THE EVERETT ADVOCATE – FRiDAy, SEpTEmbER 19, 2025 Page 9 RODENT PROBLEM | FROM PAGE 2 distributed with tax bills. “I’m a big proponent of prevention over poison,” Councillor-at-Large Katy Rogers said in ongoing discussion. “Natural predators are dying out because of poison meant for rats. We’re finding natural predators are dying because they’re consuming poisoned rats.” She’d like to see rat birth control measures “that don’t necessarily trickle down into our food chain and impact natural predators who could come into contact with a poisoned rat.” She also said the Council should invite State Senator Sal DiDomenico for a briefing on legislation to limit rodenticides. The bill in question is S.644/H.965, An Act Restricting the Use of Rodenticides in the Environment. It would insert a new definition of an Anticoagulant Rodenticide as “any pesticide product that has a mode of action that interferes with blood clotting” into Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 132B, the Pesticide Control Act, under which the state is charged with promoting “the use of biologic controls, integrated pest management, sustainable agriculture and other alternate pest control methods through education, technical assistance and research in order to reduce or eliminate, whenever possible, human or environmental exposures to chemical pesticides and promote the use of biologic controls, integrated pest management, sustainable agriculture and other alternate pest control methods through education, technical assistance and research in order to reduce or eliminate, whenever possible, human or environmental exposures to chemical pesticides.” The MSPCA website indicates, “This bill will end the registration and reregistration of anticoagulant rodenticides (ARs), unless deemed necessary for a public health emergency by the Massachusetts Department of Agriculture and Resources (MDAR). This bill also gives the Department the ability to establish a process and standards for the limited use of anticoagulant rodenticides by licensed applicators in public health emergencies…. Anticoagulant Rodenticides (ARs) are a particularly toxic group of poisons used as a form of rodent control. When ingested, ARs prevent the clotting of blood, and cause the animal who ingested it to sustain heavy internal bleeding, eventually causing death. The poison remains in the dead or dying rodent’s system for days…. making them more dangerous to other animals who ingest poisoned prey. “ARs impact non-targeted pets and wildlife populations, such as birds of prey, who rely on the poisoned rodents as a food source. As a result, cats and dogs, hawks, eagles, owls, and bobcats who are exposed often suffer the same fatal hemorrhaging as their meal. “While ARs are prohibited for residential consumer purchase in the Commonwealth, commercial use is allowed for licensed pesticide companies.” In February it was referred to the Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources. Lawrence A. Simeone Jr. Attorney-at-Law ~ Since 1989 ~ * Corporate Litigation * Criminal/Civil * MCAD * Zoning/Land Court * Wetlands Litigation * Workmen’s Compensation * Landlord/Tenant Litigation * Real Estate Law * Construction Litigation * Tax Lien * Personal Injury * Bankruptcy * Wrongful Death * Zoning/Permitting Litigation 300 Broadway, Suite 1, Revere * 781-286-1560 lsimeonejr@simeonelaw.net “As a former Union Carpenter, I fully understand how vital the skilled trades are in building our City and building careers for our residents. I am honored to receive the endorsement of the North Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters (NASRCC) for Ward 6 City Council and I vow to bring their members’ voices and concerns to the forefront of the local conversation.” (Paid Political Adv.) AWARD | FROM PAGE 1 Front row, pictured from left to right: Representative Joseph McGonagle, Mayor Carlo DeMaria, Jason Papa, Lieutenant Governor Kim Driscoll, Jesse Winocour and Senator Sal DiDomenico. “Jesse and Jason are the definition of heroes,” said Representative McGonagle. “They selflessly put their safety aside to help others and followed their instinct to help their neighbors. These ordinary guys did an extraordinary feat. I am so grateful to ELECT Alfred Lattanzi Candidate for City Council Ward 6 have people like them in the Everett community and to be able to honor them with such a special award named for another hero. I hope they and their families know how proud we in the Commonwealth are.” This award was named after Madeline “Amy” Sweeney of Acton, Massachusetts, who was a flight attendant on American Airlines Flight 11. She contacted the airline’s ground crew on September 11, 2001, to provide crucial information about the hijackers just minutes before the terrorists crashed the plane into the north tower of the World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan.
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