Government Officials
Are Thinking Twice
Before Banning Pesticides
White Paper Report
On Pesticide Bans
WILLIAM H. GATHERCOLE AND NORAH G
Pesticide Truths Web-Site
October 31st, 2012
Government Officials Are Thinking Twice Before Banning Pesticides
Responding To Anti-Pesticide Prohibition
NORAHG is the National Organization Responding Against HUJE that seek to harm the Green space industry.
Communities and businesses are being HARMED by PROHIBITIONS against the use of pest control products in the Urban Landscape.
NORAHG morally represents the VAST SILENT MAJORITY of people associated with turf and ornamental plant maintenance who are OPPOSED to Anti Pesticide PROHIBITION and the CLOSURE or ABANDONMENT of green spaces under the RIDICULOUS PRETEXT of somehow « saving » the environment.
NORAHG is a NATIONAL NON-PROFIT NON-PARTISAN organization that does not accept money from corporations or governments or trade associations, and represents NO VESTED INTERESTS WHATSOEVER.
NORAHG is dedicated to reporting the work of RESPECTED and HIGHLY RATED EXPERTS who promote ENVIRONMENTAL REALISM and PESTICIDE TRUTHS.
Government Officials Are Thinking Twice Before Banning Pesticides
Avoiding The Carnage Of Prohibition
Across North America, Government Officials ARE NO LONGER AS EASILY MIS-INFORMED AND COERCED into agreeing with Anti-Pesticide Activists, and are NO LONGER INCLINED to legislate PROHIBITION.
Government Officials are THINKING TWICE BEFORE BANNING PESTICIDES.
Government Officials have observed that the basis for PROHIBITION has been CONFUSING AND INCONSISTENT.
Government Officials have seen that PROHIBITION is based upon IDEOLOGICAL, POLITICALLY-MOTIVATED DECISIONS, and have PLAYED ON PEOPLE’S FEARS and LACK OF SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE.
Government Officials now recognize that PROHIBITIONS are NOT BASED ON SCIENCE, but on a POLITICAL AGENDA.
Moreover, Government Officials now understand that PROHIBITING pest control products is NOT beneficial for businesses operating in the Professional Lawn Care Industry.
Government Officials now realize that NOT A SINGLE Anti-Pesticide Activist has ANY recognized expertise, training or background in matters concerning pest control products.
Government Officials ARE THINKING TWICE BEFORE Banning Pesticides for the following reasons ―
Without pest control products, TURF AND ORNAMENTAL PESTS ARE NOT CONTROLLED.
Without pest control products, COMMUNITIES LIVE IN PEST-INFESTED GARBAGE DUMPS.
Without pest control products, CHILDREN ARE NOT KEPT SAFE FROM DANGEROUS PLAYING SURFACES.
Without pest control products, MUNICIPALITIES CANNOT AFFORD TO MAINTAIN THEIR GREENS SPACES IN BEAUTIFUL AND SAFE CONDITION.
Without pest control products, BUSINESSES OPERATING IN THE PROFESSIONAL LAWN CARE INDUSTRY ARE DESTROYED.
Without pest control products, GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ARE LIABLE FOR CHILDREN BEING HURT ON DANGEROUS PEST-INFESTED PLAYING SURFACES.
Without pest control products, GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ARE LIABLE FOR DEATHS CAUSED BY UNCONTROLLED TOXIC NOXIOUS WEEDS.
Without pest control products, GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ARE LIABLE FOR LOSSES INFLICTED UPON BUSINESSES OPERATING IN THE PROFESSIONAL LAWN CARE INDUSTRY.
FORCE OF NATURE – CARNAGE – THINK TWICE BEFORE BANNING PESTICIDES – MACLEAN’S MAGAZINE – MANITOBA – ONTARIO – HIGHLAND PARK – 2012 03 06 ( Report )
FORCE OF NATURE – CARNAGE – THINK TWICE BEFORE BANNING PESTICIDES – MACLEAN’S MAGAZINE – MANITOBA – ONTARIO – HIGHLAND PARK – 2012 03 06 ( Reference )
Government Officials Are Thinking Twice Before Banning Pesticides
Failure Of Organic Pesticide-Free Maintenance
Without pest control products, TURF AND ORNAMENTAL PESTS ARE NOT CONTROLLED.
With pest control products, THERE WILL BE NO FAILURES TO CONTROL DAMAGING PEST OF TURF AND ORNAMENTAL PLANTS.
Government Officials can learn a lot from the experience of those jurisdictions that have ENDURED THE DISMAL FAILURES of Green Alternative Pesticides and Practices.
Green Alternative Products and Practices DO NOT WORK, and they DO NOT CONTROL PESTS.
Organic Pesticide-Free Maintenance is promoted by DESPICABLE ACTIVISTS with UNVERIFIABLE SUCCESS STORIES !
It is a DISMAL FAILURE !
FAILURE OF ORGANIC PESTICIDE-FREE MAINTENANCE – BAN FAILURES ( Web-Page )
Moreover, Green Alternative Pesticides, as well as Organic Fertilizers, are often owned and distributed by the VERY SAME DESPICABLE ACTIVISTS who ATTEMPT TO MIS-INFORM AND COERCE Government Officials into legislating PROHIBITION.
In fact, Anti-Pesticide PROHIBITION is a SALES STRATEGY used to keep people from purchasing conventional products that are NOT sold and distributed by certain Anti-Pesticide Organizations.
Unfortunately, Organic Pesticide-Free Maintenance is UNABLE TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE TURF AND PLAYING CONDITIONS.
Organic Pesticide-Free Maintenance leads to UNBEARABLE AND DESTRUCTIVE PEST PROBLEMS AND DISORDERS.
Moreover, Organic Pesticide-Free Maintenance is STUNNINGLY EXPENSIVE and NOT ECONOMICALLY VIABLE.
FAILURE OF ORGANIC PESTICIDE-FREE MAINTENANCE – BAN FAILURES ( Web-Page )
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 )
GREEN ALTERNATIVES … BOGUS & DISMAL FAILURES ( Web-Page )
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Garbage Dump Green Spaces
Without pest control products, COMMUNITIES LIVE IN PEST-INFESTED GARBAGE DUMPS.
There is little debate about the fact that Anti-Pesticide PROHIBITION converts public and residential green spaces into SHABBIER AND DANGEROUS PEST-INFESTED GARBAGE DUMPS.
Government Officials can learn a lot from the experience of those jurisdictions that have LOST THEIR VALUED RESIDENTIAL AND PUBLIC GREEN SPACES because of PROHIBITION.
With pest control products, GREEN SPACES DO NOT BECOME GARBAGE DUMPS.
Without pest control products, Green Spaces will turn into DANGEROUS AND PEST INFESTED GARBAGE DUMPS.
GARBAGE DUMP Green Spaces represent a MAJOR THREAT to the SAFETY of CHILDREN and ADULTS.
CARNAGE LEADING TO GARBAGE DUMP GREEN SPACES ( Web-Page )
CARNAGE LEADING TO GARBAGE DUMP GREEN SPACES ( Photo Gallery )
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Dangerous Playing Surfaces
Without pest control products, CHILDREN ARE NOT KEPT SAFE FROM DANGEROUS PLAYING SURFACES.
Anti-Pesticide PROHIBITION leads to public and residential green spaces that become DANGEROUS AND PEST-INFESTED GARBAGE DUMPS.
Without pest control products, CHILDREN ARE AT HIGHER RISK OF SUFFERING INJURIES with the creation of HAZARDOUS SLIPPING AND TRIPPING CONDITIONS in sports turf.
Government Officials ARE INCLINED TO AVOID BEING OFFICIALLY LIABLE FOR ALL INJURIES.
With pest control products, CHILDREN ARE KEPT SAFE FROM SLIPPING AND TRIPPING INJURIES.
With pest control products, CHILDREN WILL NOT BE DOOMED WITH SERIOUS INJURIES.
Without pest control products, playing surfaces become THIN AND YELLOW, and OVER-RUN WITH WEEDS and INFESTED WITH INSECTS, resulting in the DISMAL DESTRUCTION OF TURF PLAYING SURFACES.
Without pest control products, children are AT HIGH RISK of SLIPPING AND TRIPPING and becoming SERIOUSLY HURT.
Without pest control products, Government Officials BECOME LEGALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR HAZARDOUS SLIPPING AND TRIPPING CONDITIONS in sports turf that will THREATEN CHILDREN with serious injuries.
Children need PEST-FREE turf to avoid HURTING THEMSELVES.
There are dozens of jurisdictions that HAVE KEPT CHILDREN SAFE by STOPPING or RESCINDING or LIMITING Anti-Pesticide PROHIBITION, or by granting Professional Lawn Care businesses with an EXCEPTION STATUS.
The following jurisdiction have KEPT CHILDREN SAFE ―
● Alberta ( Province ) ● Altona ( Manitoba ) ● Ashland ( Oregon ) ● Beaumont ( Alberta ) ● British Columbia ( Province ) ● Calgary ( Alberta ) ● Campbell River ( British Columbia ) ● Chicago ( Illinois ) ● Durango ( Colorado ) ● Edmonton ( Alberta ) ● Everett ( Washington ) ● Guelph ( Ontario ) ● Guelph-Eramosa ( Ontario ) ● Kamloops ( British Columbia ) ● Kelowna ( British Columbia ) ● Merritt ( British Columbia ) ● New Brunswick ( Province ) ● Newfoundland & Labrador ( Province ) ● Port Alberni ( British Columbia ) ● Portage La Prairie ( Manitoba ) ● Quebec ( Prohibition Invalidated When Lawsuit Defeated Ban ) ● Regina ( Saskatchewan ) ● Rossland ( British Columbia ) ● Salmon Arm ( British Columbia ) ● Scarborough ( Maine ) ● Saint John’s ( Newfoundland & Labrador ) ● Steinbach ( Manitoba ) ● Vernon ( British Columbia ) ● Winkler ( Manitoba ).
PEST CONTROL PRODUCTS – CHILDREN ARE NOT AT RISK FROM PESTICIDES – DANGEROUS PLAYING SURFACES ARE CREATED BY #@!!% PESTICIDE BANS ! ( Web-Page )
VICTORIES AGAINST TERRORISTS ! – REAL TRENDS AGAINST PESTICIDE BANS ( Web-Page )
Government Officials Are Thinking Twice Before Banning Pesticides
Stunningly Exorbitant Costs
Without pest control products, MUNICIPALITIES CANNOT AFFORD TO MAINTAIN THEIR GREENS SPACES IN BEAUTIFUL AND SAFE CONDITION.
With pest control products, MUNICIPALITIES WILL NOT BE FORCED TO SPEND STUNNINGLY EXORBITANT AMOUNTS OF MONEY AND RESOURCES.
Without pest control products, municipalities have been forced to spend STUNNING AMOUNTS OF MONEY ANNUALLY, in the HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS TO MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN ADDED MAINTENANCE COSTS.
Government Officials can learn a lot from the experience of those MUNICIPALITIES that have ENDURED THE HARDSHIP AND COST of this PESTICIDE BAN NONSENSE ?!?!
The question of Anti-Pesticide PROHIBITION revolves less around health and environment concerns, and more around THE SALE OF PRODUCTS AND SERVICES that are SOLD AT STUNNINGLY EXORBITANT COSTS.
Municipalities are NOT able to afford the STUNNINGLY EXPENSIVE AND INEFFECTIVE Green Alternative Pesticides and Organic Fertilizers.
Furthermore, municipalities are NOT able to afford the HIGH COST OF LABOUR needed to MANUALLY REMOVE MILLIONS OF PESTS.
The CARNAGE caused by STUNNINGLY EXORBITANT COSTS of Anti-Pesticide PROHIBITIONS across Canada is …
Up to 23 Million Dollars Per Year
CARNAGE LEADING TO STUNNINGLY EXORBITANT COSTS OF MAINTENANCE FOR MUNICIPALITIES – WHO CAN AFFORD THIS #@!!% BAN NONSENSE ?!?! ( Web-Page )
FORCE OF NATURE – BRITISH COLUMBIA CONSPIRACY – LANGLEY – 2012 03 13 – LETTER TO THE EDITOR – #@!!% PESTICIDE BANS – MUNICIPAL PESTICIDE BANS – THE HARDSHIP & COST OF THIS #@!!% NONSENSE – LANGLEY, BRITISH COLUMBIA – RESPONSE
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Examples Of Stunningly Exorbitant Costs
There are several examples where Anti-Pesticide PROHIBITION led to municipalities being forced to spend STUNNINGLY EXORBITANT amounts of money ―
COQUITLAM, City of ( British Columbia ) ― Pesticide Ban Costs $1,000,000 Over 10 Years
CORNWALL, City of ( Ontario ) ― Pesticide Ban Costs $40,000 For Education Campaign
DELTA ( LADNER ), City of ( British Columbia ) ― Pesticide Ban Costs Lawn Bowling Club $400,000 Because Of The Installation Of Artificial/Synthetic/Plastic Turfgrass
DURANGO, City of ( Colorado ) ― Pesticide Ban Will INCREASE Parks Maintenance Costs From $34,550 to $237,450 Annually, and Will INCREASE Natural Lands Maintenance Costs from $8,000 to $76,700 Annually
HAMILTON, City of ( Ontario ) ― Pesticide Ban Costs $250,000 Extra
KELOWNA, City of ( British Columbia ) ― Pesticide Ban Costs $700,000 For The Maintenance Cost Of Fields
KINGSTON, City of ( Ontario ) ― Pesticide Ban Necessitates Sports Fields Re-Sodded Every 3 Years
KITCHENER, City of ( Ontario ) ― Pesticide Ban Costs Of Construction $5.0 Million ― Weed Infestation Caused By Pesticide Ban Necessitated Two Soccer Field Conversions From Natural To Artificial
LANGLEY, City of ( British Columbia ) ― Pesticide Ban Costs $60,000 Annually
LAWRENCE, City of ( Kansas ) ― Pesticide Ban Costs $213,000 Dollars For Equipment, $116,000 Dollars Annually For Staff, and $95,000 Dollars Annually For Materials ― An Extra $200,000 Per Year Is Required To Maintain Lawrence’s 52 Parks Without Pesticides
LINCOLN CITY ( Oregon ) ― Pesticide Ban Costs 260 Staff Hours With People On Their Hands And Knees Weeding, Whereas Cost WITH PESTICIDES Was Only 60 Hours
LONDON, City of ( Ontario ) ― Pesticide Ban Costs $1 Million Over Three Years ― $300,000 Loss In Property Value ― Thousands of Dead Ash Trees
https://pesticidetruths.com/2010/07/20/ash-borer-1-london-0-london-free-press/
MISSISSAUGA, City of ( Ontario ) ― Pesticide Ban Necessitates Major Turf Renovations Of Sports Fields At A Cost Of $200,000 ― Hard Surface Maintenance With Horticultural Vinegar Results In Incremental Cost Increase Of $50,000
OSHAWA, City of ( Ontario ) ― Pesticide Ban Costs An Additional $400,000
PORT ALBERNI, City of ( British Columbia ) ― Annual Cost Increase From $1,600 To $32,000 With Fiesta Herbicide
PORTLAND, City of ( Oregon ) ― Pesticide Ban Costs $3,621 In Annual Maintenance, and $9,455 In Start-Up Costs For Each New Park, Whereas Cost WITH PESTICIDES Was Only $371 Per Year For An Average Neighborhood Park
REVELSTOKE, City of ( British Columbia ) ― The Cost Of Maintaining The City’s Sports Fields Was Expected To Increase To $45,000 From $25,000 If The City Continued To Use A Contractor, Or To $33,750 If The City Purchased Its Own Field Maintenance Equipment At A Cost Of About $80,000
RICHMOND, City of ( British Columbia ) ― Annual Cost Of Pesticide Ban $210,000 ― Financial Impact of Enhanced Pesticide Management Program Is $115,136 Which Covers Staff Salary, Enforcement, and Community Outreach
SURREY, City of ( British Columbia ) ― Pesticide Ban Costs $1,000,000 Annually
UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH ( City of Guelph, Ontario ) ― Pesticide Ban Costs Of Construction $7.2 Million ― Weed Infestation Caused By Pesticide Ban Necessitated Athletic Field Conversions From Natural To Artificial Turf
VERNON ( DISTRICT OF COLDSTREAM ), City of ( British Columbia ) ― Resurfacing and New Shale Cost $3,000 ― Baseball Diamond Cost $6,000 Per Week and Dragging $5,809 Per Week
WATERLOO, City of ( Ontario ) ― Pesticide Ban Costs Of Construction $4.9 Million ― Weed Infestation Caused By Pesticide Ban Necessitated Conversion From Natural To Artificial At RIM Park
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Business Failures
Without pest control products, BUSINESSES OPERATING IN THE PROFESSIONAL LAWN CARE INDUSTRY ARE DESTROYED.
Because of Anti-Pesticide PROHIBITION, provinces like Ontario now have a TRAIL OF CATASTROPHIC BUSINESS LOSSES WITH HUNDREDS OF SMALL BUSINESSES DESTROYED and THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE OUT OF WORK.
PROVINCE OF ONTARIO – LIVING IN ENVIRONMENTAL INFAMY ( Web-Page )
PESTICIDE BANS ARE A FARCE ( Report )
The CATASTROPHIC BUSINESS LOSSES of the Professional Lawn Care Industry were EXTENSIVE because there were NO valid economical alternatives to replace the prohibited products.
Consequently, businesses operating in the Professional Lawn Care Industry were INCAPABLE of providing adequate weed and insect control, and were UNABLE to keep their customers satisfied.
GREEN ALTERNATIVES … BOGUS & DISMAL FAILURES ( Web-Page )
Anti-Pesticide PROHIBITIONS DESTROYED the businesses operating in the Professional Lawn Care Industry in ALL jurisdictions across Canada, including British Columbia, Halifax Regional Municipality, Ontario, and Quebec.
Government Officials Are Thinking Twice Before Banning Pesticides
Examples Of Business Failures
Example Of Business Failures
British Columbia ― Catastrophic Business Losses
Because of the IMMINENT 2013-2014 PROVINCIAL PROHIBITION in British Columbia, ALL businesses operating in the Professional Lawn Care Industry have STAGNATED, and, because of LOCAL MUNICIPAL PROHIBITIONS, many businesses have LOST OVER 40 PER CENT OF THEIR CUSTOMERS.
PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA – CONSPIRACY TO PROHIBIT PEST CONTROL PRODUCTS IN THE URBAN LANDSCAPE ( Web-Page )
PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA – SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON COSMETIC PESTICIDES ( Web-Page )
Example Of Business Failures
Halifax ― Catastrophic Business Losses
By 2012, because of the 2000-2003 MUNICIPAL PROHIBITION in Halifax Regional Municipality, businesses LOST OVER 50 PER CENT OF THEIR CUSTOMERS, and REVENUES PLUMMETED BY 40 PER CENT.
PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA & HALIFAX REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY – LAWN CARE BUSINESSES DESTROYED BY BANS ( Web-Page )
PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA – HALIFAX REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY – FIESTA HERBICIDE PROHIBITED – HISTORY OF ANTI-PESTICIDE PROHIBITION ( Report )
Example Of Business Failures
Ontario ― Catastrophic Business Losses
Because of the 2009 PROVINCIAL PROHIBITION in Ontario, businesses operating in the Professional Lawn Care Industry LOST OVER 500,000,000 DOLLARS, with up to 12,500 UNEMPLOYED.
In Ontario, ONE-BUSINESS-PER-WEEK DISAPPEARS INTO TOTAL OBLIVION, and, by 2012, HALF THE BUSINESSES CLOSED THEIR DOORS.
PROVINCE OF ONTARIO – LIVING IN ENVIRONMENTAL INFAMY ( Web-Page )
PROVINCE OF ONTARIO – 2011 POLL REGARDING PROHIBITION ( Web-Page )
On February 25th, 2009, M-REP Communications estimated the following CATASTROPHIC LOSSES for businesses operating in the Professional Lawn Care Industry in Ontario because of the 2009 PROVINCIAL PROHIBITION ―
The following is using the numbers from the OTRF’s 2008 Economic Profile of the Ontario Turfgrass Industry.
In Ontario if we see only two thirds of the losses experienced in HALIFAX ( A 25 PER CENT REDUCTION ) gross revenue loss would be around 315 MILLION DOLLARS, operational and wages would drop over 144 million dollars and the NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES WOULD BE REDUCED BY AT LEAST 5,250.
Based on the current trends caused by the uncertainty surrounding C-64 and the banning of the of the industries’ domestic market for goods and services the reduction will exceed 80 per cent.
This translates into 1-BILLION-DOLLAR IN LOSS REVENUE to the industry which will translate into A REDUCTION OF 461 MILLION DOLLARS NOT SPENT ON OPERATIONS AND EQUIPMENT due to the LOSS OF 16,800 JOBS.
We understand the Liberals in Ontario are in support of this.
CARNAGE – 2009 02 25 – BUSINESS FAILURES – 1 BILLION DOLLARS & 16,800 JOBS – M-REP – ONTARIO – 1 ( Reference )
CARNAGE – 2009 02 25 – BUSINESS FAILURES – 1 BILLION DOLLARS & 16,800 JOBS – M-REP – ONTARIO – 2 ( Reference )
Example Of Business Failures
Quebec ― Catastrophic Business Losses
Because of Anti-Pesticide PROHIBITION in the PROVINCE OF QUEBEC, businesses operating in the Professional Lawn Care Industry were DESTROYED.
Because of the 2004-2006 PROVINCIAL PROHIBITION in Quebec, OVER 60 PER CENT of the businesses operating in the Professional Lawn Care Industry were ANNIHILATED, and HUNDREDS OF BUSINESSES DISAPPEARED INTO TOTAL OBLIVION.
Six years after PROHIBITION, the remaining businesses operating in the Professional Lawn Care Industry in Quebec have LOST UP TO 70 PER CENT OF THE BUSINESS THEY ONCE HAD.
It is INCONGRUOUS to believe that jurisdictions like Ontario will not suffer the same fate by 2015, especially with greater restrictions than Quebec.
FORCE OF NATURE – CARNAGE – 2011 06 03 – BUSINESS FAILURE – MONTREAL, QUEBEC – PROFESSIONAL LAWN CARE INDUSTRY IN QUEBEC LOST UP TO 70 PER CENT OF THE BUSINESS IT ONCE HAD ( Report )
PROVINCE OF QUEBEC – VICTORY AGAINST TERRORISTS – PERMITTED ACTIVE INGREDIENTS – HISTORY OF ANTI-PESTICIDE PROHIBITION ( Report )
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Liability ― Injuries To Children
Without pest control products, GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ARE LIABLE FOR CHILDREN BEING HURT ON DANGEROUS PEST-INFESTED PLAYING SURFACES.
Government Officials FEAR BEING SUED ABOUT PLAYGROUND CONDITIONS FOR CHILDREN.
Government Officials should also FEAR BEING SUED for PROHIBITING pest control products required to maintain PEST-FREE turf and to KEEP CHILDREN SAFE.
IMPOSING PROHIBITION means that Government Officials are willing to COMPROMISE ON THE SAFETY OF CHILDREN who need a cushion of high-quality turf when playing and running and falling.
Without pest control products, playing surfaces become thin, and yellow, and loaded with weeds, infested with insects, and TOTALLY DISMAL.
Without pest control products, playing surfaces become GARBAGE DUMPS, and are a DANGER for children to play on.
FORCE OF NATURE – CARNAGE – 2011 07 20 – FEAR OF LITIGATION – CHILD-PROOF PLAYGROUNDS WORSE THAN NO FUN – NEW YORK ( Reference )
FORCE OF NATURE – CARNAGE – FEAR OF LITIGATION – CARNAGE – NEW YORK CITY – FEAR OF PLAYGROUND LITIGATION ( Report )
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Liability ― Death
Without pest control products, GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ARE LIABLE FOR DEATHS CAUSED BY UNCONTROLLED TOXIC NOXIOUS WEEDS.
Government Officials should also FEAR BEING SUED because PESTICIDE BANS KILL PEOPLE !
On June 28th, 2011, an Ontario resident did not realize that HAND-WEEDING A TOXIC NOXIOUS WEED on his property would CONTRIBUTE TO HIS DEATH.
This Ontario resident was ULTIMATELY DOOMED since the SAFEST AND MOST EFFECTIVE METHOD OF CONTROLLING TOXIC NOXIOUS WEEDS was ARBITRARILY AND NEEDLESSLY PROHIBITED in Ontario.
Contact with this TOXIC NOXIOUS WEED resulted in severe burns to his hands and arms, eventually forcing him to be hospitalized ― ultimately, he DIED.
Unfortunately, the Government of Ontario had IMPOSED a LUNATIC Anti-Pesticide PROHIBITION.
THE DEATH WAS ONTARIO’S FAULT !
FORCE OF NATURE – CARNAGE – 2011 07 10 – DEATH & PROHIBITION – MAN DIES BECAUSE OF PROHIBITION – ONTARIO ( Report )
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Real Trends Against Pesticide Bans
When PROHIBITION is IMPOSED, Government Officials will have done so in DEFIANCE of the TRENDS AGAINST PESTICIDE BANS.
Government Officials have learned a lot from the experience of those jurisdictions that have SUFFERED THE HARDSHIP AND COST AND LIABILITY OF THIS PESTICIDE BAN NONSENSE !
Government Officials ARE THINKING TWICE BEFORE Banning Pesticides.
Without pest control products, TURF AND ORNAMENTAL PESTS ARE NOT CONTROLLED.
Without pest control products, COMMUNITIES LIVE IN PEST-INFESTED GARBAGE DUMPS.
Without pest control products, CHILDREN ARE NOT KEPT SAFE FROM DANGEROUS PLAYING SURFACES.
Without pest control products, MUNICIPALITIES CANNOT AFFORD TO MAINTAIN THEIR GREENS SPACES IN BEAUTIFUL AND SAFE CONDITION.
Without pest control products, BUSINESSES OPERATING IN THE PROFESSIONAL LAWN CARE INDUSTRY ARE DESTROYED.
Without pest control products, GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ARE LIABLE FOR CHILDREN BEING HURT ON DANGEROUS PEST-INFESTED PLAYING SURFACES.
Without pest control products, GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ARE LIABLE FOR DEATHS CAUSED BY UNCONTROLLED TOXIC NOXIOUS WEEDS.
Without pest control products, GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ARE LIABLE FOR LOSSES INFLICTED UPON BUSINESSES OPERATING IN THE PROFESSIONAL LAWN CARE INDUSTRY.
There are dozens of jurisdictions that STOPPED or RESCINDED or LIMITED or OPPOSED Anti-Pesticide PROHIBITION, or granted Professional Lawn Care businesses with an EXCEPTION STATUS ―
● Alberta ( Province ) ● Altona ( Manitoba ) ● Ashland ( Oregon ) ● Beaumont ( Alberta ) ● British Columbia ( Province ) ● Calgary ( Alberta ) ● Campbell River ( British Columbia ) ● Chicago ( Illinois ) ● Durango ( Colorado ) ● Edmonton ( Alberta ) ● Everett ( Washington ) ● Guelph ( Ontario ) ● Guelph-Eramosa ( Ontario ) ● Kamloops ( British Columbia ) ● Kelowna ( British Columbia ) ● Merritt ( British Columbia ) ● New Brunswick ( Province ) ● Newfoundland & Labrador ( Province ) ● Port Alberni ( British Columbia ) ● Portage La Prairie ( Manitoba ) ● Quebec ( Prohibition Invalidated When Lawsuit Defeated Ban ) ● Regina ( Saskatchewan ) ● Rossland ( British Columbia ) ● Salmon Arm ( British Columbia ) ● Scarborough ( Maine ) ● Saint John’s ( Newfoundland & Labrador ) ● Steinbach ( Manitoba ) ● Vernon ( British Columbia ) ● Winkler ( Manitoba ).
Government Officials Are Thinking Twice Before Banning Pesticides
Provincial Trends Against Pesticide Bans
The ONLY agency that truly has ANY recognized expertise, training or background in matters concerning pest control products are the HUNDREDS of expert scientists at HEALTH CANADA.
Health Canada oversees the testing and approval of pest control products by using SOUND SCIENCE in order to ensure that they are SCIENTIFICALLY SAFE.
In Western Canada, Government Officials are now INCLINED TO STRONGLY SUPPORT the use of SCIENCE-BASED EVIDENCE when assessing pest control products.
Moreover, Government Officials are NOT INCLINED TO CREATE RESTRICTIONS OR LAWS THAT CONFLICT WITH HEALTH CANADA.
Consequently, Government Officials are NOT INCLINED TO PROHIBIT ANY PEST CONTROL PRODUCT in their jurisdictions.
For example, in 2011, the GOVERNMENT OF ALBERTA STOPPED THE TREND towards needless, senseless, and malicious PROHIBITION.
PROVINCE OF ALBERTA – CONSPIRACY TO PROHIBIT PEST CONTROL PRODUCTS IN THE URBAN LANDSCAPE ( Web-Page )
More recently, BRITISH COLUMBIA’S SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON COSMETIC PESTICIDES announced that it will NOT RECOMMEND PROHIBITION against the use of pest control products in the urban landscape.
PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA – SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON COSMETIC PESTICIDES ( Web-Page )
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Examples Of Real Trends AGAINST Pesticide Bans
The following jurisdictions STOPPED or RESCINDED or LIMITED or OPPOSED Anti-Pesticide PROHIBITION, or granted Professional Lawn Care businesses with an EXCEPTION STATUS ―
ALBERTA, Province of ― Prohibition Stopped
ALTONA, City of ( Manitoba ) ― Prohibition Opposed
ASHLAND, City of ( Oregon, USA ) ― Prohibition Rescinded
BEAUMONT, Town of ( Alberta ) ― Prohibition Stopped
BRITISH COLUMBIA, Province of ― Prohibition Stopped ― Prohibition Not Recommended by Special Committee On Cosmetic Pesticides
CALGARY, City of ( Alberta ) ― Prohibition Stopped
CAMPBELL RIVER, City of ( British Columbia ) ― Prohibition Extinguished
CHICAGO, City of ( Illinois, USA ) ― Prohibition Rescinded
DURANGO, City of ( Colorado, USA ) ― Prohibition Rejected
EDMONTON, City of ( Alberta ) ― Prohibition Stopped
EVERETT, City of ( Washington, USA ) ― Pesticide-Free Project Ended and Spraying Weeds Resumed
GUELPH, City of ( Ontario ) ― Prohibition Reversed
GUELPH-ERAMOSA, Township of ( Ontario ) ― Roadside Spraying Resumed
KAMLOOPS, City of ( British Columbia ) ― Prohibition Stopped ― Professional Lawn Care Granted Exception Status
KELOWNA, City of ( British Columbia ) ― Professional Lawn Care Granted Exception Status
MERRITT, Town of ( British Columbia ) ― Prohibition Stopped
NEW BRUNSWICK ( Province ) ― Prohibition Limited ― Permitted Active Ingredients, Except 2,4-D ― Professional Lawn Care Granted Exception Status
NEWFOUNDLAND ( Province ) ― Roadside Spraying Resumed ― Commercial Applicators Granted Exception Status
PORT ALBERNI, City of ( British Columbia ) ― Prohibition Rescinded ― City Council Nixes Pesticide Ban
PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE, Rural Municipality of ( Manitoba ) ― Opposed the Proposed Provincial Prohibition
QUEBEC, Province of ― Permitted Active Ingredients ― Prohibition Invalidated When Ban Defeated By Lawsuit
REGINA, City of ( Saskatchewan ) ― Prohibition Stopped
ROSSLAND, City of ( British Columbia ) ― Prohibition Delayed
SAINT JOHN’S ( Newfoundland & Labrador ) ― Road-Side Weed Control Resumed
SALMON ARM, City of ( British Columbia ) ― Prohibition Rescinded ― Professional Lawn Care Granted Exception Status
SCARBOROUGH, Town of ( Maine, USA ) ― Prohibition Rescinded
STEINBACH, City of ( Manitoba ) ― Prohibition Opposed
VERNON, City of ( British Columbia ) ― Prohibition Stopped
WINKLER, City of ( Manitoba ) ― Prohibition Opposed
WILLIAM H. GATHERCOLE AND NORAH G
NORAHG is the National Organization Responding Against HUJE that seek to harm the Green space industry.
NORAHG morally represents the VAST SILENT MAJORITY of people associated with turf and ornamental plant maintenance who are OPPOSED to Anti Pesticide PROHIBITION and the CLOSURE or ABANDONMENT of green spaces under the RIDICULOUS PRETEXT of somehow « saving » the environment.
NORAHG is a NATIONAL NON-PROFIT NON-PARTISAN organization that does not accept money from corporations or governments or trade associations, and represents NO VESTED INTERESTS WHATSOEVER.
NORAHG is dedicated to reporting the work of RESPECTED and HIGHLY RATED EXPERTS who promote ENVIRONMENTAL REALISM and PESTICIDE TRUTHS.
NORAHG pledges to deliver reports that are worthy of peoples’ time and of peoples’ concern, reports that might ordinarily never have breached the parapet.
NORAHG was the brainchild of William H. Gathercole and his colleagues in 1991. Mr. Gathercole is now retired, although his name continues to appear as founder.
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