Please visit my website to learn about the hazardous Pesticides being used by Duke Energy to pollute our public parks and water sources at:

http://citizens1.wordpress.com/

Please contact your local state representative to stop this practice. I need your support and help. I am just a single individual who cares about his community.

2007-2008 Duke Energy is using Hazardous Herbicides at the Piedmont Environmental Center hiking/running trails and Bicentennial Greenway. They applied 400 gallons of Hazardous Herbicides to 45 acres of right of way that drains directly in High Point City Lake, our drinking water source. The right of way is off of East Fork Road and across from the Jamestown Golf course in the City of High Point, North Carolina’s Piedmont Environmental Center/Park and Bicentennial Greenway. It is a Public Park and Greenway used by many to get outdoors. About a half mile down the Bicentennial Greenway is the Duke Energy herbicidal right of way. The right of way area is approximately 100 feet wide and a 1/2 mile in length. The area was sprayed with hazardous herbicides without notification to the public. The herbicidal labels say agricultural workers should not enter a treated area for 48 hours without protective clothing. The herbicidal label (Arsenal) offers no protection to the public so Duke Energy can spray at will. The labels also states only the applicator may be present in the area, there are no plans for protecting the public as of yet. The North Carolina Department of Agriculture (NCDA) inspector stated that some of the herbicides do not reach half life for 6 months. In North Carolina we are allowed to request that the utility companies use other methods of management for right of ways. It is our responsibility to request it. You must call Duke Energy at 1-800-777-9898. No one from a utility company is going to volunteer this information to you. The utility companies will also want you to bare the responsibility, cost, and upkeep of “No Spray Signs” on your property. So say no to the utility companies, you do not want to be liable for a hazardous herbicidal accident or for making your neighbors sick. The utility companies do not notify anyone about their right of way activities, typically you learn of it after the fact when it is too late. The spraying had an effect on the High Point City Lake which supplies drinking water to many in Guilford County and local communities. Every citizen should have the right to know if the area they are in has been treated with hazardous herbicides. They also should know if it has affected their drinking water supply. Please call your local and state representatives to end these unethical right of way management policies. All right of ways are subject to this practice and not just limited to Duke Energy. Duke Energy is on a 4 year spraying cycle.