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Pesticide Act amendments proposed by Ontario Government

The Ontario Government is proposing amendments to province’s Pesticide Act, including the removal of the Ontario Pesticide Advisory Committee (OPAC).

Licensed professionals want regulation tweaked to allow access to new lower-risk products.

Ontario cosmetic pesticide ban update

A decade after the province banned the use of pesticides, has anything really changed?

Environmental group fights for pesticide ban in Vernon, B.C.

Professional lawn care companies are pushing back after an environmental group lobbied to have a sweeping pesticide ban put on the council table in Vernon, B.C.

Charlottetown council extends pesticide ban exemption

Charlottetown, P.E.I., city council rejected a motion in February that would have banned pesticide use by professional lawn care companies where there is evidence of infestation.

Since the controversial cosmetic pesticide ban came into effect in 2009, members of the lawn care industry in Ontario have had to deal with increasing numbers of homeowners and competitors who skirt the law.

Lawn care by the book

Basic dos and dont's when it comes to lawn care and pesticides.

Hamilton council requests change to pesticide ban

The City of Hamilton approved a report from its public works committee on June 14.

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