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"Pesticides are known to play, or are suspected of playing, a role in a myriad of diseases and developmental abnormalities, including: cancer [brain, breast,, stomach, prostate and testicles], childhood leukemia, reduced fertility, damage to the thyroid and pituitary glands, lowered immunity, developmental abnormalities and behavioural problems” - Federal House of Commons Report on Pesticides, May 16,2000, page xviii. DID YOUR COUNCILLOR VOTE TO PUT CHILDREN AT RISK? A HALIFAX CITY STAFF REQUEST FOR “START UP” FUNDING FOR THE PESTICIDE BYLAW (P-800) WAS APPROVED BY ONLY A FOUR VOTE MARGIN TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2000 Whether or not it was their intention to continue exposing children to cancer-causing lawn pesticides while walking to and from school in the Halifax Regional Municipality, nine Councillors who opposed initial funding for the pesticide bylaw narrowly missed achieving this result. HRM residents are urged to contact their councillors to let them know that protecting children and community health deserves the highest possible priority, and that, in a province staggering under health care costs, it is important to support any initiative likely to reduce those costs. Those who OPPOSED FUNDING THE PESTICIDE BYLAW were: [Note: Email addresses for new councillors will be available soon.] District 1 Steve Streatch Eastern Shore-Musquodoboit Email: streats@region.halifax.ns.ca <mailto:streats@region.halifax.ns.ca> Phone: 384-2109 (office), 497-2995 (cell) District 2 Gary Hines Waverley-Dutch Settlement Phone: 860-4358 (office), 488-4802 (cell) District 6 Brian Warshick Westphal-Waverley Phone: 435-8476 (res), 488-3800 (cell) District 8 Bruce Hetherington Woodside Email: hetherb@region.halifax.ns.ca <mailto:hetherb@region.halifax.ns.ca> Phone: 463-6827 (res), 488-4808 (cell) District 12 Dawn Sloane Halifax Downtown Phone: 490-4752 (res), 488-4812 (cell) District 17 Linda Mosher Purcell’s Cove-Armdale Phone: 477-8618 (res), 476-4117 (cell) District 18 Steve Adams Spryfield-Herring Cove Email: adamss@region.halifax.ns.ca <mailto:adamss@region.halifax.ns.ca> Phone: 477-0627 (res), 497-8818 (cell) District 21 Len Goucher Bedford Phone: 832-8902 (res), 452-1726 (cell) District 22 Reg Rankin Hammonds Plains-Timberlea Email: rankinr@region.halifax.ns.ca <mailto:rankinr@region.halifax.ns.ca> Phone: 876-0146 (res), 499-3744 (cell) These Councillors need to hear immediately from area residents who care about community health and want appropriate action on the approved pesticide bylaw. Getting ready for April 1, 2001* requires public education initiatives and registration services to be up and running well before this date. Expenditures for this advance planning and preparation were fully anticipated by Council when the bylaw was passed, and are not “over-budget” as opponents claimed on Tuesday. The contingency fund from which the money came was created for this type of need. But the knives were out. Even while several opponents were claiming they “supported the bylaw,” they voted against funding for it. None of those Councillors put forward any constructive alternatives for the start-up total. At least one implied threat to Council was made in the form of a reminder to budget for court challenges from industry. Congratulations to those members of Council who showed courage and leadership by supporting the necessary funding of approximately $200,000 to begin the transition to a clean and green community, so that parents and others will have information on safe alternatives to landscape pesticides in order to protect the health of our children and the entire community. Thank you. _________________________________________________________________ *Bylaw P-800 states, “Commencing April 1, 2001, no person shall carry out or permit or suffer to be carried out any pesticide application on property all or part of which lies within a 50 metre radius measured from the boundary of a property containing any school, licensed day care centre, park, playground, licensed senior citizens’ residence, university, church or hospital.” -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- The preceding message was posted on the Sustainable Maritimes mailing list (sust-mar). http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/lists/sust-mar -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- Volunteer moderator: Paul Falvo mailto:sust-mar-owner@chebucto.ns.ca To submit a message to sust-mar, please send it to: mailto:sust-mar@chebucto.ns.ca PLEASE SEND MESSAGES TO SUST-MAR IN PLAIN TEXT ONLY MESSAGES CONTAINING HTML (MIME) CANNOT BE POSTED
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