Pesticide Vendors Fool Public at Home Show

Date: Sat, 01 Apr 2000 15:34:50 -0400
From: Helen Jones <hjones@chebucto.ns.ca>
Organization: Chebucto Community Net
To: Sustainable Maritimes <sust-mar@chebucto.ns.ca>
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Paul's note: sounds like a consumer boycott is in called for!
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PESTICIDE VENDERS FOOL PUBLIC AT HOME SHOW
 
There seems to be a propagation of misinformation by a handful of
pesticide vendors about a Pesticide Bylaw that would regulate landscape
pesticide use in the Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM).  Is the
pesticide industry misinformed?  All natural pest control products such
as tanglefoot, insecticidal soap, citronella, Bt, etc, would be
ENCOURAGED by a Pesticide Bylaw, and only toxic chemical pesticides
would be
restricted by it. But a petition being circulated at the Halifax Home
Show, reportedly by Halifax Seed Company, is needlessly misleading the
public, claiming safe garden products would be prohibited.

The Bylaw recommended by the 7:4 majority of the committe is concerned
with
the protection of community health, especially that of our children. 
The Majority Report by the Pesticide Bylaw Advisory Committee asked that
the working bylaw in Chelsea, Quebec, be used as a model for the Halifax
Regional Municipality.   In it, natural, pesticide-free, safe garden
products and methods would be encouraged. In addition, the possible need
for an exclusion list was unanimously recognized (page 3, #1) in the
main report of the Pesticide Bylaw Advisory Committee for HRM.  The
owner of Halifax Seed was a member of this committee.



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