0001| SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL 52
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0002| 43RD LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, 1998
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0003| INTRODUCED BY
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0004| GLORIA HOWES
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0010| A JOINT MEMORIAL
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0011| REQUESTING THAT THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION
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0012| ENCOURAGE THE USE OF INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT IN PUBLIC
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0013| SCHOOLS.
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0015| WHEREAS, children are especially vulnerable to the toxic
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0016| effects of chemicals; and
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0017| WHEREAS, children deserve environmentally safe schools
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0018| that promote health and well-being; and
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0019| WHEREAS, many pesticides are known to be neurotoxic and
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0020| can adversely affect memory, attention, concentration and
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0021| overall learning; and
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0022| WHEREAS, the use of chemical pesticides can be
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0023| significantly reduced by adopting integrated pest management
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0024| policies that rely primarily on mechanical, physical, cultural
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0025| and biological measures to control pests; and
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0001| WHEREAS, integrated pest management programs encourage
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0002| the avoidance of pesticides whenever possible and reserve the
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0003| application of chemical pesticides for when other methods have
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0004| failed; and
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0005| WHEREAS, integrated pest management is cost-effective and
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0006| has been successfully implemented in public schools across the
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0007| country, including schools in Texas, Maryland, Michigan,
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0008| Oregon and California, and at the university of New Mexico;
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0009| and
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0010| WHEREAS, integrated pest management in schools is
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0011| endorsed by the United States environmental protection agency,
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0012| the national parent teacher association and the national
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0013| education association; and
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0014| WHEREAS, most New Mexico public schools do not practice
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0015| integrated pest management; and
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0016| WHEREAS, free guidelines for school integrated pest
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0017| management are provided by the United States environmental
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0018| protection agency in the publication "IPM for Schools: A How-
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0019| To Manual";
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0020| NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE
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0021| STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the state department of public
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0022| education encourage the use of integrated pest management in
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0023| New Mexico schools and encourage schools to notify parents and
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0024| school occupants prior to the application of pesticides
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0025| whenever possible and to make applications when the premises
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0001| are unoccupied; and
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0002| BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the state department of
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0003| public education report its integrated pest management
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0004| promotional activities to the legislative education study
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0005| committee by December 1, 1998; and
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0006| BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be
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0007| transmitted to the superintendent of public instruction and
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0008| the director of the legislative education study committee for
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0009| appropriate distribution.
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