A recent committee of the Liberal government (Canada) has recommended that all
pesticide use in cities be banned. Only agricultural uses would be legal. I think
this might cause a great enforcement problem though. People will sneak out at
night with their Weedex wonderbars. The main concern was the health ha
zards of pesiticide use, particularly on children.
CHeers, Ken Hanly
Doug Henwood wrote
> Michael Perelman wrote:
>
> >I just read that NY City is the largest consumer of pesticides in the state.
> >Now that you have that part of the agricultural system, may the rest won't be
> >too hard.
>
> Could you be a little less opaque? Do you mean that reducing
> pesticide use will require depopulating the cities? Where will
> everyone go?
>
> NYC also houses half the U.S. non-poverty households without cars. We
> use less energy here than practically any place in the USA. If you
> depopulate us, will we have to start driving? Or do I have to grow my
> own food and weave my own cloth?
>
> Doug
