Tag Archive | "Pesticide Bans"
Manitoba Set to Join Canadian Pesticide Parade
Big news out of Canada this morning. The province of Manitoba’s prime minister said he plans to implement a ban of pesticides used for aesthetic purposes on lawns and gardens. That would leave just three provinces without bans. Here’s the story: http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/cosmetic-pesticides-face-ban-in-province-138465249.html
Continue reading...47 Schoolchildren Poisoned in Ohio Offers Evidence That Kids Are Silently Poisoned Every Day
Saturday, October 29, 2011
When I arrived home today after another whirlwind week on the road, the in-box was abuzz with news of a a tragic event in Ohio that poisoned 47 young schoolchildren. Six were hospitalized and lawyers for a slew of parents are circling the wagons in the midst of the incident that occurred back on Oct. [...]
Continue reading...Community Uproar Turns Back Pesticide Threat Near Chicago
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Anyone concerned with pesticide spraying should take note: PROTESTS DO WORK. For further evidence, turn to Highland Park, Ill., where 25 emails and 600-plus signatures on a petition caught the attention of local officials who ultimately delayed a plan to spray public parks with synthetic weed killers: http://highlandpark.suntimes.com/news/7810266-418/park-district-backs-off-pesticide-use.html. The issue in the community was that, after voting [...]
Continue reading...Yes! Scarborough, Maine, Bans Lawn Pesticides on Public Property
Thursday, September 22, 2011
We were watching this one closely, having participated in many of the early debates. Last night, in what can only be called a “landslide” vote and public outcry, the town of Scarborough, Maine, removed synthetic pesticides from public property: http://www.theforecaster.net/content/s-scarborough-town-council-092311.
Continue reading...From 1967 to Now: Another Town Poised to Take Action
Friday, September 2, 2011
Did you know the lawn chemical industry can be traced to the second weekend of April of 1967? That’s the weekend the “Augusta Syndrome” was born, causing grown men across the U.S. to covet perfectly manicured green lawns of their own. The picture, at left, shows a young Jack Nicklaus fitting Gay Brewer with his [...]
Continue reading...School Pesticide Debate Heats Up in the Denver Summer
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
The same debate we’ve seen unfold in at least a half dozen other states in the past two years is grabbing headlines in Colorado. On one side a group of concerned parents thinks lawn pesticides are dangerous; on the other, a group of lawn care professionals who claim the products are safe when used as [...]
Continue reading...The Most Important Day in Pesticide History? That Would be June 28
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Today Marks 10th Anniversary of Supreme Court Decision Search on-line on one of those this-day-in-history lists and you won’t find my nomination for the MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT’S EVER HAPPENED on the 179th day of the year (not counting leap years). All sorts of other important stuff shares a June 28 anniversary. I didn’t know, for [...]
Continue reading...Report Rates Strength of Canadian Pesticide Bans
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Although approximately 80 percent of Canadians now live under the protection of some sort of restriction on weed killers and other pesticides, not all of the laws and ordinances are created equally. Today the David Suzuki Foundation issued a report ranking the strength of the bans in the six different provinces that have regulated these [...]
Continue reading...Guest Blog by Peter Kettenbeil: Banning the Film is ‘Unconscionable’
Friday, December 3, 2010
Peter Kettenbeil of Brossard, Quebec, is Vice Chairman of the Technology Transfer Committee of the Solar Buildings Research Network and consultant to numerous environmental projects. He submitted this guest blog on the subject of the Canada Blooms flower show voting to overturn its decision to screen the film, A Chemical Reaction. As a fan of the [...]
Continue reading...Maine Town Anti-Pesticide Drive Makes Local News
Thursday, November 11, 2010
http://www.keepmecurrent.com/news/article_6d5285e8-ecea-11df-bb1d-001cc4c03286.html
Continue reading...- Miracle Gro Deal with Wildlife Federation Outrages Environmental Community
- Citing Guilty Plea, Wildlife Federation Ends Agreement with Scotts
- Chemical Industry Convinces Toronto Flower Show to Ban Film
- Former Chemical Applicator: 'I Am Literally Ashamed of Myself for Being Part of It'
- Researcher: Roundup May Be Causing Miscarriages in Cattle, Humans
- Groundcover Wednesday: Lemon Thyme
- Sometimes, You Just Have to Mow . . .
- Government Agency: We Must Reduce Toxics
- Amidst Wildlife Federation Firestorm, Scotts Miracle Gro Fined $4.5 Million for Toxic Bird Seed, Falsifying Records
- Corn Gluten Meal as Weed Control?: 20 Years Later, the Jury is Still Out
- Ken Mitchell: This is all great, but what can we do about the on...
- Mary Allen: Yeah for ethics! Not everyone is a whore for the ...
- Paul Tukey: Beverly, Send me an email at Paul@SafeLawns.org an...
- Beverly Herran: My partner and i observed your content has a copyr...
- Dianne Laheurte: Congratulations to you and Safelawns, Paul, for sp...
Upcoming Events
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
0 Comments