Media Release Happy Earth Day Ontario! Toronto: Chock up another victory for pesticide reduction and, in time for Earth Day, a green-tinged government responding to public aspirations. “With polls consistently showing over 70% support for banning cosmetic pesticide use, the…
Read More Media Release: Ontario Plans to Ban Sale and Use of Cosmetic Pesticides
Title: Debunking Industry Opposition to a Province-wide Ban on Lawn and Garden Pesticides Resource Type: Fact Sheet Content: DebunkingMyths # of Pages: 2 Date authored: March 26, 2008 Author/s: David Suzuki Foundation, Canadian Environmental Law Association, Canadian Association of Physicians…
Read More Debunking Industry Opposition to a Province-wide Ban on Lawn and Garden Pesticides
Title: Banning Cosmetic Pesticide Use in Ontario (Letter) EBR Registry Number 010-2248 - Notice of intent to introduce legislation that would ban the cosmetic use of pesticides in Ontario Resource Type: Letter, Response to Consultation Content: 600_ProvPesticideBan # of Pages:…
Media Release Joint media release and statement from coalition of 15 organizations Unprecedented coalition includes OMA (Section on Pediatrics), Canadian Cancer Society (Ontario Division), Children’s Hospital Toronto— Ontario’s top health and environment organizations today urged the McGuinty government to enact…
Read More Media Release: Top Health, Environment Leaders Urge World-Class Pesticide Ban
Statement from thirteen provincial and/or national organizations. Download statement here: OntBanStatementFINAL
Media Release Toronto: The Canadian Environmental Law Association (CELA) strongly supports Dalton McGuinty’s proposal for provincial legislation to ban the non-essential or “cosmetic” use of pesticides. “With nearly 130 municipal bylaws in Canada, many of them in Quebec and Ontario,…
Read More Media Release: CELA in cheering section for Province-wide ban on non-essential pesticides
