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Cities are doin' it for themselves
Cities are doin’ it for themselves
In fact, concern over health effects has led over 60 communities — including some of Canada’s largest cities - to prohibit chemical pesticides for cosmetic use. And we have the little town of Hudson, Quebec to thank. In 2001, the Supreme Court upheld Hudson’s 1991 bylaw prohibiting pesticides for cosmetic use. Since then municipalities of all sizes - from Toronto, Ontario, (pop. 2.48 million) to Sainte-Paule, Quebec, (pop. 199) -have passed similar bylaws.
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According to a StatsCan study in the early 1990s, as much as 67 per cent of Canadians use pesticides in their home gardens. But this is slowly changing as more people learn about the effects of chemical pesticides on human health.
