Home Depot Canada pulls pesticides; ban proposed for Ontario
From Pesticide Action Network North America:
According to the Globe and Mail, Home Depot "will voluntarily stop selling traditional pesticides and herbicides by the end of the year and will replace these products with less environmentally harmful alternatives." The move coincides with the April 22 Earth Day announcement that Ontario will join Quebec as the second province to formally ban the use of so-called "cosmetic" pesticides on residential lawns, gardens and parks. "Now that we have Quebec and Ontario, there is huge pressure on the other provinces," said Gideon Forman, executive director of the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment. "The next obvious one would be British Columbia."
Comment: Wouldn’t it be nice if Home Depot did this in the USA, and our government banned pesticides, too?