Support Coalition for a Healthy Ottawa

Everyone should check out the website Coalition for a Healthy Ottawa. Pesticides are showing up in studies done on the Rideau River and we have no idea what effect this will have on the wildlife in the Rideau ecosystem. We have to encourage people in Ottawa to use safer methods in their quest for the perfect weed free lawn. Just to let everyone know that a lot of Ottawa folks who live close to the Rideau are continuing to use pesticides, even though they know that there is a lot of scientists out there doing studies who have done research that demonstrate pesticides are not safe! I don't think it would be considered beyond the pale if you sent these pesticide users a letter and let them know how what they are doing to the environment. Try it! Or definitely get involved in the Ottawa anti-pesticide scene.