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LAST DAY: PUBLIC HEARINGS ON THE PESTICIDE BYLAW=20 >=20 > TO GET A COMMUNITY FRIENDLY PESTICIDE BYLAW - WE NEED YOUR HELP ONCE > MORE - Thank you to all who were there before! >=20 > WHEN: The last day of hearings will be Thursday, June 29, starting at > 1:00 PM. Reports are that the hearing will continue until all are = heard > and then be declared closed at the end of this session, so bring a = copy > of your talk to hand in, if possible, in case the session must be = ended > before all can speak. This insures that your ideas become part of the > official record; just submit them "as read" (or "as viewed," if it is > visual material). >=20 > WHERE: Halifax Regional Council Chambers in City Hall (at one end of > the Grand Parade, bordered by Duke, Barrington and Argyle Streets). >=20 > WHAT. Even if you do not wish to speak, your presence is needed.=20 > PLEASE COME AND SUPPORT THE PESTICIDE BYLAW. This cannot be done = without > your help. Speakers are allowed 3-5 minutes to speak, but just stating = that > you support the bylaw would be enough. Although there is no > pre-registration for the official hearings, if you were present at > earlier hearings but were unable to get a chance to speak, you can add > your name to the overflow list by calling the Clerk's office = (490-4210), > so that your name will be called before those who have not been = waiting > as long. Please, come early [at least a half hour] as it is important > to fill the municipal council chambers upstairs with people interested > in eliminating cosmetic pesticide use on lawns and gardens.=20 >=20 > The pesticide bylaw being considered is a phase-out of toxic landscape > pesticides by the year 2004, and is based on the recommendations of = the > Majority Report of the Pesticide Bylaw Advisory Committee. The bylaw > will permit and encourage the use of safe, non-toxic landscape = products > (if necessary with an exclusion list to the definition of = "pesticide").=20 > It would also permit applications for indoor, personal use, building > structures and foundations, commercial properties, rodent control, = flea > collars, etc., and exceptions for unusual infestations.=20 >=20 > COUNCILLORS ARE TALKING ABOUT A NOTIFICATION-ONLY BYLAW. THIS MEANS > THAT SPRAYING WOULD CONTINUE AT PRESENT OR HIGHER LEVELS, BUT CERTAIN > INDIVIDUALS WOULD RECEIVE PRIOR WARNING. This will not help or = protect > anyone, especially our children. >=20 > Some people think we have a bylaw already, or think, that if they have > already spoken at the Committee-of-the-Whole, they are not needed now. = > This is not true. It is vital to the health of our children and > community that you come one more time. This is not a minority issue, > but rather one that has far reaching impact on healthcare costs and = the > health of our entire community. This is the only way, for example, = that > children and the unborn can be protected from the neurotoxic effects = of > Chlorpyrifos (Dow is removing it from the American market but, so far, > not the Canadian one). For more information on the bylaw see the > municipal website:=20 > http://www.region.halifax.ns.ca/harboursol/pesticides/pesticides.html = or > the House of Commons Report on pesticides: > = http://www.parl.gc.ca/InfoComDoc/36/2/ENVI/Studies/Reports/envi01-e.html = >=20 > Until now, the chemical industry did not think we could get this far.=20 > They have just started to fight and they are well funded and expert at > manipulating the media. For the public will to prevail in spite of = the > efforts of outside lobbyists, we will need as many people as possible = to > come to the hearings. Take a moment from your summer to help insure = we > have healthy neighbourhoods in which to live. Numbers are crucial. >=20 -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- The preceding message was posted on Sustainable Maritimes (sust-mar) -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- Looking for an old message? You'll find it in the sust-mar ARCHIVES ... http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/lists/sust-mar
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