Let's keep our city toxin free.
Help us limit the use of harmful pesticides here in Hallowell.
Let's keep our city toxin free.
Help us limit the use of harmful pesticides here in Hallowell.
Help us limit the use of harmful pesticides here in Hallowell.
Help us limit the use of harmful pesticides here in Hallowell.
which will promote the health of all our citizens, pets, wildlife, and waterways by reducing our exposure to toxic chemicals used on our lawns and public spaces.
GROW GREEN & HEALTHY HALLOWELL (GGHH) is a coalition of concerned citizens working to promote the health of our growing children, adults, family pets, wildlife, pollinators, plants, aquatic life in The Kennebec River and Vaughn Brook Watershed, by reducing toxic pesticide use on our lawns & gardens, children’s sports fields, and public spaces.
Pesticides are carried by run-off onto adjacent property and downhill into the Vaughan Brook Watershed and Kennebec River, and leach into the soil and water table. Pesticides also drift through the air, and are tracked into our homes on shoes.
The most Sustainable way to protect our residents and the environment is with a Land Management ordinance that reduces synthetic pesticide and fertilizer use (with exemptions for public health issues like infestations of deer tick or Brown Tail Moth)
30 Maine municipalities have already enacted ordinances that restrict pesticide use!
They have led the way in choosing to protect their citizens and environment from toxic chemicals.
Talking Points (pdf)
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Reduce exposure to toxic chemicals which are linked to an increasing number of serious
chronic and acute illnesses.
Prevent runoff and drift which impacts local aquatic life, pollinators, birds, soil microorganisms, and other critically important species.
Give landowners the tools they need for responsible, safe, and effective stewardship of their property.
Do you support efforts to limit toxic pesticide use in Hallowell? Join our grassroots effort.
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