Maplewood could ban non-organic cosmetic lawn chemicals

dave said:

Ha. Ha. Ha! I like that last part of your diatribe. Unfortunately Roundup ready seeds and the Roundup sprayed on them cost a lot of money. It's the benefit of having a monopoly and creating a cradle to grave system designed to sell chemicals at a high price. Show me where GMO crops are cheaper than conventional. Not having weeds produces higher yields, nothing to do with fertilizer. But to do away with the weeds you need to spray a very expensive chemical and use very expensive seed and then add more fertilizer to the now dead soil. Anti science? Ha! There is science and there is Monsanto science. I guess the entire country of Canada, Europe, and others do not believe in YOUR "science." But you apparently know better. All for the sake of that terrible ugly weed (plant) sprouting upon your fragile psyche.

When did Canada ban Roundup?  When did the EU ban it? A 3 minute Google search revealed that they haven't.  The EU in fact has recently re-licensed it as being safe.  Canada passed legislation requiring the label on Roundup to be changed (I don't have specifics) and said it was safe to use if used with guidelines provided on that label.  Perhaps your source of information on this issue is not so reliable and you do your arguments a disservice when they use statements that can be so easily looked into and found Trumpian. 

See https://www.ontario.ca/page/pesticides-home-lawns-and-gardens

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/pesticides-internet-roundup-gardening-1.3989505

Seven provinces have banned cosmetic use of lawn chemicals. See http://www.pesticidefreebc.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=171:pesticide-laws-in-canada&catid=57:canadian-pesticide-regulations-fall-short&Itemid=108

Also see https://pesticidealternativesnl.wordpress.com/rest-of-canada/

See http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/06/why-europe-may-ban-most-popular-weed-killer-world

See http://sustainablepulse.com/2017/01/11/european-commission-registers-citizens-initiative-to-ban-glyphosate/#.WYqJO7EpChA

See https://www.ecowatch.com/eu-bans-glyphosate-co-formulant-monsanto-1917259116.html

See https://www.aboutlawsuits.com/roundup-eu-petition-129795/

Hopefully Monsantos unsustainable chemical industrial farm model is coming to an end. 

Your first link is about Ontario's laws, not Canada's.  Your second link contains a sentence that directly affirms that Round-up is lawful in Canada. The same fact-checking goes throughout the articles you provide in your links.   If you stick to the facts you might find more support here and elsewhere and appear less strident.   I'm not unsympathetic to your cause. 

I'm quite sure that Tourn either:

1. neglects to read or comprehend the links he posts, or

2. does read and comprehend them, but assumes nobody else will take the effort to read and comprehend them.

Thank you dave.

dave said:

Your first link is about Ontario's laws, not Canada's.  Your second link contains a sentence that directly affirms that Round-up is lawful in Canada. The same fact-checking goes throughout the articles you provide in your links.   If you stick to the facts you might find more support here and elsewhere and appear less strident.   I'm not unsympathetic to your cause. 

Glad to hear that you realize that over use of pesticides for cosmetic reasons is a risk not worth taking. Now, what is Maplewood going to do about it!?