Irvine CA first "Non-toxic City", but Quebec takes back North American lead in pesticides control

Irvine CA first "Non-toxic City", but Quebec takes back North American lead in pesticides control

Adopted in 2003, Quebec’s Pesticides Code banned 20 active ingredients such as 2,4-D for lawn care but was since then surpassed by Ontario’s.

http://www.mddelcc.gouv.qc.ca/pesticides/permis-en/code-gestion-en/

Quebec’s 2015-2018 Pesticides Strategy aims to beef up the Code this Fall:

it will triple the number or banned substances and reduce the use of most dangerous farming pesticides such as atrazine by 80%, 

by demanding an agronomist prescribe them when needed.

http://www.mddelcc.gouv.qc.ca/pesticides/strategie2015-2018/index-en.htm

See also How Irvine Became SoCal's First Non-Toxic City

http://www.ocweekly.com/news/how-irvine-became-socals-first-non-toxic-city-7317638