Officials in Calgary considering pesticide bylaw
Subject: Officials considering pesticide bylaw
Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2002 12:20:28 -0500
From: Stephen Tvedten <steve@getipm.com>
Organization: Get Set Inc. (www.getipm.com)
To: Paul Helliker <phelliker@cdpr.ca.gov>
Director, State of
California, Department of Pesticide Regulation
cc: Christine Whitman whitman.christine@epa.gov
Officials considering pesticide bylaw
CP
CALGARY -- Calgary officials are considering whether the city needs a bylaw limiting pesticide use by
homeowners.
It's being debated by a city parks committee.
It's estimated that Calgary homeowners use four times the amount of pesticide that the city does.
Sierra Club spokeswoman Barb Kinney says she'd prefer education over a bylaw.
But she says legislation is quicker than education.
Kinney says education without commitment does very little.
The city has cut its use of pesticides in half over the last three years.
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