Keep Tahoe Blue Herbicide Petition
Key claims in the petition, with the documents they come from.
The Forest Service approved the Caldor Fire Restoration Project using an emergency determination that bypassed the formal objection process.
USDA Forest Service, Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit Caldor Fire Restoration decision released
The project's Final Environmental Assessment, Biological Assessment, Biological Opinion, and Human Health Risk Assessment are linked from the project page and available on request.
The World Health Organization's cancer agency classifies glyphosate as probably carcinogenic to humans.
International Agency for Research on Cancer (WHO) Q&A on glyphosate (PDF)
The EPA found glyphosate likely to harm the majority of species protected under the Endangered Species Act.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Biological evaluation for glyphosate
A foundational glyphosate safety study, cited in the project's own health risk assessment, has been retracted.
The New York Times Coverage of the retraction
The retracted paper is Williams, Kroes & Munro (2000), Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology 31(2):117–165. It appears in the Caldor project's Human Health Risk Assessment reference list. This link may require a subscription.
Local reporting that mentions the retracted study.
Tahoe Daily Tribune Fire restoration plan includes controversial herbicide use
Lake Tahoe is designated an Outstanding National Resource Water under the Clean Water Act — the highest level of protection the Act provides.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency From EPA's "About Lake Tahoe" page
Keep Tahoe Blue has said herbicides should be used only as a last resort, and that it is monitoring water quality for glyphosate.
KeepTahoeBlue.org · June 17 Regarding the Caldor Fire Restoration Plan
Keep Tahoe Blue has said it will "continue asking questions"
League to Save Lake Tahoe · Facebook Public Facebook post
In 1969, legislation required treated sewage to be exported out of the Lake Tahoe Basin rather than discharged into the lake.
Tahoe-Truckee Sanitation Agency From TTSA's "About Us" page