LAGUNA BEACH
Per the City Council’s request, Mayor Steve Dicterow will write a letter to Caltrans asking that the agency use less herbicides in the county. The action came after Councilwoman Toni Iseman cited a recent Times report that showed Caltrans road crews used 14.5 gallons of liquid herbicides per mile in 1997 to control brush in the county--more than in any other county.
Caltrans aims to reduce the use of herbicides by 2002, but the council suggested that the agency accelerate its reduction. After all, such chemicals make their way through the streams and eventually the ocean, the council noted.
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