The responsible and wise behavior is to avoid using or buying pesticides for cosmetic reasons. By following simple and well documented maintenance practices, it is easy, and cheap, to get a lawn that is green and healthy for kids and pets to play on.

The essence of the regulations in other provinces is simple: limit human –and most importantly children’s– exposure to these toxic chemicals.

In Manitoba, a legislation to ban the use and sale of pesticides for cosmetic reasons is not only a necessity, it is overdue.

No matter how thorough Health Canada is in regulating pesticides, they still recommend to minimize their use.

Health Canada also says that effective pest management for lawn care doesn’t have to involve pesticide use. Furthermore, the regulator asks us to remember that pesticides give short-term control of lawn pests, but rarely long-lasting solutions (edited excerpt from http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pest/part/protect-proteger/use-utiliser/_lawn-pelouse/index-eng.php).

Personally, like the vast majority of Canadians, I do not use nor buy pesticides for cosmetic reasons. By following simple and well documented maintenance practices, I get a lawn that is green and healthy for kids and pets to play on.

The essence of the new proposed regulation is to limit human –and most importantly children’s– exposure to these toxic chemicals.

In Manitoba, a legislation to ban the use and sale of pesticides for cosmetic and non-essential reasons is not only a necessity, it is overdue.

Show us the Growing Body of Evidence that lawn pesticides cause cancer. There is none.

Show us evidence of provinces that have pesticide bans in place are now healthier than provinces that still use lawn pesticides. There is none.

If you get Cancer you will notice very quickly that the Canadian Cancer Society does not contribute to your Provincial Health Care, its the supplier of the Cancer Treatment Products that offer charitable benefits to the patients and their treatment programs.

Its the provinces that offer Clinical Trials and free enrollment.
Its the provinces that offer compassionate usage of ground breaking new products.
Its the provinces that pays for your stay and meals at a hospital.
Its the province that pays for all the treatments, blood supplements.
Its the province that pays for drugs coverage, unless you have employer benefits.

The provincial fund that coincidentally provides monies to bogus charities like CCS, an example, Trillium Foundation, reimburses manufacturers/suppliers for donating Cancer Treatment products/services.

A volunteer from the Cancer Society will give you a ride to and from the hospital, car pooling with others, but that’s it. Executives of CCS make $350,000 plus and they don’t drive you anywhere.