Winnipeg M.P. Pat Martin tabled a bill in the House of Commons calling for a nationwide ban on all cosmetic used of pesticides and herbicides. He cited the growing list of neurological diseases, cancers and reproductive disorders found in the population, particularly in children and pregnant women. The bill would place the onus on the chemical companies to prove that their products are safe before they would be allowed back on store shelves, rather than government and health officials having to prove they are harmful before they are removed.
Ninety municipalities throughout Canada, including all of Quebec, have banned the cosmetic use of pesticides. Brandon is the only city in Manitoba to have done so.
The bill does not ban pesticides for agricultural or commercial use, but if the bill is implemented, Martin says it would reduce overall pesticide use by 40%.
(Taken from The Herald. Please see MP Wants Nationwide Pesticide Ban for the full story.)
Please show your support for this bill by emailing Merv Tweed, MP for Brandon-Souris and asking him to request that this private members bill be brought forward for debate in the House of Common.
Merv Tweed M.P., Brandon-Souris email: Tweed.M@parl.gc.ca
Here are some other MPs you may wish to contact:
Prime Minister Stephen Harper email: Harper.S@parl.gc.ca
Bill Graham M.P. email: Graham.B@parl.gc.ca
Jack Layton M.P. email: Layton.J@parl.gc.ca
Gilles Duceppe M.P. email: Duceppe.G@parl.gc.ca
Minister of the Environment, Rona Ambrose M.P. email: Ambrose.R@parl.gc.ca
Minister of Health, Tony Clement M.P. email: Clement.T@parl.gc.ca
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