Protect Sled Dogs not Kids?

In 2011, Premier Clark
and
Environment Minister Lake
acted swiftly
because of 56 dead
Olympic sled dogs
and
"amended legislation
to give this province
the toughest
animal cruelty laws
in Canada".

When will
the Clark Government
protect our children,
our pets and
the environment from
cosmetic pesticide use?

Source: BC Govt Newsroom
Land Act changes improve
protection of sled dogs.

BC is IPM Leader

"BC is seen
as a leader by
other jurisdictions
in that legislation
requires the use of IPM."

Ministry of Environment
Information Note on
Consultation Results
March 29, 2010.

No IPM - Cancer Society

"Integrated Pest Management
(IPM),
or the use of pesticides
‘as a last resort’
to deal with
weeds and insects,
should not be included
in cosmetic
pesticide legislation."

Canadian Cancer Society
BC and Yukon.

Help BC go Pesticide Free!

The Canadian Cancer Society
is leading 
BC's health and 
environmental groups in
advocating for a BC ban 
on 
the sale and use
of toxic
lawn & garden pesticides.

See Feb 3, 2012 ad
calling for ban.

Join  
"Pesticide Free BC"
Facebook discussions.

Review the proposed
ban legislation given to
BC's Environment Minister
in 2010.

Take action!

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 to be Pesticide Free!

Using PFBC Website

For info, click on topics
across the top of each page
(using Explorer works best).

"about pesticides"
explains why all BCers
need to be concerned
about non-essential
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
the Precautionary Approach,
Risk of Exposure and
Risk to Human Health.

bc needs ban
explains why BC lags
behind other provinces and
why BC needs a
"no IPM" ban.

For bylaw info, click on
bylaw communities topic.

Click on BC Bylaws Don't Protect to find out
why bylaws don't
really protect BCers.
Click on BC Bylaws &
Education Programs
for BC's 39 bylaws.
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.

Contact PFBC

Please contact
Pesticide Free BC at
info@pesticidefreebc.org.
   
Welcome! to the Pesticide Free BC website.


The BC Government acted swiftly in 2011 to protect sled dogs

but BCers must continue to tell the Clark Government

we want a strong, effective ban

on the sale and use

of toxic, non - essential "cosmetic"

lawn and garden pesticides

to protect BC's children, our pets and the environment.

See top sidebars . . . "Protect Sled Dogs not Kids?" and "Protect BC's Children".


The good news is . . . 

British Columbia's Premier Christy Clark

and Environment Minister Terry Lake support a provincial ban.


The other good news is . . .

The bi-partisan Special Legislative Committee on Cosmetic Pesticides

considering the scope of a pesticide ban for BC

received over 8,700 submissions,

the most a BC parliamentary committee has ever received!

Public consultations ended Dec 16, 2011, with

the Committee's report expected in spring 2012.

The Committee has the New Democrat's May 5, 2011 ban legislation 

 and a May 2011 comparative analysis on 

Canada's 6 provincial approaches to guide them.


The bad news is  . . . 

The Legislative Committee will likely recommend

continued Integrated Pest Management (IPM) use

of Health Canada's approved products

and recommend IPM "ban" legislation like

 New Brunswick 2009 and Prince Edward Island 2010.


Pesticide use for cosmetic purposes continues under these "bans" 

by IPM applicators, with many exemptions 

(including play grounds, sports fields and schools yards!)

and the only banned ingredient is 2,4-D.


BC needs to follow the three provinces with effective bans . . .

Nova Scotia 2011,  Ontario 2009 and Quebec 2003.


See right sidebars . . . "Premier Clark Supports Ban",  "Mayor Lake Wanted Ban",
"Tell Premier You Want Ban", "Will Leg Cttee Listen?" and "Govt has Ban Legislation".

See left sidebars . . . "BC is IPM Leader" and "No IPM - Cancer Society" 
and right sidebars . . . "Ont Ban Reduces Risk" and "No IPM in Nova Scotia".

 

BCers need to remember that in December 2009

our Ministry of Environment

initiated public consultations on

"new statutory provisions to further safeguard

the environment from cosmetic chemical pesticides."


Summarized comments were posted

almost two years ago on April 15, 2010,

with no introduction of ban legislation,  

even though 88% of respondents supported a ban!


We also need to be aware that

our Ministry of Environment endorses

Health Canada's product approval process and promotes IPM.
 

For more on why BC needs a strong, effective "no IPM" ban

like Nova Scotia, Ontario and Quebec, click here.


For why BC's health and environmental groups,

led by the Canadian Cancer Society - BC and Yukon Division,

want strong, province-wide cosmetic pesticide legislation

that prohibits the use, sale and retail display

of synthetic, chemical pesticides

for lawns, gardens and non- agricultural landscaping, 

see "Help BC go Pesticide Free!" left sidebar or click here.


For why pesticides cannot be "properly" or "safely" applied for cosmetic purposes,

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 pesticide products

does not protect any Canadian, click here.


For the "plant health" landscaping industry opposition to a BC ban, click here.


For why BC's 39 pesticide bylaws don't really protect BCers, click here.

For BC's 39 bylaws and education programs, click here.


For the more than 50 groups, organizations,

local governments and school districts

that support Pesticide Free initiatives throughout BC, click here.


To go Pesticide Free and get your lawn and garden off drugs

by using sustainable organic land care practices, click here.


Tell Premier Clark and Environment Minister Lake you want an effective

"no IPM" ban like Nova Scotia, Ontario and Quebec . . . Take Action!.


See "Using PFBC Website" left sidebar for more website info.


This website is maintained by a BC family as an information source for British Columbians who want "no IPM" ban legislation passed and implemented in 2012.
Last Updated on Monday, 06 February 2012 14:42
 
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Protect BC's Children

“Children
across Ontario,
Quebec, and Nova Scotia
are
all protected
from these poisons,
but the same
can’t be said
of children
in BC,”

“We think
that’s outrageous
and
this unique campaign
is designed to rectify it.”

Health Authorities
Launch Blitz
Against Toxic Lawn Products
Feb 3, 2012 Media Release.

Premier Clark Supports Ban

In a May 4, 2011 news scrum
Premier Clark said she has
supported a ban
"for years now."

A provincial ban
was
one of her
Liberal leader 
campaign commitments:

"I don't want to see
anyone's child
playing on a lawn
with toxic pesticides."

See Feb 2011
leadership campaign
statement.

Mayor Lake Wanted Ban

"THEREFORE
BE IT RESOLVED
that the Province
of British Columbia
enact provincial legislation
that will ban
the sale and use of
cosmetic pesticides
province-wide."

Union of BC Municipalities
2008 Resolution B81.

Resolution championed
by Kamloops Mayor
Dr. Terry Lake, now BC's
Environment Minister.

Tell Premier You want Ban

"Call or email Premier
Christy Clark and say:

'I support
a lawn and garden
pesticide ban!"

250 387 1715 or
premier@gov.bc.ca"

Health & environment groups
call for province-wide ban
on toxic
lawn & garden pesticides.

See Feb 3, 2012
Vancouver Sun ad.

 Also see Feb 3, 2012
media release.

Will Leg Cttee Listen?

On June 2, 2011
a bi-partisan
Special Legislative Committee
on Cosmetic Pesticides
was established to consider
"the scope 
of any ban 
on the sale and 
use of pesticides."

Will this Committee 
listen to BCers,
follow exemplary  
Nova Scotia and Ontario,
focus on public health
(not plant health)
and
recommend a "no IPM"
sale and use ban?

Tell the Clark Government
you want strong,
"no IPM" ban legislation.

Govt has Ban Legislation

"Today marks the third time
New Democrats
have introduced 
legislation banning
the frivolous use
of 
toxic cosmetic pesticides
across the province."

NDP Leader Adrian Dix
May 5, 2011 News Release 
on Bill M203,
The Cosmetic Pesticide and
Carcinogen Control Act, 2011.

Ont Ban Reduces Risk

"We are reducing
the risk
to our health
and to the environment,
and
protecting
the most vulnerable
of our citizens, our children."

Minister of the Environment's
April 21, 2010 News Release
on ban's first anniversary.

No IPM in Nova Scotia

In Nova Scotia,
IPM companies 
must use the same 
"allowable" products 
as everyone else 
on
residential, commercial, 
government and
institutional properties
effective April 1, 2011. 

See Dept of Environment's
March 22, 2011 
news release.