Though we were disappointed that the Pollinator Protection Act (Senate Bill 163/House Bill 605) did not pass this legislative session, we are pleased to report that we’ve built a lot of momentum to restrict neonicotinoid (“neonics”) pesticides in 2016. Pressure brought by industry and big Ag, out to protect their financial stakes, prevailed in […]
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On May 15, 2014, Governor Martin O’Malley brought Maryland one step closer to having much-needed information about pesticide usage by signing House Bill 621 / Senate Bill 700 into law, which establishes funding for pesticide reporting. As advocates cheered the bill signing, they also released a new video about the need for scientifically valid […]
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Advocates Say HB 621 / SB 700 is Step toward Scientifically Valid Pesticide Reporting (Annapolis, MD) – The Maryland General Assembly has given final passage to Senate Bill 700, legislation that generates revenue for professional pesticide usage reporting through a modest increase on the annual pesticide manufacturers’ product registration fee. A final floor vote […]
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What do Maryland’s kids, our declining honeybees and fish have in common – and especially during this Maryland 2014 legislative session? Pesticides! High rates of childhood cancer, autism, ADHD and asthma in Maryland and elsewhere have been linked to pesticide exposures. Pesticides are also implicated in intersex fish found in Maryland’s waterways; the “canaries […]
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Take a look at this fabulous op-ed in support of a pesticide-reporting database in Maryland, by Dixie Mullineaux, Bonnie Raindrop and Roger Williams on behalf of Maryland beekeepers. It ran in the The Baltimore Sun. The authors make a powerful case for why we need a pesticide-reporting database: With literally hundreds of registered pesticides […]
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The August meeting of the Maryland Pesticide and Information Act Workgroup, its second, focused on what we do and don’t know about pesticides. A group of scientists and researchers came to Annapolis to answer four basic questions: What pesticides data exists and who uses it? What information gaps have been identified and by whom? […]
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For Immediate Release July 8, 2013 Website: www.smartonpesticides.org Facebook: http://on.fb.me/Ut6rrX Twitter: @PesticidesSmart Contact: Dawn Stoltzfus, The Hatcher Group, 410-990-0284, 410-562-5655 (cell) Ruth Berlin, Maryland Pesticide Network, 410-693-7319 Advocates Optimistic about Maryland Pesticide Reporting Work Group Work Group Begins July 9th to Evaluate Data Gaps and Practical Solutions to Get Better Information about Pesticide Use […]
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Workgroup To Consider A ‘Pesticide Use Database’ In Maryland May 22, 2013 To download interviews go to: http://www.wypr.org/podcast/workgroup-consider-pesticide-use-database-maryland Should Maryland farmers be required to submit what pesticides they use to a state-run database? Could that database help researchers answer public health concerns over pesticide use? Last week, Governor O*Malley signed a bill that will […]
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Gov. O’Malley has signed into law a bill that creates a Maryland state commission to make findings and recommendations on a proposed mandatory statewide pesticide usage reporting system in Maryland. http://www.thebaynet.com/news/index.cfm/fa/viewstory/story_ID/32172 […]
Read More… from Pesticide Reporting and Information Workgroup Act Signed
Farmers, public health and environmental professionals, moms, watermen and other advocates testified today before the House Environmental Matters Committee in favor of the Pesticide Reporting and Information Act (House Bill 775/Senate Bill 675). Read more…. […]
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We are advancing systemic change toward a sustainable pesticide-free Chesapeake region.
