Coquitlam council can and should ban cosmetic pesticides
Coquitlam council has the power to ban use of cosmetic pesticides and should do so, argues the letter writer.
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The Editor,
Non-essential cosmetic pesticides cause health risks to your children, your pets, pregnant women and our wildlife. Most other communities have already passed a ban on these pesticides so why on Earth did our current elected officials in Coquitlam refuse to even discuss these health risks with the citizens who they work for and who voted them in?
I've attended and even presented at countless council meetings and one town hall meeting, and Mayor Richard Stewart and the majority of councillors (Linda Reimer, Mae Reid, Lou Sekora and Brent Asmundson) refuse to address the dangers of cosmetic pesticides. They have given many excuses that have changed through the months and Coun. Sekora even tried to pass another motion to pass the buck to other levels of government. But the truth is that our mayor and council have been given the right by the Supreme Court of Canada to protect the safety of their citizens and pass a ban in their community. After all, what could be more important than the health and safety of you, your children, your pets and our environment?
Because they have refused to even discuss the dangers to us or help educate our people, we had to facilitate an information forum hosted by the Canadian Cancer Society. Please attend to get more informed and show support for a ban on cosmetic pesticides in Coquitlam. The Canadian Cancer Society forum runs from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Oct. 3 in the small lecture theatre at Douglas College's David Lam Campus in Coquitlam.
Elisabeth Baldazzi, Coquitlam
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