaunt Park pool at Village Council’s June 17 meeting.

• A public reading of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring

  By YS News StaffJune 21, 2013

  A public reading of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring will be held Saturday, June 22, 8 a.m.–noon at the Farmers Market.

• AGENDA for Council’s special meeting on herbicide use around pool

  By YS News StaffJune 19, 2013

  Village Council will hold a special meeting on herbicide use around pool on Thursday, June 20, at 7 p.m. at Council chambers in the Bryan Center.

• Village staff to alert swimmers about overuse of herbicide

  By Diane ChiddisterJune 16, 2013

  

  The Village will contact those who swam in the Gaunt Park pool from last Wednesday to its closing late Friday afternoon to alert them that herbicides had been applied inappropriately Wednesday morning to the grass around the pool.

• Emergency Council meeting on pool closure

  By Diane ChiddisterJune 15, 2013

  

  The Yellow Springs Village Council will hold an emergency meeting on Sunday morning, June 16 at 9 a.m. in Council chambers to discuss the pool closing yesterday due to herbicide application.

• Pool temporarily closed

  By Megan Bachman

  

  On June 12, 2013, the Village staff applied an herbicide to the clover in the grassy area around the pool, forcing closure.