Using PFBC Website

Seven sections are across
the top of each page. 

Click on the "headers" for info.

For example,
"about pesticides"
explains why all BCers
need to be concerned
about cosmetic pesticide use.

Click on about pesticides
header. Topics are listed
in the top left sidebar . . .
the green lawn box.

You will be at
"Pesticides are Killers" info.
Click on listed topics
for more info,
including Risk of Exposure
and Risk to Human Health.

bc needs ban
tells why BC lags
other provinces and
why we need a 2010 ban.

For bylaw info, click on
bylaw communities header.

Click on In British Columbia
in top left sidebar
for why bylaws don't
really protect BCers.

Click on BC Bylaws for
BC's 31 bylaws and educational programs.
 
To tell the BC Government
you want a "no IPM" ban, click on take action!
 
To find specifc topics, use
the bottom left search
sidebar on each page.

Type in the topic you want
. . . children, IPM, ban.
Hit your "enter" key and
click on linked items
listed on your screen.

Throughout the website, links to sources
and more info are
grey and underlined.

Print "Pesticide Free" Poster

poster
Click on the image
to print this poster.

Put it up at your school, library, store, golf course  . . .

Spread the word that
BC needs a Pesticide Free
ban in 2010.

Make BC Pesticide Free!

The Canadian Cancer Society
wants the BC Government
to pass legislation in 2010
for a "no IPM"  ban
on the sale and use of
cosmetic pesticides.

Watch their
Make BC Pesticide Free! video.

Take action! now.

Welcome! to the Pesticide Free BC website.
 
 
Why isn't BC pesticide free?
 
 
 British Columbians must continue to tell the Campbell Government

we want a ban on the sale and use

of unnecessary "cosmetic" lawn and garden pesticides in BC.



Earlier this year, our Ministry of Environment consulted the public on
 
"new statutory provisions to further safeguard
 
the environment from cosmetic chemical pesticides."

 
Summarized comments were posted on-line April 15, 2010,

with NO further action,

even though 88% of respondents support a ban!

See "BC Govt did NOT Listen" top right sidebar.

 
 
Three provinces have protective bans 
 
on the sale and use of cosmetic pesticides . . .
 
Nova Scotia (2011) Ontario (2009) and Quebec (2003).


 In constrast, the BC Ministry of Environment promotes cosmetic pesticide use

through Integrated Pest Management (IPM).
 
 
 
For why BC needs a "no IPM" ban

on the sale and use of cosmetic pesticides,  click here.
 
 
To tell the Campbell Government you want strong

"no IPM" ban legislation,  click here.
 


For why pesticides cannot be "properly" or "safely" applied,

and why pesticide use is about public health (not plant health),

particularly for children and young women, click here.

 

For why the environment

and our pets are at risk, click here.

 
 
For why Health Canada's "rubber stamp" approval of pesticides

does not protect any Canadian, click here.


For industry opposition to restricting pesticide use,

except laws that allow continued IPM use,  click here.
 
 

For why BC's 31 pesticide bylaws don't really protect BCers, click here.
 

For why the Canadian Cancer Society

wants "no IPM" ban legislation passed in 2010,

see "Make BC Pesticide Free!" bottom left sidebar and click here. 

 
For the more than 50 groups/organizations that support

Pesticide Free initiatives throughout BC, click here.
 

To go Pesticide Free and get your lawn and garden off chemicals, click here.
 
 
To find more website info, see "Using PFBC Website" left sidebar.
 
 
  The PFBC website is maintained by a British Columbian family for British Columbians
who want "no IPM" pesticide ban legislation passed in 2010.
Last Updated on Monday, 30 August 2010 19:04
 
Why isn't BC pesticide free?  Take Action! now.
 

BC Govt Did NOT Listen

Earlier this year,
our Ministry of Environment
consulted on 
"new statutory provisions
to further safeguard
the environment
from cosmetic
chemical pesticides."

On April 15, 2010,
the Ministry posted
a summary
of submitted comments.

The BC Government has
no plans
for ban legislation,
although 88%
of consultation
respondents
support a ban.

For why the BC Government
must listen to BCers,
follow Nova Scotia,
Ontario and Quebec,
focus on public health
(not plant health)
and pass a "no IPM"
sale and use ban,
click here.

Tell the Campbell Government
you want strong,
"no IPM" ban legislation.
Take action! now.

Ont Govt Listened

"We have listened
to medical experts

– like the Canadian
Cancer Society –

who have made
a convincing case
for reducing
our exposure
to pesticides,
particularly children
who are generally
more susceptible
to the potential
toxic effects
of pesticides."
  
Ontario's Ministry of Environment's website.

For more on Ontario's
2009 ban, click here.

Nova Scotia Gets Ban

"A proposed ban
on the sale and use
of non-essential
pesticides
will protect
the health
of Nova Scotia's
environment and people
across the province.

'Our public consultation
response on this
was
overwhelmingly
in favour of a ban.

Medical experts
and Nova Scotians
agree this is
the right solution
for our province;' "

Nova Scotia's
Minister of Environment
May 4, 2010 News Release

Contact PFBC

Please contact
Pesticide Free BC at
info@pesticidefreebc.org.