tdc's FarmGate - Pesticides

Ontario's cosmetic pesticides ban takes effect April 22, 2009. The McGuinty government made the announcement on Mar. 4, stating, "The ban protects Ontario families and children from the unnecessary risks of cosmetic pesticides by only allowing the use of certain lower-risk pesticides for controlling weeds and pests in lawns and gardens."

Local governments across North America have contemplated, considered or some already have passed bylaws to outlaw a broad range of lawn and garden chemicals, including in Ontario Toronto, Peterborough and North Bay.

The issue of banning or partially banning is based upon: the present perception that prolonged use of these chemicals will: pollute the water sources; pesticides kill both good and intrusive species of insects; there is the possibility that they could trigger viruses to mutate into other viral types that are presently not controllable; are possible carcinogens for long term exposure; and could detrimentally effect the environment.

Maintenance of the status quo on the use of these chemicals are: that their use drives up property values; provide high yield for crops through the destruction of weeds; kill intrusive insects; provides necessary nutriment for plants; there is easy maintenance of lawns and plants; and the present regulation does not infringe upon the private rights of property owners.

We are polling public opinion about pesticide use not only in Urban areas but also on urban personal, business properties, farms and rural personal properties.

If you wish to provide your opinion, please fill in the following fields and SUBMIT your opinions and comments.

Name		e-Mail
Municipality		Province/State
Gender Male put in #1- for female #2)
Where I Live Urban put in #1, Rural #2, Farm #3)
Pass Bylaws for Commercial Properties to: Completely Outlaw ---- #1 Partly Outlaw ------------- #2 Not Outlaw ---------------- #3
Pass Bylaws for Private Properties to: Completely Outlaw ---- #1 Partly Outlaw ------------- #2 Not Outlaw ---------------- #3
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Because of the ban on spraying roadsides with pesticides, my horse almost lost his life from ingesting wild parsnip which had spread from the ditches into the pastures where he was. He suffered terribly from chronic kidney failure and third degree burns on his face and three legs from the resulting photosensitivity and UV exposure to the sun. It cost me $3,000 in veterinary bills in addition to his suffering and a lot of work to bring him back to health. Wild turnip is everywhere on the roadsides and would be easy to erradicate with pesticides. The ban is foolish and dangerous to our animals, pets, and even humans. - Carmen

Information gathered from your input will be put in a database and
statistically analyzed after Canadian Thanksgiving October 9, 2006.

We will try to notify all those who provided input to this poll via e-mail at that time

Then we will post the results on this page - www.tdc.ca/survey/pesticides.htm

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