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Reduce Pesticides on the IUB Campus

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IUB students, staff, faculty, and families

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We the community of Indiana University Bloomington demand pesticides only be used on campus when their necessity is proven and documented, and where there is no other best practice available. We believe more public and transparent coordination of the Athletic Department, Residential Halls, the Department of Facilities, the Physical Plant, and Indiana Memorial Union is required for a thorough accounting of pesticide use on the IUB campus. Furthermore, we request that these entities document that they have someone on staff trained in Integrated Pest Management by the criteria set out by the Integrated Pest Management Institute of America. These actions are vital to our public health and a sustainable campus.

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We signed the "Reduce Pesticides on the IUB Campus" petition!

# 206:

6:08 pm PST, Feb 29, Name not displayed, Indiana

# 205:

11:57 am PST, Feb 2, Agnieszka Klocek, Poland

# 204:

9:32 pm PST, Jan 30, Laurel Watson, Arizona

# 203:

8:43 am PST, Jan 22, Jennifer Posanka, Illinois

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11:32 pm PST, Jan 6, Rachel Menefee, Indiana

# 200:

2:13 am PST, Dec 20, Simos Tarabatzis, Greece

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1:36 pm PST, Dec 18, Ines Seidel, Germany

# 198:

6:26 pm PST, Dec 17, Courtney Boeck, Michigan

# 197:

6:30 pm PST, Dec 13, Dellianan Of the Sea, Colorado

# 196:

7:35 am PST, Dec 12, Cassie Toner, Washington

# 195:

3:22 pm PST, Dec 10, Karen Gray, Indiana

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7:02 pm PST, Dec 4, Kristen Calandra, Illinois

# 193:

1:20 pm PST, Nov 20, Desiree Diaz, Illinois

# 192:

3:10 am PST, Nov 6, Steve Klein, Virginia

# 191:

10:49 am PDT, Oct 31, Anna Hesser, Indiana

# 190:

1:37 pm PDT, Oct 26, Anne Seidel, Germany

# 189:

6:48 pm PDT, Oct 25, Name not displayed, Arizona
Many people drop out of school because of the very health issues pesticides cause, neurotoxic in the least; cancer can be caused in 3 ways; the chemicals cause acidosis, endocrine disruption and their synergistic composition of which they are made from well known carcinenig compounds. At a local highschool with a very high drop out rate someone requested the labels and MSDS of all the toxic chemicals used on campus. She was told there are too many and given a list of 37 used regularly throughout, the entire year.

# 188:

8:47 pm PDT, Oct 18, Name not displayed, Maine

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10:52 pm PDT, Oct 16, Name not displayed, Maine

# 186:

10:03 pm PDT, Oct 9, Ruby Baxter, Indiana

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8:02 pm PDT, Oct 9, Anna Carver-Gay, Indiana

# 184:

7:37 pm PDT, Oct 9, Lucy Carver-Gay, Indiana

# 183:

6:07 am PDT, Oct 9, Melanie Knapp, Indiana

# 182:

9:01 pm PDT, Oct 8, Colin Schoder-Ehri, Indiana

# 181:

7:58 pm PDT, Oct 8, Diane Henshel, Indiana

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9:39 am PDT, Oct 3, Ellen Horowitz, Illinois

# 178:

9:37 am PDT, Oct 3, Lindsey Lucenta, Indiana

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5:53 am PDT, Oct 2, Katherine Hess Pace, Indiana

# 176:

10:03 am PDT, Oct 1, Amy Lanum, Indiana

# 175:

2:14 pm PDT, Sep 30, Brendon Liner, Indiana

# 174:

1:41 pm PDT, Sep 30, Abby Schwimmer, Indiana

# 173:

1:21 pm PDT, Sep 30, Charli Reid, Indiana

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12:18 pm PDT, Sep 30, Victoria Veach, Indiana

# 171:

12:47 am PDT, Sep 29, Nathan Revercomb, Colorado

# 170:

7:09 am PDT, Sep 28, Marcia Veldman, Indiana

# 169:

10:04 am PDT, Sep 27, Rachel Israel-Harris, Indiana

# 168:

9:00 am PDT, Sep 27, Elizabeth Schlemmer, Indiana

# 167:

7:13 am PDT, Sep 27, Allison Tomusk, Indiana
Let's be on the cutting edge of this issue and show some leadership. IU should set an example for the Bloomington community, the state of Indiana and Academic institutions. Thanks!

# 166:

6:45 am PDT, Sep 27, Sally Roth, Indiana
Although I live in southern IN, I am also affected by IU's pesticide use; water flows this way, and it's hard to stop breathing the air, you know? Many alternatives to pesticides are available; I haven't used a pesticide in my 54 years on this wonderful earth, and my gardens and yards have been beautiful---and healthy, for me and my family and my pets, as well as for the myriad other living organisms in the soil, on the earth, and in the air. Please stop. Thank you.

# 165:

6:31 am PDT, Sep 27, Heidi Krause, Indiana

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4:26 am PDT, Sep 27, Gracie Strange, Indiana

# 163:

11:51 pm PDT, Sep 26, Emily Cheney, Indiana

# 162:

7:34 pm PDT, Sep 26, Amanda Underwood, Indiana
This is an important first step to take towards creating a more sustainable campus. With so many alternatives to pesticides available, there is really no excuse to continue using them.

# 161:

7:30 pm PDT, Sep 26, Dan Corson-Knowles, Indiana
In my opinion, we as a society are at a turning point in the way we relate to the natural world. We can keep hurting ourselves by polluting the very ground we walk on, or behave more intelligently. Cutting back on the use of unsustainable, highly toxic chemicals the true safety implications of which no one really knows is a good place to start.

# 160:

7:04 pm PDT, Sep 26, Isabel Estevez, Indiana
We can't afford not to do everything within our power to stop polluting our planet. This is a tangible step we can take to that end, so let's do it! It's important and it is feasible.

# 159:

6:15 pm PDT, Sep 26, Anne Veldman, Indiana

# 158:

5:58 pm PDT, Sep 26, Tyler Ferguson, Indiana
I think this is a smart, progressive and necessary initiative. This is a chance to learn something!!!

# 157:

5:56 pm PDT, Sep 26, Jan C Hills, Indiana
These actions are essential to IU's "good citizenship" with the community of Bloomington, Indiana, which has suffered greatly from pollution in the past.

# 156:

5:44 pm PDT, Sep 26, Shannon Hagen, Indiana
Natural Pesticide is available folks. Get some Borax. It doesn't hurt people. Really.

# 155:

5:40 pm PDT, Sep 26, Ashleigh Scully, Indiana

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5:13 pm PDT, Sep 26, Sarah Taylor, Indiana

# 153:

3:11 pm PDT, Sep 25, Polly Odyssey, Missouri

# 152:

9:11 am PDT, Sep 25, Christopher Bobbitt, Indiana
So many physical and non-chemical weed and pest controls are now available.

# 151:

12:40 am PDT, Sep 25, Olaya Garcia, Spain

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