Pesticide-icide? Council hears call for ban

I was researching the area considering moving there and found this article. Many other areas have banned pesticide use long ago and I was surprised that Rossland still allowed it. http://www.toxicsinfo.org/Lawn/Pesticides%20&%20Cancer.htm "A University of Iowa study found that working as a golf superintendent significantly increased one’s risk of getting non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, brain cancer, lung cancer, large intestine cancer, and prostrate cancer. Other experts are starting to find that golfers, and non-golfers who live near golf courses, are experiencing similar health problems." Does redstone golf course use pestides? Does the Trail golf course use pesticides?

I fully sympthasize with Phil F. I too am fed up with this nonsense. This is what prominent doctors (including specialists at the well respected Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario), independent scientists, executives of doctors' and nurses' organizations, officials of the Canadian Cancer Society and countless other prominent citizens, including yours truly, have had to suffer daily for the past 13 months. I had the police come to take a look at my computer, but they couldn't legally stop the outpouring of this unbelievably childish venom, always including a pretty girl as some kind of sick antidote. The credibility of this wacky group among all reasonably intelligent people ought to be nil. The name-calling, the over-capitalizing of words--all this is so sick and childish and so alien to the average civilized person. Just think how awful and annoying it would be having to erase this spam daily without the end in sight!

LETTER TO THE EDITOR. RESPONSE TO : Pesticide-icide ? Council hears call for ban. THE ROSSLAND TELEGRAPH. ROSSSLAND, BRITISH COLUMBIA. The cost of Cancer–Enviro–Terror has been HORRENDOUS. Overall, the idea that pest control products are causing irreversible health and environmental problems is little more than NONSENSE. Nonetheless, the Enviro–Maniac–Activists seek the NEEDLESS, SENSELESS, and MALICIOUS prohibition of FEDERALLY LEGAL, SCIENTIFICALLY SAFE, and TOTALLY IRREPLACEABLE pest control products. Conventional pest control products are SCIENTIFICALLY SAFE ! Overall, when they are used properly, there are NO harmful irreversible effects to health and the environment ! All this Enviro–Maniac prohibition misery accomplishes nothing. It is NEEDLESS HYSTERIA. All this prohibition misery DOES accomplish something after all. It makes the Cancer–Enviro–Maniacs RICH ! Cancer-Maniacs are WELL–REMUNERATED for their campaign to prohibit FEDERALLY LEGAL, SCIENTIFICALLY SAFE, and TOTALLY IRREPLACEABLE conventional pest control products. There will be NO END to the NEEDLESS HYSTERIA, FEAR, and TERROR from the cravings of a POWER–HUNGRY, UNSCRUPULOUS, DEPRAVED–ENVIRO–MANIAC–INTELLIGENTSIA that seek to ANNIHILATE the entire Modern Green Space Industry because of NEEDLESS, SENSELESS, and MALICIOUS prohibitionist policies leading to LOSS OF REVENUES, BUSINESS FAILURES, BANKRUPTCY, and UNEMPLOYMENT, inflicting TERROR, DESPAIR, and DESTITUTION on THOUSANDS of victims through–out the Green Space Industry. THE COST OF CANCER–ENVIRO–TERROR HAS BEEN HORRENDOUS. THE HORRENDOUS COST ACROSS CANADA ... The NEEDLESS, SENSELESS, and MALICIOUS prohibition of pest control products has RUINED Professional Lawn Care companies across Canada ! Because of prohibition, Professional Lawn Care businesses, which at one time provided a good living and some equity for eventual sale for retirement, are now WORTHLESS ! Prohibition has guaranteed that no one will want to reasonably buy a Professional Lawn Care business ! In those jurisdictions that have adopted NEEDLESS, SENSELESS, and MALICIOUS prohibition of pest control products, only the RICH ELITE HOME–OWNER can now afford the cost of a Professional Lawn Care service, since it has increased by at least TWO TO FOUR TIMES. THE HORRENDOUS COST IN QUEBEC ... Prohibition has been particularly DEVASTATING to the Professional Lawn Care Industry in the Province of Quebec ! As a sad consequence of the prohibition imposed in the Province of Quebec by Enviro–Terror, OVER–SIXTY–PER–CENT of the Professional Lawn Care Industry has now been ANNIHILATED ! THE HORRENDOUS COST IN ONTARIO ... In Ontario, prohibition is DESTROYING the Modern Professional Lawn Care Industry in the Province of Ontario ! By late 2009, OVER–FIVE–THOUSAND VICTIMS have been UNEMPLOYED ( full time employees and summer students ). PREDICTION : In Ontario, a total of 8,300–to–12,500 victims are expected to be UNEMPLOYED by the NEEDLESS, SENSELESS, and MALICIOUS prohibition of pest control products in Ontario. In Ontario, the Professional Lawn Care Industry has lost over THREE–HUNDRED–MILLION–DOLLARS in the 2009 season as a direct result of the NEEDLESS, SENSELESS, and MALICIOUS prohibition of pest control products. PREDICTION : In Ontario, EVENTUALLY, FIVE–HUNDRED–MILLION–DOLLARS in ANNUAL LOSS OF REVENUE is expected because of the NEEDLESS, SENSELESS, and MALICIOUS prohibition of pest control products in Ontario. In Ontario, by early summer 2009, Professional Lawn Care revenues have been OBLITERATED BY AT–LEAST–TWENTY–FIVE–PER–CENT ! By autumn 2009, Professional Lawn Care companies have LOST FORTY–TO–SEVENTY–PER–CENT OF THEIR CUSTOMERS since the senseless Prohibition–Tyranny began in early 2009 ! PREDICTION : In Ontario, EVENTUALLY, SEVEN–HUNDRED–AND–EIGHTY BUSINESS FAILURES AND BANKRUPTCIES are expected because of the NEEDLESS, SENSELESS, and MALICIOUS prohibition of pest control products in Ontario. THE HORRENDOUS COST IN HALIFAX ... Prohibition has SEVERELY HARMED the Professional Lawn Care Industry in the City of Halifax, located in the Province of Nova Scotia ! Because of the prohibition, REVENUES PLUMMETED BY FORTY–PER–CENT with most of the Professional Lawn Care companies, and it has taken them five years to « recover » from the hardship and losses ! Because of the prohibition, CUSTOMERS HAVE DISINTEGRATED BY FIFTY–PER–CENT, even after a so–called « recovery » period of several years ! THE HORRENDOUS COST TO CANADIAN MUNICIPALITIES ... The prohibition of pest control products has RUINED municipal green spaces ! Because of the prohibition imposed in many jurisdictions, green spaces LOOK LIKE GARBAGE DUMPS ! The cost of implementing and enforcing prohibition is costing up to TWO–HUNDRED–THOUSAND–DOLLARS for EACH average municipality ! So far, PROHIBITION–ENVIRO–TYRANNY across Canada has cost the public well over THIRTY–MILLION–DOLLARS. Here are some additional facts that everyone needs to know ... PESTICIDE–TREATED–LAWNS ARE AS SAFE AS PESTICIDE–TREATED GOLF COURSE TURF ! Both the Golf Industry and the Professional Lawn Care Industry use the SAME ingredients that are needed to control insect and weed pests. In fact, Professional Lawn Care maintenance requires LESS PESTICIDE–INPUTS than Golf Course turf. The Golf Industry enjoys the benefits from a PROHIBITION EXCEPTION STATUS despite the fact that it uses the very same ingredients used in Professional Lawn Care maintenance. If it is safe to walk and play on a pesticide–treated golf course putting green, it is also safe to walk on a pesticide–treated lawn. PESTICIDE–TREATED–LAWNS ARE AS SAFE AS PESTICIDE–TREATED–CANCER DAFFODILS ! Both Daffodil Production for Canadian Cancer Society and the Professional Lawn Care Industry use the SAME ingredients that are needed to control insect and weed pests. In fact, Professional Lawn Care maintenance requires LESS PESTICIDE–INPUTS than Daffodil Production. Daffodil Production for Canadian Cancer Society enjoys the benefits from a PROHIBITION EXCEPTION STATUS despite the fact that it uses the very same ingredients used in Professional Lawn Care maintenance. If it is safe to touch and hold a pesticide–treated daffodil, it is also safe to walk on a pesticide–treated lawn. PESTICIDE–TREATED–LAWNS ARE AS SAFE AS PESTICIDE–TREATED AGRICULTURAL CROPS ! Both the Agriculture Industry and the Professional Lawn Care Industry use the SAME ingredients that are needed to control insect and weed pests. In fact, Professional Lawn Care maintenance requires LESS PESTICIDE–INPUTS than many agricultural crops. The Agriculture Industry enjoys the benefits from a PROHIBITION EXCEPTION STATUS despite the fact that it uses the very same ingredients used in Professional Lawn Care maintenance. If it is safe to eat and digest pesticide–treated food, it is also safe to walk on a pesticide–treated lawn. THE TREACHERY OF ENVIRO–MANIAC–ACTIVISTS ... Enviro–Maniac–Activists, such as those at Canadian–Cancer–Society, conspire to prohibit FEDERALLY LEGAL, SCIENTIFICALLY SAFE, and TOTALLY IRREPLACEABLE pest control products. It should be noted that NOT ONE Enviro–Maniac–Activist has ANY recognized expertise, training, or background, in matters concerning PEST CONTROL PRODUCTS, TURF MAINTENANCE, or the GREEN SPACE INDUSTRY ! Enviro–Maniac–Activists will INTIMIDATE and COERCE Government Officials by concocting FRAUDULENT LIES and NON–EXISTENT ISSUES. Enviro–Maniac–Activists will DECEIVE Government Officials by blurting out HOLLOW and DESPICABLY–ALARMIST expressions like « CANCER » and « SERIOUS ILLNESS » and « REPRODUCTIVE PROBLEMS » and « NEUROLOGICAL DISEASES » and « CHILDREN AT RISK » ! Enviro–Maniac–Activists will give Government Officials the impression that children and adults are being exposed to cancer–causing agents whenever a pest control product is used. Enviro–Maniac–Activists will DESPICABLY use children as « WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION » in order to convince Government Officials of the necessity of prohibition. THE REWARDS OF BEING ENVIRO–MANIAC–ACTIVISTS ... Many Enviro–Maniac–Activists and their avaricious organizations have become MILLIONAIRES ! Their pretentious prohibitionist rants have been rewarded with MILLIONS OF DOLLARS from government and private donations ! The more these Enviro–Maniacs concoct LIES, FEAR–MONGERING, MISCONCEPTIONS, COERCION, THREATS, and TERROR about conventional pest control products, the more they become RICH ! It should be noted that many Enviro–Maniac–Activists are simply GREEDY and AVARICIOUS SALESMEN that represent their own line of products and services before an unsuspecting Government Officials ! When conventional pest control products are prohibited in a community, Enviro–Maniac–Vermin move in with their own STUNNINGLY EXPENSIVE and HIGHLY PROFITABLE but BOGUS Green Alternatives ! Several Environmental–Terror–Organizations operate VAST ORGANIC LAWN MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS ! BOGUS Green Alternatives are short–lived once the public realizes they do not work ! THE CREDIBILITY OF ENVIRO–MANIAC–ACTIVISTS ... Enviro–Maniac Organizations, such as Millionaire Canadian–Cancer–Society, are RADICAL MILITANT ENVIRONMENTAL–TERROR FUND–RAISING ORGANIZATIONS. Canadian–Cancer–Society is NOT a scientific body ... it is a vast MONEY–MAKING BUSINESS managed by a few dozen, or so, well–paid Enviro–Maniac–Activists that operate as « HIRED GUNS » to COERCE and INTIMIDATE Government Officials. Cancer–Maniac–Activists have compensated for their lack of expertise by frequently resorting to FEAR–MONGERING, FRAUDULENT LIES, MISCONCEPTIONS, COERCION, THREATS, DECEPTIONS, TERROR, and PARANOID CONSPIRACIES about pest control products. Perhaps the health of the public may be better served if all the resources of the Cancer–Maniac–Activists, currently focused on the prohibition of FEDERALLY LEGAL, SCIENTIFICALLY SAFE, and TOTALLY IRREPLACEABLE pest control products, were redirected towards improving the lifestyle choices of the population, such as diet and exercise. Prohibitionist Cancer–Enviro–Maniacs consider the hundreds of qualified scientists of the PEST MANAGEMENT REGULATORY AGENCY OF HEALTH CANADA to be incompetent and/or incapable of arriving at correct scientific findings concerning conventional pest control products. THE REMUNERATION OF ENVIRO–MANIAC–ACTIVISTS ... Enviro–Maniac–Activists are simply GREEDY and AVARICIOUS. They concoct programs and presentations that reward them with SAFE, SECURE, GUARANTEED, and WELL–PAYING ENVIRO–TERROR–JOBS. For example, Millionaire Canadian–Cancer–Society SQUANDERS the millions that it collects from donations to pay a substantial amount of money for activists to work as « HIRED GUNS » to INTIMIDATE and COERCE Government Officials into prohibiting FEDERALLY LEGAL, SCIENTIFICALLY SAFE, and TOTALLY IRREPLACEABLE conventional pest control products. And yet, not one of these Cancer–Maniac–Activists has ANY expertise in matters pertaining to pest control products. Cancer–Maniacs are truly DESPICABLE ! Cancer–Maniac–Activists are given unbelievably VAST REWARDS when they COERCE, INTIMIDATE, and ALARM Government Officials by concocting the idea that they need to get rid of so–called unnecessary poisons that pose alleged unnecessary risk to our health, our children’s health, and the health of the environment. Cancer–Maniac–Activists are paid an INCENTIVE of TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS by Millionaire Canadian–Cancer–Society FOR EVERY FORUM ORGANIZED in BRITISH COLUMBIA. Cancer–Maniac–Activists are paid a BONUS of ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS by Millionaire Canadian–Cancer–Society FOR EVERY PRESENTATION MADE TO EACH MUNICIPAL TOWN COUNCIL. Cancer–Maniac–Activists making presentations to Government Officials are given a BOUNTY of FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS by Millionaire Canadian–Cancer–Society upon successful prohibition legislation. Cancer–Maniac–Activists that are making presentations are also being paid a SALARY of OVER FORTY THOUSAND DOLLARS PER YEAR, plus expenses, by Millionaire Canadian–Cancer–Society, to COERCE, INTIMIDATE, and ALARM Government Officials. Cancer–Maniac–Activists have SAFE, SECURE, GUARANTEED, and WELL– PAYING ENVIRO–TERROR–JOBS as long as they continue to COERCE, INTIMIDATE, and ALARM Government Officials. THE HYPOCRISY OF ENVIRO–MANIAC–ACTIVISTS ... Prohibitionist Cancer–Enviro–Maniacs constantly discredit the work of HEALTH CANADA, and yet, this federal agency has determined that the pest control products used for producing their beloved and lucrative DAFFODILS are SCIENTIFICALLY SAFE. Prohibitionist Cancer–Enviro–Maniacs have ABSOLUTELY NO SCRUPLES using pest control products when it suits THEM, since Pesticide–Treated–Daffodils are a source of MILLIONS OF DOLLARS in donations ! Cancer–Maniacs are truly DESPICABLE ! For many years, Millionaire Canadian–Cancer–Society HAS SOLD FOR PROFIT so–called « PESTICIDE–TREATED–TOXIC–CANCER–DAFFODILS ». Contract–Daffodil–Growers for Canadian–Cancer–Society use conventional pest control products on a regular and continuous basis, and have done so for decades. The GREEDY and AVARICIOUS Canadian–Cancer–Society and its growers have ABSOLUTELY NO SCRUPLES using pest control products when it suits THEM, since Pesticide–Treated–Daffodils are a source of MILLIONS OF DOLLARS in donations ! Cancer–Enviro–Maniacs hypocritically ask Government Officials to prohibit the same pest control products that are used for Daffodil production. PESTICIDE–TREATED–LAWNS ARE AS SAFE AS PESTICIDE–TREATED–CANCER DAFFODILS ! HEALTH CANADA ... Overall, Elected Municipal and Provincial Government Officials are clearly NOT knowledgeable enough to enact prohibitive legislation. This is NOT their field of expertise. Government Officials have an onus of responsibility to verify the JUNK SCIENCE information that has been concocted by Enviro–Maniacs. In several jurisdictions, Government Officials have failed to base prohibition decisions on SOUND SCIENCE. In Ontario, municipalities have consequently been stripped of their prohibitionist powers. The ONLY Government Officials that truly have ANY recognized expertise, training, or background, in matters concerning pest control products are the HUNDREDS OF EXPERT SCIENTISTS at HEALTH CANADA ! NO pest control product can be sold or used until HEALTH CANADA’s scientists have evaluated ALL the existing evidence to determine whether the product meets stringent health and safety requirements. Conventional pest control products are SCIENTIFICALLY SAFE because they have been scrutinized and approved by HEALTH CANADA. PESTICIDE–TREATED–CANCER–DAFFODILS sold by Canadian–Cancer–Society are NOT TOXIC. The Daffodils are no more toxic than the lawns treated with the same pest control products. PESTICIDE–TREATED–LAWNS ARE AS SAFE AS PESTICIDE–TREATED–CANCER DAFFODILS ! THE CONSEQUENCES OF PROHIBITION ... In JANUARY 2010, the GREEN SPACE INDUSTRY outlined the list of charges against the GOVERNMENT OF ONTARIO and Enviro–Maniac–Government–Officials working in the Ministry of the Environment. Additionally, individual Enviro–Maniac–Activist–Members of known Environmental–Terror–Organizations are also facing charges of FRAUD under the Canadian Criminal Code. These Enviro–Maniacs conspired with Government Officials by using DISGRACEFULLY FALSE and MISLEADING information in order to impede access to Health–Canada–Approved products through FRAUDULENT MEANS. Ontario prohibition was achieved by DECEITFUL Enviro–Maniac–Government–Officials who concocted a classification of pest control products based on a methodology that FRAUDULENTLY AVOIDED SOUND REGULATORY SCIENCE. The prohibition of pest control products in several jurisdictions is TERRORIZING and ANNIHILATING the entire Modern GREEN SPACE INDUSTRY, leading to LOSS OF REVENUES, BUSINESS FAILURES, BANKRUPTCY, and UNEMPLOYMENT, inflicting TERROR, DESPAIR, and DESTITUTION on THOUSANDS of hapless victims throughout the GREEN SPACE INDUSTRY. These alleged culprits have done GREAT HARM to the GREEN SPACE INDUSTRY. There something HORRIBLY WRONG with a system where Enviro–Maniac–Government–Officials conspire with Enviro–Maniac–Activist–Members of known Environmental–Terror–Organizations to dictate public policy based upon LIES, FEAR–MONGERING, MISCONCEPTIONS, COERCION, THREATS, and TERROR. William H. Gathercole and Norah G National Organization Responding Against Huje that harm the Green Space Industry ( NORAHG ) Montreal, Quebec