Re: Lorne Hepworth’s letter on pesticides.
The key take-away message is that lawn pesticides have risks. Everyone, including Health Canada, admits this. In the case of many pesticides, these risks include cancer, neurological impairment, and birth defects.
Our doctors’ organization, along with the Canadian Cancer Society, says the risk is not worth taking, especially when the chemicals in question are used just to change a lawn’s appearance.
We believe homeowners can keep their properties beautiful using non-toxic products which are effective and widely available.
The best way to protect our drinking water, beloved family pets and, most important, our children, is to ban lawn and garden pesticides right across the province.
Gideon Forman,
Executive Director
Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment
