Over 2,000 locations across NYC have been sprayed. New Yorkers who visit their local parks have likely been exposed to glyphosate, the controversial, cancer-linked main ingredient in Monsanto's popular herbicide Roundup. But the data about herbicide and pesticide spraying projects across the city isn’t adding up. In May 2015, in response to the concerns of community activists and public health advocates, the city government released a report, “,” detailing the use of pesticides by city agencies in 2014. According to that report, the city applied glyphosate 2,748 times. However, according to data procured by a Freedom of Information Law request, the city has revealed only 2,000 locations of...
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