P r o j e c t s  P r o j e c t s

Mosquitoes and West Nile Virus

Arsenic in Playgrounds

Herbicide Use on Railroads

P r e s s  R e l e a s e  H i s t o r y  P r e s s  R e l e a s e s

• (07.May.03) Canadian Coalition for Health and Environment Encourages Immediate Pesticide Restraint in Response to West Nile Virus

• (25.March.03) Big chemical companies pressured railway to use pesticides, says former CPR weed expert

• (24.March.03) Environmental Appeal Board to rule on CNR pesticide permit.

• (26.Jan.03) SPEC asks Vancouver Park Board to post arsenic warnings in playgrounds
  
• (10.Oct.00) CPR halts Roundup pesticide spray on Arbutus Corridor near daycare, pre-school and community gardens

• (06.Oct.00) Community says no to CPR plan to spray cancer-causing herbicide along Arbutus Corridor

• (11.Jun.00) SPEC Calls for Stop to Rat Poison in School Classrooms
  
• (08.Jun.00) SPEC Calls for Halt to Pesticide Use in Schools
  
• (01.May.00) Gypsy Moth aerial spray illegal under Fisheries Act, says SPEC
  
• (09.Jul.99) This Bug Season Don't Spray
  

L i n k s  a n d  O n l i n e  A r t i c l e s  L i n k s  A r t i c l e s

• (27.Jan.03) Dealing with arsenic in Vancouver playgrounds: SPEC's recommendation to Vancouver Parks & Recreation (182k PDF).

• (25.Jul.02) Port Moody to ban cosmetic pesticides, Vancouver Sun
  
• (13.Jun.02) New Pest Control Products Act (PCPA) referred to Senate
  
• (website) Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides, Eugene, Oregon. Mandate is to advance healthy solutions to pest problems. Publishers of the Journal of Pesticide Reform. A well organized and comprehensive site.
  
• Pesticide Free Canada (Draft) Recent Initiatives to Reduce Cosmetic Pesticide Use in Canadian Municipalities. Printer friendly version
  
• (website) Pesticide Net: a comprehensive US site covering all aspects of pesticide use around the world. It takes a legal, somewhat neutral position on pesticide use, and includes a full spectrum of views on the subject.
  
• (website) Pesticides: Making the Right Choice for the Protection of Health and the Environment. House of Commons Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development, May 16, 2000.

• (website) Responsible Pest Management: provides Canadian municipal governments and communities with access to information, tools and networks that maximize opportunities for pesticide reduction. Pubishes a compendium of Canadian municipal bylaws and initiatives to restrict pesticide use.
  
• Supreme Court decision on the use of pesticides for cosmetic purposes
  
• (website) Sierra Club of Canada Pesticide Campaign. Fact sheets, regulatory history, sample bylaws, effects of pesticides, and other articles.
  
• (website) Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides (Oregon)
  
• (website) Pesticide Action Network North America
  
• (website) Pesticide Action Network United Kingdom
  

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