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This is Earth Week. Spring is finally here and right behind the robins are glossy brochures adverâ€" tising chemical solutions for all your lawn problems. Cosmetic lawn herbicides are easy, quick and cheap â€" a hard combination to beat if you can ignore the health risks. Like cigarettes, they are ingrained in our culture. Like cigarettes, they offer a better today in one hand and hide a Effective 2,4â€"D herbicide hazardous to healt The MOn=wou 10=0, P PS dut, OM 12W Mississauga MISSISSAUGA SHOWROOM Home HOME DESIGN CENTRE Design Centre. 2575 DUNDAS ST. W. Notice is hereby given pursuant to Sections 297 and 300 of The Municipal Act, R.S.P. 1990, Chapter M.45 as amended, that the council for the Regional Municipality of Halton proposes at its meeting on Wednesday, May 18, 1994 to pass a byâ€"law for the reconstruction and widening of the North Service Road from 2 to 4 lanes from Highway 403 to 300 m East of Winston Park Drive and intersection improvements on Winston Churchill Boulevard a the North Service Road and Plymouth Drive in the Town of Oakville. Plans showing the proposed work may be inspected at the Public Works Department office, Halton Regional Centre, 1151 Bronte Road, Oakville, Ontario during normal business hours. On Wednesday, May 11, 1994 at 9:30 a,m. in the Halton Room at the Halton Regional Centre, 1151 Bronte Road, Oakville, Ontario, council through its Planning and Public Works Committee will hear in person, or by his/her Counsel, any person who claims that his/her lands will be prejâ€" udicially affected by the said byâ€"law and who applies to the Regional Clerk no later than Wednesday, May 4, 1994 to be heard. JOAN A. EAGLESHAM REGIONAL CLERK For further information, please contact Mr. J. Choi, P. Eng., Manager of Design at (905) 825â€"6030, extension 7610. RECONSTRUCTION AND WIDENING OF THE NORTH SERVICE ROAD FROM 2 TO 4 LANES FROM HIGHWAY 403 TO 300 M EAST OF WINSTON PARK DRIVE AND INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS ON WINSTON CHURCHILL BOULEVARD AT THE NORTH SERVICE ROAD AND PLYMOUTH DRIVE TOWN OF OAKVILLE PRâ€"1203 ANTHONY â€" CORRECTIVE COLOURIST FROM NEW YORK Monâ€"Wed 10â€"6, Thurs, Fri. 10â€"9, Sat. 10â€"6, Sun. 125 New styles for ladies / men J.J, MIRROR CLOSETS worse tomorrow in the other. Unfortunately, Environment Canada (that wet blanket) states, "it generally takes three to six weeks for the majority of the herbicide to disappear. It is not known how long the remainder persists in the soil." One of the strongest weekâ€"killers is 2,4â€"D, contained in most "weed and feed" fertilizers. It works wonâ€" derfully. 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Nevada Bob‘s Golf Tennis Metroland Community Newspapers April 25â€"May 1, 1994 of 2,4â€"D, the Journal of Pesticide Reform states: "Regulatory agenâ€" cies and 2,4â€"D users need to face the overwhelming evidence of 2,4â€" D‘s harm and take decisive action to stop its use." 2,4â€"D is not used by Toronto, Mississauga, or Burlington. All use significantly less herbicide than Oakville due to positive results from their Integrated Pest Management programs. Mississauga has maintained their parks and playgrounds with no herâ€" bicide for the last three years. $1 per ball and a holeâ€"inâ€"one, gives you the chance to win a Few chemical herbicides can be considered safe. They are legal, and the temptation is there to use them 133 North Service Rd. W. QEW 3RD Line Exit, Oakville All Balloons LUNG ASSOCIATION IM\R MOOLOUT but, like tobacco, legal does not mean safe. The National Cancer Institute states that children are six times more likely to get childhood leukemia when lawn herbicides are used. The National Academy of Sciences estimates that 20,000 cases of cancer are caused in the United States every year from herâ€" bicide. The American Cancer Society quotes a report in the New England Journal of Epidemiology that more children with brain tumors and other cancers were found to have had exposure to herâ€" bicide than children without cancer. Oakville is developing a solid record for taking progressive action on environmental and health issues. The banning of grass clippings in landfills, the Environmental Advisory Committee â€" Petroâ€" Canada, the support of recycling, the Shell Lands development moraâ€" torium, and the recent letter to. Lawrence Cement all are steps in the right direction. E1 tobacco use is being restric because of the negative hea effects of secondâ€"hand smoke. Ea Week is alive in Oakville. The intensive use of herbici including 2,4â€"D, to manage parks and lawns is contrary to environmental record. Herbici do not contribute to our reputat as a healthy community in whic raise children. Some of Oakvill neighbors wonder if we love p fectâ€"looking parks more than love our families and pets. There are many people who wi to ignore the health risks, just as took a while to convince people the dangers of cigarettes (and so of those coughing in the bac ground still aren‘t convince There are others who are concert but don‘t know what else to use their lawns. WHAT TO DO (1) Write to "Oakville Ma and Members of Town Counc) and ask them to have Oakvi adopt the proven, leastâ€"toxic me} ods of parks management alre practiced by Toronto, Mississa and Burlington. (2) Call 338â€"4392 to get a c of the "Grasscycling" pamphlet duced by Oakville Public Wor| Beautifully written, if I do say myself, it will give you the ba about fertilizing, watering, mowing. (3) Visit the Oakville library three terrific books, "How to ( Your Lawn and Garden Off Dru by Carole Rubin, "Building Healthy Lawn" by Stuart Franl and "Nonâ€"Toxic Lawn Care" Warren Schultz. All are helpful : straightforward. (4) Ask your neighbors who on chemicals to coâ€"operate with in learning newer, safer way maintaining fineâ€"looking lawns. (5) Get off the turfgrass tread by planting lowâ€"maintena groundcovers such as are rec mended in "Taylor‘s Guide} Groundcovers," also in the Oak Library system. Lawns originated in medie times. By cutting foliage low, ca owners reduced their risk of uns attack. Let‘s not put the risk bac by using toxic chemicals. Earth to Oakville, Do You Me? Steven Moore is an envir mental consultant with a Mas Degree in Environmental Studi Present this coupon and receive 25% off I I 1 Lunch or Dinner | Alcholic Beverages not includ j Offer Expires May 31st QUALITY HOTEL 754 BRONTE ROAD OAKVILLE, ONTARIO L6J 4 Tel: 847â€"1566 Fax: 847â€"74. 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