Pesticides Legislation and Next Steps

"Pesticide Free Ontario is delighted with the swift and decisive action Premier McGuinty's government is taking to protect public health and our environment".

–Sari Merson, Pesticide Free Ontario, a coalition of citizens’ groups supporting the elimination of urban pesticides.

Pesticide Free Ontario called for a province-wide ban on cosmetic pesticides, along with health and environmental organizations such as the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment, Canadian Cancer Society, Canadian Environmental Law Association, David Suzuki Foundation, Ecojustice, Ontario College of Family Physicians, Ontario Public Health Association, Organic Landscape Alliance, Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario and Toronto Public Health.