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(Beyond Pesticides<\/em>, February 24, 2012) On Wednesday, February 22, the Connecticut General Assembly\u2019s Planning and Development Committee held a hearing to consider a bill that would repeal the state\u2019s ban on toxic pesticide use on school grounds by allowing their use as part of a so-called “integrated pest management” (IPM) system. If you live in Connecticut, you can take action<\/a> to fight this bill and preserve the health of school children. Current state law<\/a>, adopted in 2005 and amended in 2007<\/a> and 2009<\/a> to cover facilities from day care centers up through grade 8, prohibits pesticides on playgrounds and playing fields at schools (except under emergency situations), allowing instead for non-toxic pest and fertility management. The bill currently under consideration, HB 5155<\/a>, would repeal the ban, making pesticide use allowable as part of an IPM program as defined by any number of a range of bureaucratic offices. <\/p>\n

Although IPM can be a helpful tool in the transition from a pesticide-intensive to a non-toxic management system, it makes no sense to weaken an already strong standard aimed at protecting the health of children. The effort to adopt such a system through passage of HB 5155 is being led by public works officials and groundskeepers, with support from the lawn chemical industry. They believe highly toxic pesticides are needed to make lawns and athletic fields playable, despite the success of proven organic land management practices that are effective, sustainable and protective of children’s health in Connecticut and across the country. Given the perspective of the legislation’s advocates, it can be presumed that the adoption of the new bill will result in a serious increase in the application of pesticides around schools. Nancy Alderman, president of the public interest group Environment and Human Health, Inc., spoke in her testimony against the bill<\/a> about the dangers of adopting a poorly defined IPM program: \u201cIPM allows for pesticide uses \u2014 and therefore when IPM has been mandated in other states it has proven unenforceable \u2014 because it allows pesticides \u2014 and once pesticides are allowed one cannot tell how much or how many times they are used. IPM has not proven to be a workable method when mandated for schools \u2014 and has proven to be in almost all cases \u2014 pesticide use as usual.\u201d Additional testimony from the hearing can be found here<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Schools and day care centers must nurture a healthy environment in which children can grow and learn. Children are especially sensitive to pesticide exposure as they take in more pesticides relative to their body weight than adults and have developing organ systems that are more vulnerable and less able to detoxify toxic chemicals. Even at low levels, exposure to pesticides can cause serious adverse health effects. Numerous studies<\/a> document that children exposed to pesticides suffer elevated rates of childhood leukemia, soft tissue sarcoma and brain cancer. Studies also link pesticides to childhood asthma, respiratory problems, and learning disabilities and inability to concentrate. For more information, see Beyond Pesticides\u2019 Children and Schools page<\/a>. To see more scientific research on the effects of pesticides on human health, see our Pesticide-Induced Diseases Database<\/a>. <\/p>\n

While the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the National PTA, among others, recommend schools adopt pesticide-reduction programs, without minimum federal standards, such as those contained in the proposed School Environment Protection Act<\/em><\/a> (SEPA), the protection provided children is uneven and inadequate across the country. SEPA provides basic levels of protection for children and school staff from the use of pesticides in public school buildings and on school grounds by requiring schools to implement a strictly defined IPM system and identify allowed least-toxic materials as a last resort for building management and organic practices for school grounds. Contact your Congressional Representative today and ask them to support SEPA<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Aside from the serious concerns associated with pesticide use, it also should be noted that it has been repeatedly demonstrated that organic land management, when properly applied, can result in full, healthy, and weed-free turf. Organic land management is not simply a \u201chands-off\u201d approach in which one is expected to sit back and do nothing to maintain the area. It requires careful fertility management, monitoring, and examination of weed and pest issues to diagnose problems, determine their source, and alter maintenance practices accordingly. Additionally, it has been shown that this approach can actually lower maintenance costs<\/a> in the long term. Beyond Pesticides has numerous resources regarding research and guidance on organic lawn care<\/a>. <\/p>\n

TAKE ACTION<\/strong>: There are several possible next steps for HB 5155 as it makes its way through the General Assembly. The most likely course is that it will come to a full vote before the Planning and Development Committee<\/a>. If you live in Connecticut, click here to send an email<\/a> to the legislators on this committee and tell them that you do not want pesticides to be used on school grounds when we know that organic methods are both safe and effective. <\/p>\n

Several people deeply involved in the state fight to preserve the school pesticide ban in Connecticut, as well as other issues throughout the state, will be speaking at the 30th National Pesticide Forum<\/a> on March 30-31, 2012 at Yale University in New Haven, CT. These include Nancy Alderman<\/a> of Environment and Human Health, Inc., Jerry Silbert<\/a> of the Watershed Partnership, and State Senator Ed Meyer, who sponsored the original school pesticide ban and who is leading the effort to allow local communities to adopt strong pesticide reduction policies, among many others<\/a>. For details, including registration, travel and lodging information, go to our forum page<\/a>. <\/p>\n

All unattributed positions and opinions in this piece are those of Beyond Pesticides<\/em>.
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The founders, who established Beyond Pesticides (originally as National Coalition Against the Misuse of Pesticides) as a nonprofit membership organization in 1981, felt that without the existence of such an organized, national network, local, state and national pesticide policy would become, under chemical industry pressure, increasingly unresponsive to public health and environmental concerns. Beyond Pesticides believes that people must have a voice in decisions that affect them directly. We believe decisions should not be made for us by chemical companies or by decision-makers who either do not have all of the facts or refuse to consider them. Learn more about our work, read A Year in Review\u20142021, our accomplishments are your victories! Beyond Pesticides seeks to protect healthy air, water, land, and food for ourselves and future generations. By forging ties with governments, nonprofits, and people who rely on these natural resources, we reduce the need for unnecessary pesticide use and protect public health and the environment. Beyond Pesticides provides hands-on services to the public and supports local action by: identifying and interpreting hazards; and, designing safe pest management programs. With the information provided by Beyond Pesticides, people may not only be able to make informed choices and adopt practices that protect themselves and their families from unnecessary exposure to pesticides, but they will be able to effect changes on community-wide pest management decisions and policies that govern pesticide use, such as pesticide uses in parks, schools, for community insect control and along roadsides. 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