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B.C. is failing to protect citizens by not banning pesticides, says a report released Tuesday by the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment.

CAPE rated B.C. — along with Alberta and Saskatchewan — as having “no protection” in provincial regulations over non-essential pesticide use.

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“Seven of the 10 provinces have some sort of ban on the cosmetic use of pesticides on lawns, gardens, trees and shrubs. Only two of them are quite strong and comprehensive, a lot of them are weak,” said Kim Perrotta, executive director, of the Toronto-based organization. “And then you have British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan who don’t actually ban the use of cosmetic pesticides,”

“When you look at the serious health effects associated with them, and they’re not an essential use of pesticides, for an organization that cares about health it just doesn’t make sense to us. It should be a human right that people shouldn’t have to worry whether their children are being exposed to pesticides on their neighbour’s lawn,” says Perrotta.