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From 1967 to Now: Another Town Poised to Take Action
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...Maine Pesticide Summit Draws Near
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
The Maine Pesticide Summit is gathering loads of attention, both locally and nationally. The fact that concerned citizens, municipal leaders, scientists, lawn care professionals and activists from across the Northeast will gather Saturday, Nov. 20, in Brunswick, Maine, has Maine news from Washington to Maine — including this article published today in the Forecaster: http://www.toxicsaction.org/mainepesticidesummit. [...]
Continue reading...Maine Town Considers Pesticide Ordinance
Thursday, October 28, 2010
A scene played out Tuesday afternoon that I’ve probably witnessed 50 times across the U.S. and Canada in the past two years. I was among about 75 people in town council chambers in Scarborough, Maine, where the fast-growing municipality was considering an ordinance to ban the applications of pesticides around schools and other public property. The [...]
Continue reading...Two More Canadian Municipalities Leaning Toward Pesticide Ban
Friday, October 22, 2010
Though much of Canada has already banned the applications of synthetic chemical pesticides used to kill weeds and insects on public and private property, some cities and towns are still holding out. It appears, however, it won’t be long in many areas. In Edmonton, Alberta: http://www.edmontonjournal.com/news/Most+Edmonton+councillors+would+cosmetic+pesticides/3708403/story.html In Rossland, British Columbia: http://www.bclocalnews.com/kootenay_rockies/trailrosslandnews/news/105393493.html
Continue reading...New Hampshire Pesticide Vote Hangs in Balance of Election
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
CONCORD — As we predicted just a few days ago, the fate of the anti-pesticide movement in New Hampshire likely depends on the outcome of the Nov. 2 election. The agricultural sub-committee of the New Hampshire legislature — that had been studying the impact of a pesticide ban in places where children routinely congregate — voted [...]
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