Hurray! A bylaw is on its way!

On April 27, 2009, Richmond's mayor and councillors made the decision to put health and environment over the aesthetics of our parks and lawns by going forward with a cosmetic pesticide bylaw.

We are currently waiting for the draft bylaw to come forward. We are hoping that this will be accomplished very soon.

While we are waiting, we are working hard to make sure that the Provincial government also knows that we want these toxic products removed from store shelves. We are asking our candidates what they will do to ensure that cosmetic pesticides will be banned in B.C. as they are in Ontario and Quebec.

Please check out this website for information on making B.C. Pesticide Free:
http://www.pesticidefreebc.org/

This website has some excellent information on alternatives to pesticides and it also gives information on how you can get involved and the things you can do to let our government representatives know that the public desires a ban on the sale of cosmetic pesticides for our health and environment!