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Petition to ban lawn pesticides in Greater Moncton (banpesticides.com) Whereas the current scientific consensus is that common lawn chemicals create significant human health risks and pose a threat to our eco-systems; Whereas The
Canadian Federal Government Standing Committee on the
Environment has concluded that chemical 'pesticides pose a
threat to human health and to the environment', have been linked
to different forms of cancer, and 'should be weeded out to
protect our children'; Whereas partial solutions that allow continued & widespread use of lawn chemicals will not adequately protect children or adults from the dangers of synthetic herbicides & pesticides; I, the undersigned, petition you, as municipal councilors for Dieppe, Moncton & Riverview, to implement a total ban on synthetic pesticides & herbicides. Sincerely,
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