There is an enormous amount of information on the web about pesticides, as well as a number of great fact sheets that you can print-off and distribute.

The message that pesticides are poison to humans is most powerful coming from a physician. Therefore, the information on the CAPE site is especially useful.

Positive education & Green Lawn Care:
Natural Lawn Care (from Peterborough Green-Up)
Natural Gardens (from Peterborough Green-Up)
Organic Lawn Care fact sheets (Toronto Environmental Alliance)


Pesticides and Human Health:
Canadian Assoc'n of Physicians for the Env't (CAPE)
Why Canadian Physicians are Concerned... (a presentation from CAPE)
Canadian Cancer Society position paper on pesticides
Ontario College of Family Physicians literature review (pdf)
Pesticides (David Suzuki Foundation)
Pesticides and Human Health (Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides NCAP)

The Chemicals:
2,4-D Fact Sheet
(from the UK)
Pesticide Fact Sheet (Sierra Club of Canada)
Basic Guide to Pesticide Characteristics and Hazards (Rachel Carson Council)
Pesticide Fact Sheets (NCAP)