Overview
On April 22nd, 2009 ― a date which will live in the period of ENVIRONMENTAL INFAMY ― the full force of the Ontario Cosmetic Pesticides Ban Act came into effect, and DESTROYED the Professional Lawn Care Industry.
The Professional Lawn Care Industry was SELECTIVELY and DELIBERATELY STRIPPED of its conventional pest control tools by the Government of Ontario.
Ontario PROHIBITION was IMPOSED under the PRETEXT that CHILDREN somehow needed to be protected from pest control products.
The ASSESSMENTS that VALIDATED PROHIBITION were performed by a small group of fund-raisers and health care workers who had NO expertise whatsoever in matters relating to pest control products.
Because of Anti-Pesticide PROHIBITION, Ontario now has a MORE DANGEROUS OUTDOOR ENVIRONMENT, a BLACK MARKET IN PESTICIDES, and a TRAIL OF ECONOMIC DESTRUCTION WITH HUNDREDS OF SMALL BUSINESSES DESTROYED and THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE OUT OF WORK.
CARNAGE LEADING TO BUSINESS FAILURES – ANTI-PESTICIDE PROHIBITION DESTROYED THE PROFESSIONAL LAWN CARE INDUSTRY ( Web-Page )
On May 31st, 2012, TED CHUDLEIGH’S BILL 88 was introduced to AMEND THE BAN ON PESTICIDES, and ALLOW LICENSED PROFESSIONALS TO APPLY THESE PRODUCTS under strict conditions and in concentrations well within established safety limits.
TED CHUDLEIGH’S BILL 88 had the added effect of STRENGTHENING the Professional Lawn Care Industry that has been DEVASTATED by Ontario’s ARBITRARY PESTICIDE BAN.
THE WISDOM OF CHUDLEIGH, TED – THE VOICE OF REASON FOR THE PROFESSIONAL LAWN CARE INDUSTRY – ONTARIO PESTICIDE BAN MUST BE AMENDED ( Web-Page )
Surely the entirely UNPROVEN CONCERNS of a few POLITICALLY-CONNECTED FEAR-MONGERERS should be balanced against the STRICTLY-TESTED, LENGTHY AND SCIENTIFICALLY-DOCUMENTED USE OF PESTICIDES applied under controlled conditions to deal with human health problems caused by noxious plants and disease-carrying insects.
FORCE OF NATURE — THE WISDOM OF CHUDLEIGH — 2012 06 02 — ONTARIO PESTICIDE BAN BASED ON JUNK SCIENCE — ONTARIO COLLEGE OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS ( OCFP ) LITERATURE REVIEW — PIERRE PETELLE — CATHY VAKIL — GIDEON FORMAN ( Report )
The Ontario PROHIBITION was IMPLEMENTED IN DEFIANCE OF OVERWHELMINGLY MASSIVE AND DETAILED ASSESSMENTS performed by Health Canada, whose work was DISCREDITED by fund-raisers and health care workers ( a.k.a. lunatic activists ) who decided to set their own agendas for conspiring to change public policy against pest control products.
PROVINCE OF ONTARIO – LIVING IN ENVIRONMENTAL INFAMY ( Web-Page )
ORGANIZATIONS – ANTI-PESTICIDE & ENVIRONMENTAL-TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS ( Web-Page )
October 2012
Report on Ted Chudleigh
T&R Government Affairs
Selected and Adapted Excerpts
Ted Chudleigh
Ted Chudleigh is Member of the Provincial Government ( MPP ) in the Government of Ontario.
Ted Chudleigh’s Private Member’s Bill 88 would have AMENDED the Pesticides Act to ALLOW PROFESSIONAL LAWN CARE BUSINESSES to apply some currently-banned products to lawns and gardens.
It was defeated by Anti-Pesticide Lunatics.
FORCE OF NATURE — THE WISDOM OF CHUDLEIGH — 2012 05 30 — TERROR TALK — FRANTIC LETTER SENT TO ONTARIO GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ( Report )
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The Voice Of Reason
On September 20th, 2012, Ted Chudleigh addressed the Sports Turf Trade Association in Vaughan, Ontario.
Chudleigh was introduced as …
« THE VOICE OF REASON FOR OUR INDUSTRY ».
Chudleigh said the current ban of certain pesticide products, enacted in 2009, IS NOT WORKING.
Bill 88, a private member’s bill was introduced in the Ontario Legislature in May 2012 by Ted Chudleigh, a Member of Provincial Parliament ( MPP ), and was defeated upon second reading.
This piece of legislation would have ALLOWED LICENSED APPLICATORS TO USE PEST CONTROL PRODUCTS IN THE URBAN LANDSCAPE.
Ontario’s Professional Lawn Care Industry may get a second chance if the Progressive Conservative party forms the next government.
According to Ted Chudleigh ―
Welcome to THE PROVINCE OF THE DANDELION …
THE PROVINCE OF RAGWEED, and …
THE PROVINCE WHERE PEOPLE CAN SUFFER FROM HAY FEVER.
CARNAGE LEADING TO GARBAGE DUMP GREEN SPACES – WHO WANTS TO LIVE IN #@!!% PEST-INFESTED GARBAGE DUMPS ?!?! ( Web-Page )
CARNAGE LEADING TO GARBAGE DUMP GREEN SPACES – PESTICIDE BANS HAVE NEVER MADE OUR GREEN SPACES LOOK SO #@!!% UGLY ( Photo Gallery )
CARNAGE LEADING TO HEALTH PROBLEMS ( Report & Reference )
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Ted Chudleigh’s Bill 88
TED CHUDLEIGH’S BILL 88 would have amended the Ontario Cosmetic Pesticides Ban Act to allow trained and licensed applicators to apply pesticides currently banned in Ontario.
The Ontario Cosmetic Pesticides Ban Act currently allows the use of pesticides in agriculture, forestry and on golf courses.
A section of the Ontario Cosmetic Pesticides Ban Act permits pesticides to be used in cases of public health and safety, including the eradication of mosquitoes which may carry the West Nile Virus.
TED CHUDLEIGH’S BILL 88 would have allowed for pesticides to be used at safe levels, approved by Health Canada and regulated by the Pest Management Regulatory Agency.
A licensed applicator would possess the proper equipment to mix the product at approved rates for safe application.
That is why Bill 88 puts pesticides IN THE HANDS OF TRAINED APPLICATORS to ensure pesticides are applied at safe, appropriate rates that have been tested and approved by Health Canada and regulated by the Pest Management Regulatory Agency.
FORCE OF NATURE — THE WISDOM OF CHUDLEIGH — 2012 05 18 — STRIKING BACK — AMENDMENT TO ONTARIO PESTICIDE BAN — STEEVES ( Report )
FORCE OF NATURE — THE WISDOM OF CHUDLEIGH — 2012 05 09 — STRIKING BACK — BEGINNING TO REPEAL ANTI-PESTICIDE PROHIBITION OF ONTARIO ( Report )
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BC’s Special Committee
In 2011, British Columbia’s ( BC ) Special Committee On Cosmetic Pesticides concluded that there was INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE TO WARRANT A PROVINCE-WIDE BAN on the use of chemical pest control products.
The Special Committee’s decision is « very heartening », Chudleigh said.
For them to REJECT AN OVERALL BAN is a very good sign as to how the Canadian public feels about these things.
PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA – SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON COSMETIC PESTICIDES ( Web-Page )
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Chudleigh’s Challenge
To those who opposed his BILL 88, Chudleigh said ―
If you HAVE ANY SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE that any approved pesticide is harmful if applied according to instructions, get the evidence to Health Canada and the product will be removed from sale immediately.
He said his challenge has, so far, gone UNDISPUTED.
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In The Hands Of Only Licensed Applicators
Many of Chudleigh’s constituents have told him that when out for an evening stroll in the spring, they have been concerned with the pungent odour of weed killer applied to home lawns.
If you can smell weed spray from a distance, it has been applied at much too high of a rate. [ ?!?! ]
Chudleigh said it is not unusual for home-owners to use 10 times the recommended rate. [ ?!?! ]
That is why it [ pesticides ] SHOULD BE PUT IN THE HANDS OF ONLY LICENSED APPLICATORS.
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The Ontario Ban Is Not Working
According to Ted Chudleigh ―
My point is … inappropriate use and application is dangerous, and today it is going on.
THE [ ONTARIO ] BAN IS NOT WORKING to protect our environment, to protect our rivers, our lakes and our streams, and, indeed, to protect our children.
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Conservative Party Will AMEND The Ban
Although TED CHUDLEIGH’S BILL 88 was defeated on May 31st, 2012, by the Liberal and New Democratic Party members of the Ontario Legislature, THIS IS NOT THE END OF THE PLAN TO AMEND THE BAN.
Chudleigh said he is working to ensure THE ISSUE BECOMES PART OF HIS PARTY’S PLATFORM IN THE NEXT PROVINCIAL ELECTION.
If the Progressive Conservative party forms the next Ontario government, PESTICIDES COULD AGAIN BE LEGALLY USED BY LICENSED APPLICATORS who would apply the products in a proper and approved fashion.
According to Ted Chudleigh ―
I think that would make Ontario a much safer place for everyone to live.
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Health Canada
Pest control products ARE REGISTERED FOR USE ONLY AFTER A STRINGENT, SCIENCE-BASED EVALUATION.
According to Ted Chudleigh ―
That PROVES THE SAFETY OF THE PRODUCT if used as directed.
Health Canada, under federal responsibilities, also regulates all pest control products imported into, sold or used in Canada under the Pest Control Products Act.
This includes pre-market review, post-registration compliance and monitoring, and a re-evaluation process which is a scientific assessment that chemicals must undergo every 15 years of their marketing life.
The pre-market assessment is an area that includes more than 200 studies required for a new product to be registered in Canada.
Those studies CAN COST MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
Such studies include health assessments, toxicology evaluations, operational and bystander exposure assessments, food residue and exposure assessments and environmental toxicology.
Reading a quote from a Health Canada official, Chudleigh said ―
Health Canada’s priorities are the HEALTH AND SAFETY of Canadians and their food supply.
This primary mandate is applied when approving pesticides for use in Canada.
The primary objective under the Pest Control Products Act is to PREVENT UNACCEPTABLE RISK TO PEOPLE AND THE ENVIRONMENT from the use of pest control products.
We also enable users to access pest management tools, namely those pest control products and sustainable pest management strategies.
Also studied are the products’ efficiency, competitiveness and sustainability.
According to Ted Chudleigh ―
There’s a strong reliance on a comprehensive body of scientific evidence and scientific methods.
It reflects approaches of other regulatory bodies around the world.
It’s a systematic application of science to support regulatory decisions.
Chudleigh said Health Canada has a LARGE CONTINGENT OF QUALIFIED SCIENTISTS WITH A WIDE RANGE OF EXPERTISE.
« The data requirements to register a product in Canada are EXTENSIVE », Chudleigh said, adding this is the degree of what it takes to assess hazards and risks to human health and the environment.
The Health Canada official Chudleigh quoted said he was confident that pesticide approval for use in Canada, including lawn and garden products, CAN BE USED SAFELY when label directions are followed.
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Residue Levels In Lakes And Streams
Many studies have dealt with pesticide residue levels in lakes and streams in Ontario.
HOME-OWNER use of pesticides account FOR LESS THAN FIVE PER CENT of all pesticides used in Canada, with farms, forests and golf courses making up the rest.
A study by the Ontario Ministry Of The Environment found residue levels in urban water-ways were higher than those in rural streams, yet THE VAST MAJORITY OF PESTICIDES ARE USED IN RURAL AREAS.
In these rural areas, pesticides are largely used by licensed, trained applicators who don’t produce high residue levels because the product is properly mixed and applied.
Chudleigh said the Humber River had been tested in an area that was straddled by a golf course, with one sample taken upstream of the course and another downstream.
Each of the samples was taken following a significant rainfall.
The rain would ensure some erosion or drainage from the surrounding land would enter the stream.
According to Ted Chudleigh ―
One would expect the downstream sample would have a higher residue level because of the run-off from the golf course ( a legal user of pesticides ).
But this was not so.
The upstream sample had significantly higher residue levels than the downstream sample.
The only reason for this to be true would be because the upstream sample was taken with HOME-OWNER RUN-OFF.
The home-owners upstream had « overdosed » their lawns by using excess product which was washed into the stream.
PEST CONTROL PRODUCTS – WATER QUALITY – MYTH ABOUT WATER ( Web-Page )
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Comparison With Veterinary Products
Chudleigh said the active ingredient used in FLEA CONTROL FOR DOGS AND CATS is present at about 18 per cent by volume.
The SAME active ingredient is present in the grub control product Merit, but its volume is about half of one per cent.
The dog and cat that have been treated are in the house and playing with the kids, yet Merit, at a much lesser volume, is banned.
IT JUST MAKES NO SENSE WHATSOEVER.
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Comparison To Household Products
Chudleigh compared pesticides with EVERYDAY PRODUCTS we take for granted, suggesting those products, if used in large quantities, COULD CAUSE PEOPLE HARM.
SUGAR, for example, is in every home and is used as an ingredient in several food items.
According to Ted Chudleigh ―
In small quantities, it provides that sweetness.
However, if you were to eat a bowl of sugar, IT WOULD KILL YOU.
It would be A DEADLY POISON.
You’d literally burn yourself to death with excess calories.
It’s a DEADLY SUBSTANCE THAT’S SITTING ON EVERY TABLE.
Used properly, it adds to the quality of people’s lives, Chudleigh said, but improper use makes sugar a dangerous product.
Another product whose misuse could be potentially lethal is BENZOATE OF SODA, Chudleigh said.
Found naturally in many fruits, it is used as a food preservative in such products as ketchup.
According to Ted Chudleigh ―
If [ benzoate of soda is ] used at a level of about one-tenth of one per cent, it’s a safe and effective food preservative.
At higher quantities ― about one per cent ― it [ benzoate of soda ] becomes a deadly poison.
Products like these are around us every day.
Pesticides fall into the same parameters, Chudleigh said.
A herbicide might require 50 millilitres of product to be mixed with four litres of water for home use.
Fifty millilitres is a relatively small amount and barely covers the bottom of a Tim Hortons coffee cup, Chudleigh said.
But human nature being what it is, if a little is good, then a lot is a lot better.
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Black Market
The Ontario Cosmetic Pesticides Ban Act, which PROHIBITS the use of such products like 2,4-D for use by Professional Lawn Care companies and municipal Public Works, has SPAWNED A BLACK MARKET.
The Ontario Cosmetic Pesticides Ban Act has been leading many people in Ontario to simply ORDER BANNED PRODUCTS FROM ELSEWHERE IN CANADA and have them delivered by courier.
The simplicity of the Internet has allowed this practice to go unchecked, and many in Ontario have DRIVEN ACROSS THE U.S. BORDER to obtain pesticides banned in the province.
Chudleigh said the highest sales of pesticides in the United States among home-owners are in Detroit, Port Huron, Michigan, Buffalo, and Niagara Falls ( New York ).
Strange, huh ?
Home-owners, untrained, and unlicensed in proper pesticide application, tend to measure by the « glug », Chudleigh said.
According to Chudleigh ―
This isn’t good when dealing with these poisons.
It’s not good when dealing with sugar.
It’s not good when dealing with benzoate of soda.
Yet this is the environment in which we live, Chudleigh said.
CARNAGE LEADING TO MIS-USE OF PESTICIDES – PESTICIDE BANS ARE A FARCE – KILLEX FOR SALE TO EVERYONE ( Report )
For the original copy of this Force Of Nature Report, go to the following link …
NORAHG has archived more information about TED CHUDLEIGH on a Pesticide Truths Web-Page …
THE WISDOM OF CHUDLEIGH, TED – THE VOICE OF REASON FOR THE PROFESSIONAL LAWN CARE INDUSTRY – ONTARIO PESTICIDE BAN MUST BE AMENDED ( Web-Page )
Here are previous reports about TED CHUDLEIGH, just in case you missed them …
FORCE OF NATURE — THE WISDOM OF CHUDLEIGH — 2012 06 13 — SPEAKING OUT — TIME TO AMEND ONTARIO PESTICIDE BAN ( Report )
FORCE OF NATURE — THE WISDOM OF CHUDLEIGH — 2012 06 10 — WISDOM OF DRYSDALE — ONTARIO PESTICIDE BAN – TWO YEARS LATER — TORONTO GARBAGE DUMP ( Report )
FORCE OF NATURE — THE WISDOM OF CHUDLEIGH — 2012 06 04 — STRIKING BACK — HAMILTON — WATERING DOWN ONTARIO BAN — ONTARIO COLLEGE OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS ( OCFP ) — CITY OF CHICAGO ( Report )
FORCE OF NATURE — THE WISDOM OF CHUDLEIGH — 2012 06 02 — ONTARIO PESTICIDE BAN BASED ON JUNK SCIENCE — ONTARIO COLLEGE OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS ( OCFP ) LITERATURE REVIEW — PIERRE PETELLE — CATHY VAKIL — GIDEON FORMAN ( Report )
FORCE OF NATURE — THE WISDOM OF CHUDLEIGH — 2012 05 30 — TERROR TALK — FRANTIC LETTER SENT TO ONTARIO GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ( Report )
FORCE OF NATURE — THE WISDOM OF CHUDLEIGH — 2012 05 18 — STRIKING BACK — AMENDMENT TO ONTARIO PESTICIDE BAN — STEEVES ( Report )
FORCE OF NATURE — THE WISDOM OF CHUDLEIGH — 2012 05 09 — STRIKING BACK — BEGINNING TO REPEAL ANTI-PESTICIDE PROHIBITION OF ONTARIO ( Report )
NORAHG has archived more information on The Pesticide Truths Web-Site …
THE PESTICIDE TRUTHS WEB-SITE
PROVINCE OF ONTARIO – LIVING IN ENVIRONMENTAL INFAMY ( Web-Page )
PROVINCE OF ONTARIO – 2011 POLL REGARDING PROHIBITION – THE PUBLIC AND THE PROFESSIONAL LAWN CARE INDUSTRY DO NOT WANT PESTICIDE BANS ( Web-Page )
PROVINCE OF ONTARIO – THE WISDOM OF CHUDLEIGH, TED – THE VOICE OF REASON FOR THE PROFESSIONAL LAWN CARE INDUSTRY – ONTARIO PESTICIDE BAN MUST BE AMENDED ( Web-Page )
PESTICIDE BANS ARE A FARCE ( Report )
VICTORIES AGAINST TERRORISTS ! – TREND TOWARDS PESTICIDE BANS HAS STOPPED ( Web-Page )
VICTORIES AGAINST TERRORISTS ! – POSTERS – THERE IS A REAL TREND AGAINST PESTICIDE BANS – OUR CHILDREN ARE SAFE WHEN PESTICIDE BANS ARE STOPPED – 2012 10 11 ( Report )
CARNAGE LEADING TO GARBAGE DUMP GREEN SPACES – WHO WANTS TO LIVE IN #@!!% PEST-INFESTED GARBAGE DUMPS ?!?! ( Web-Page )
PHOTO GALLERY – PESTICIDE BANS HAVE NEVER MADE OUR GREEN SPACES LOOK SO #@!!% UGLY ( Report )
CARNAGE LEADING TO GARBAGE DUMP GREEN SPACES ( Photo Gallery )
CARNAGE – GOLF DESTRUCTION – GOLF IS NEXT – CRITICAL ISSUES FOR THE SURVIVAL OF THE GOLF INDUSTRY ( Web-Page )
THE COMPLETE LIBRARY OF WEB-PAGES, REPORTS, & REFERENCES
PESTICIDE TRUTHS NEWSLETTER — 2012 09 18 ( Report )
