Ban Pesticides in Your Community!

The citizens of Canada continue to make the choice - they want their community or province to regulate pesticides for residential and public spaces - regulations that would include banning the availability, sale and use of these products to the public as well as the enforcement of the regulations. There is evidence to link the use of pesticides with illnesses such as Parkinson’s disease; leukemia; cancer of the prostate, brain, pancreas, kidney and stomach; and non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Health Canada claims that these products are not hazardous to humans if used as labelled.

As of April 2009, 154 municipalities across Canada have passed bylaws restricting the use of pesticides - including Vancouver, Vancouver Island, Halifax, and the province of Ontario. These restrictions affect 69% of the Canadian population - 22 million. Many bylaws only restrict the application of pesticides as the sale of pesticides is a provincial responsibility. Prevent Cancer Now is working towards changing this. The following resources will help your community get a pesticide bylaw in place before the spring of 2010. Support a Pesticide Bylaw for your community - act TODAY and don’t delay. Future generations are counting on us!  MORE »