Ban Cosmetic Lawn Chemical Use!!

tourne

Nov 18, 2015 at 5:54pm

Here is a Tocoma Park ordinance. http://citycouncil-takomapark.s3.amazonaws.com/agenda/items/2013/072213-9.pdf

tourne

Nov 18, 2015 at 6:01pm Edited

some more useful info, http://www.agglobalco.com/recent-news/ecojustice-busting-the-myth-about-cosmetic-pesticide-bans

tourne

Nov 18, 2015 at 6:16pm

does Canada's bans work? http://envirolaw.com/pesticide-ban-work/

krugle1

Nov 18, 2015 at 7:28pm

I requested a list of all chemicals used by the golf course. Listed about 200 in use. Crazy.

good_neighbor2

Nov 19, 2015 at 2:30am

tourne said:

some more useful info, http://www.agglobalco.com/recent-news/ecojustice-busting-the-myth-about-cosmetic-pesticide-bans

This link is to a company that produces fertilizers.

tourne

Nov 19, 2015 at 9:27am Edited

good_neighbor2 said:

tourne said:

some more useful info, http://www.agglobalco.com/recent-news/ecojustice-busting-the-myth-about-cosmetic-pesticide-bans

This link is to a company that produces fertilizers.

Yes, they sell organic fertilizers. Click on the link Read the Rest of the Article on the bottom of the page. Also see www.ecojustice.ca

tourne

Nov 19, 2015 at 5:54pm

Moving this discussion to Maplewood Specific.

ctrzaska

Nov 20, 2015 at 6:01am

Why? This clearly isn't an issue (assuming one believes it is) unique to Maplewood.

yahooyahoo

Nov 20, 2015 at 9:16am Edited

double posted

yahooyahoo

Nov 20, 2015 at 9:17am Edited

This is why it moved to Maplewood Specific (from the OP):

"Maplewood can do it too."

ctrzaska

Nov 20, 2015 at 10:20am

How odd. And tenuous.

tourne

Nov 20, 2015 at 6:05pm

Because I posted it with Maplewood in mind. However, it could happen anywhere. Someone in South Orange want to run with this? If so, great! Maybe both towns could work off the same model ordinance.

krugle1

Nov 21, 2015 at 4:42am

I'm in awe that spread chemicals on their lawns and air for cosmetic reasons. Why is this legal?

ctrzaska

Nov 21, 2015 at 6:51am

So much for my Tom Ford and Acqua di Parma.

RobB

Nov 21, 2015 at 6:57am Edited

ctrzaska said:

So much for my Tom Ford and Acqua di Parma.

DHMO: Study it out.

xavier67

Nov 21, 2015 at 8:41am

ctrzaska said:

So much for my Tom Ford and Acqua di Parma.

Nice. I'm getting a whiff of TFord through my screen.

ctrzaska

Nov 21, 2015 at 8:48am

I'm still trying to get past the fact that the uses cited by the author of that page put pesticides last, before the following:

"...in so-called "family planning" or "reproductive health" clinics, as a major ingredient in many home-brewed bombs, in cult rituals, by the Church of Scientology on their members and their members' families, by both the KKK and the NAACP during rallies and marches, by members of Congress who are under investigation for financial corruption and inappropriate IM behavior, by kids who play Beyblades, by the clientele at a number of bath houses in New York City and San Francisco, in prisons in Turkey, Serbia, Croatia, Libya, Iraq and Iran, by software engineers including those producing DICOM and other products and software tools, by a popular computer science professor, by aspiring young adult fiction writers and mental health advocates, by international travel bloggers, by the semi-divine King Bhumibol of Thailand and his many devoted young working girls in Bangkok, by the British Chiropractic Association and the purveyors of the bogus treatments that the BCA promotes..."

I'll bet the dude thanks his lucky stars each and every day that it's not used in the making of tin foil.