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Pesticides.

• Pesticides may affect fertility and sex changes
• Commonly used weed killer 2,4-D linked to cancer
• Steinberg's book, American Green: The Obsessive Quest for the Perfect Lawn.
• Tourism London warns no one to come to London because our golf courses will not up to par.
• Lawn-care company threatens to sue city hall
• Councillors takes step toward pesticide ban. More And More
• Council asked to vote again on pesticide ban
• Common pesticides, Chlorpyrifos and  diazinon, affect fetal growth.
• Study reveals babies in womb are more sensitive to DNA damage from pollution than their mothers.
• Pesticides Too Harmful to Use in Any Form, Family Doctors Warn. More by  Alanna Mitchell.
• Potential risk sufficient to ban pesticides, cancer society says
• Poll supports pesticide ban
• Pesticide ban debate renewed.

• City pesticide bylaw tabled. More.

• Pesticide bylaw backed by $500 fines

• Windsor to adopt an all-out ban for cosmetic purposes by 2009.

• Council wrong; city needs full pesticide ban

• Pesticides. Only a battle has been lost

• Pesticides stay in London.

• Pesticide use issue on committee table.

• Environmentalists accuse a city council committee of reneging on a promise to ban the cosmetic use of pesticides.

• Motion by the Urban League of London to ban Pesticides. More. And More.

• Pesticide bylaw stalled again. More.

• 2005 Pesticide ban action urged. More.  Council's Vote.

• Ontario doctors urge reduced pesticide exposure. More.

• Sierra Club.

• The London Coalition Against Pesticides presents: Greening London Organically May 29^th. More. Photo contest. More.