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Canadian Bylaws Banning Pesticides Use
Studies Documenting Adverse Effects of Lawn Pesticides
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U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO) Reports
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• How to Organize in Your Community
  • Preparing for a Campaign: a framework for winning
    (Mary O’Brien, Pesticides and You, Fall 2001)
  • Calling All Activists: How to start and run a local beyond pesticides organization
    (Pesticides and You, Winter 2002-03)
  • 10 Steps to Grassroots Organizing (Sal Gilbertie)
  • Free Listserves: Start a listserve with fellow community members through Yahoo or Topica.
  • Free Conference Call Setup: Link activists together or with experts with a call.
  • Free Petition: Start an online petition to bring before local decision makers.
    
    
• Local IPM/Pesticide Reduction Policies and Programs
  • Arcata, CA
  • San Francisco, CA
    • San Francisco Case Study
  • San Diego, CA
  • Santa Barbara, CA
  • Santa Cruz, CA
  • Plainville, CT
  • Madison-Dane County (weed and feed product ban)
    • Phosphorus (weed and feed ban) background
  • Marblehead, MA (organic land care policy) (Regulation, 2005)
  • Newton, MA
  • Wellesley, MA
  • Santa Fe, NM
  • Albany, NY
  • New York City, NY
  • Carrboro, NC
  • King County, WA (County-wide)
  • Olympia, WA (PBT and pesticide reduction city policy)
  • Seattle, WA (City Program)
  • Innovative State Legislation: “Green Lawns" (from the state Environmental Resource Center)
  • Vorhees, NJ
    
    
• Pesticide-Free Parks
  • Eastwood Park in Mill Valley CA
  • Fairfax, CA
  • Santa Barbara, CA
  • Town Park, Corte Madera, CA
  • Plainville, CT
  • Sarasota, FL
  • Lawrence, KS
  • Marblehead, MA (Town-owned land)
  • Brick, NJ
  • Hazlet, NJ
  • Chatham, NJ
  • Ocean City, NJ
  • Portland, OR
  • Seattle, WA
  • Camden, ME (new)
  • Vorhees, NJ (new)
    
    
• State Policies
  Connecticut - Proposed 2005 Act Concerning Municipal Restriction of Lawn Care Pesticides
  

• State Pre-Emption and Notification Laws
  • State Preemption Laws (Local Control)
  • State Notification Laws
    
    
• Canadian Bylaws Banning Pesticide Use
  • Toronto
  • Halifax (see also 2003 report)
  • Chelsea
  • Hudson
  • Shediac
  • The Archipelago, an Ontario municipality
  • Private Property Pesticide By-laws In Canada, by Mike Christie (Dec 2006)
  • Roles of the Three Levels of Governments Regarding Pesticides in Canada
    
    
• Studies Documenting Adverse Effects of Lawn Pesticides:
  • Declaration Backgrounder. 2005 April. Beyond Pesticides/National Coalition for Pesticide-Free Lawns. An overview of scientific studies supporting hazards of lawn pesticides.
  • Sanborn, Margaret, et al. 2004 April. “Systematic Review of Pesticides Human Health Effects,” The Ontario College of Family Physicians (OCFP). Toronto, Ontario.
  • Glickman, Lawrence, et al. 2004. "Herbicide exposure and the risk of transitional cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder in Scottish Terriers," Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association. 224(8): 1290-1297. (Press Release)
  • Porter, Warren. 2004, Spring. “Do Pesticides Affect Learning and Behavior? The neuro-endocrine-immune connection,” Pesticides And You. Beyond Pesticides. 21(4):11-15. (Overview of Dr. Porter's findings published in Environ Health Perspectives and Toxicology and Industrial Health.)
  • Greenlee, Anne, et al. 2004."Low-Dose Agrochemicals and Lawn-Care Pesticides Induce Developmental Toxicity in Murine Preimplantation Embryos," Environ Health Perspectives. 112(6):703-709.
  • Colt, Joanne, et al. 2004. “Comparison of pesticide levels in Carpet dust and self-reported pest treatment practices in four US sites.” J. of Exposure Analysis and Environ. Epidemiology, 14:74–83.
  • Salam, MT, et al. 2004. "Early Life Environmental Risk Factors for Asthma: Findings from the Children's Health Study." Environmental Health Perspectives. 112(6): 760.
  • Nishioka, Marcia G., et al. 2001."Distribution of 2,4-D in Air and on Surfaces inside Residences after Lawn Applications: Comparing Exposure Estimates from Various Media for Young Children," Environmental Health Perspectives, 109(11), November.
  • Hardell, Lennart and Mikarl Eriksson. 1999."A Case-Control Study of Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma and Exposure to Pesticides," American Cancer Society.
  • Zahm, S. "Mortality study of pesticide applicators and other employees of a lawn care service company." National Cancer Institute. J. Occup Environ Med. 1997 Nov;39(11):1055-67.
  • Nishioka, Marcia G., et al. 1996. "Measuring Transport of Lawn-Applied Herbicide Acids from Turf to Home: Correlation of Dislodgeable 2,4-D Turf Residues with Carpet Dust and Carpet Surface Residues," Environmental Science & Technology, 30(11): 3313-3320.
  • Hayes, Howard M., et al. 1991."Case-Control Study of Canine Malignant Lymphoma: Positive Association With Dog Owner's Use of 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid Herbicides," Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 83:1226-1231.
    
    
• Testimony and Public Comments
  • 2,4-D risk assessment Phase 5 of 6 by Beyond Pesticides and friends. (March 14, 2005)
  • Revised Environmental Guidelines for Responsible Lawn Care and Landscaping by Beyond Pesticides and nearly 20 other groups (January 27, 2005)
  • 2,4-D risk assessment by Beyond Pesticides, NRDC, PAN and some 40 others. (August 23, 2004)
  • Preliminary Lawn and Environment Guidelines by Beyond Pesticides. (June 14, 2004) See Daily News story.
  • Statement of Jay Feldman, Executive Director Beyond Pesticides/NCAMP before the
    Economic And Environmental Affairs Committee, Maryland Senate. (February 9, 1999)
    
    
• U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO) Reports:
  • U.S. GAO, Lawn Care Pesticides: Reregistration Falls Further Behind and Exposure Effects Are Uncertain, GAO/RCED-93-80, April 1993.
• U.S. GAO, Lawn Care Pesticides: EPA Needs to Assess State Notification Programs, GAO/RCED-91-208, September 1991.
• U.S. GAO, Lawn Care Pesticides: Risks Remain Uncertain While Prohibited Safety Claims Continue pdf, html, GAO/RCED-90-134, March 1990.
  
  
• Other Reports:
  • The Impact of By-Laws and Public Education Programs on Reducing the Cosmetic / Non-Essential, Residential Use of Pesticides: A Best Practices Review (The Canadian Center for Pollution Prevention, February 26, 2004)
  • Systematic Review of Pesticides Human Health Effects (The Ontario College of Family Physicians, April 23, 2004)