Environmental advocates are raising concerns about Orange County’s use of herbicides in rivers and creeks, arguing that the practice should end altogether.
For the last five months, the OC Creek Team has been trying to alert the public that for years, Orange County has been spraying glyphosate-based herbicides into its rivers and creeks. The group says the spraying is widespread and has been occurring for years.
“So the Santa Ana River here gets sprayed with somewhere between 30- and 50,000 gallons of RoundUp annually. And that’s the standard across the county,” said Brent Linas, founder of the OC Creek Team…