Communities are making laws against pesticides

[Steve]

This article is from a Canadian paper. They seem to be advanced in the fight against pesticides.

What's your take?

Pesticide controls in the works; Residents want bylaw, survey shows (http://www.thewhig.com/webapp/sitepages/content.asp?contentid=574677&catname=Local+News&classif=) - In the near future, the only thing you may be allowed to spray on your lawn in Kingston could be water.

A city committee is set to draft a bylaw that would severely limit or possibly outlaw the use of cosmetic pesticides on private property in Kingston.

The bylaw is a response to a public opinion survey done by the city that showed the majority of respondents - most of whom live in a house and spend some of their time gardening - wanted to restrict the use of synthetic herbicides and pesticides as other towns and cities across Ontario have done.

[tiedeman]

The only thing around here is a lot of states have already pushed laws that communities can not do bans. It is only up to the state government

[Steve]

Oh that is interesting. I guess there has been a lot of lobbying at the state level to push this through.

[tiedeman]

Well, their has actually been some laws that were reversed at the local level by the states. The only thing that I know local communities do here is ban phosphorous.