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HEADLINE |
City Council considers restricting pesticides |
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TITLE |
Making |
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Copyright 2002 |
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FILE |
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DATE |
Summer 2002 |
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VIDEO |
AUDIO |
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SOUND UP, B-ROLL Galley tape (SOT: 07:41:00?, shot of kids on bike) V/O |
KIM GALLEY LETS HIS CHILDREN |
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( SOT: 07:18:04 – 07:18:17)Galley |
With my kids last time they had diarrhoea, nausea and burning kind of itchy throat we knew what it was from. |
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B-ROLL: Galley Tape, (07:42:15,07:44:35) V/O |
EVEN THOUGH GALLEY IS AGAINST PESTICIDES MANY OF HIS NEIGHBOURS USE THEM IN PURSUIT OF THE PERFECT LAWN. BUT FOR GALLEY, EVEN WALKING TO THE PARK AND PASSING ALL THE GARDENS IS A PROBLEM. |
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(SOT: 07:19:17 – 07:19:28) Galley |
You have be very careful. There’s a park down the street. If you go to the park, you usually end up driving down because you don’t want your kids walking on it. |
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V/O, B-ROLL OF NEIGHBOURHOOD Galley tape (07:45:30) |
PESTICIDE USE IN THE AREA IS STILL WIDESPREAD EVEN THOUGH MANY PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT ITS DANGERS. GALLEY HAS DISTRIBUTED BROCHURES IN THE AREA WARNING OF THE NEGATIVE HEALTH EFFECTS. |
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(SOT: 07:20:15 – 07:20:29) Galley |
I’ve tried to educate most of the neighbours around here with literature. A lot of them take the literature but then two weeks later you see the signs up again on their front lawns again. |
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V/O, B-ROLL: Ken Pavely tape: (00:09:10, 00:09:31) Soknacki tape: (09:23:31) |
ACCORDING TO A REPORT RELEASED THIS YEAR
FROM |
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(SOT: 09:19:15 – 09:19:29) Soknacki |
There’s maybe health effects on particularly the most vulnerable in the population: the youngest, the oldest the asthmatic. Those people might have health effects from using too much pesticides or the inappropriate use of pesticides. |
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Butt Clip, (SOT:07:35:44 – 07:35:54) Galley |
We’re talking about chemicals that can kill things and when you’re dealing with that kind of stuff I think it’s a little too scary… Just a little too risky to live with that in our front yards and backyards. |
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V/O, B-ROLL Ken Pavely tape (00:11:34, 00:12:23) |
BUT CRITICS POINT OUT THAT THE STUDIES ARE FLAWED BECAUSE THEY FOCUS MOSTLY ON ANIMAL TESTING, AND THOSE WHO WORK WITH PESTICIDES THEY DON’T PROBE ENOUGH INTO THE HARMFUL EFFECTS ON THE GENERAL PUBLIC. KEN PAVELY IS WITH THE ASSOCIATION OF LANDSCAPE AND LAWNCARE COMPANIES. |
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(SOT: 00:05:08 – 00:05:28) Ken Pavely |
It looked like the report had a conclusion and they went to get the evidence to support that conclusion. And there’s a great deal of evidence that health Canada amongst other institutions and agencies around the world that they look at all of this and if there was a problem with these products -- when used by the homeowner and industry persons -- they would pull them |
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V/O, B-ROLL Kelly Tape (11:14:22, 11:13:40, 11:31:09) |
TORONTO COUNCILLOR NORM KELLY SUPPORTS THE USE OF PESTICIDES ON A LIMITED BASIS. HE DISAGREES WITH THE BOARD OF HEALTH’S CONCERN THAT PESTICIDES CAN CAUSE CANCER. HE SAYS HIS OWN REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND HIS DISCUSSIONS WITH EXPERTS LEAD HIM TO ANOTHER CONCLUSION. |
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SOT (11:26:12 – 11:26:24) Kelly |
Believe it or not there’s more cancer causing chemicals in a cup of coffee. Fifty to 60 times stronger than any of the chemicals you’ll find in pesticides. |
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V/O, B-ROLL, Pavely tape (00:13:30, 00:11:53) STAND-UP ..UP TO “PRIVATE PROPERTY – |
IN 1999, THE MEGACITY CUT DOWN PESTICIDE USE ON PUBLIC PROPERTY BY 97%, BUT IT DOESN’T REGULATE THE USE OF PESTICIDES ON PRIVATE PROPERTY //V.O… THAT MAY CHANGE. TORONTO COUNCIL IS CONSIDERING A BY-LAW TO BAN PESTICIDE USE ON PRIVATE PROPERTY. BUT THE LAWNCARE INDUSTRY IS OPPOSED TO ANY SUCH RESTRICTIONS. THEY’VE DEVELOPED A RESOLUTION IN RESPONSE TO THE CITY COUNCIL PROPOSAL. IT’S CALLED THE INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT CODE OF PRACTICE OR IPM. |
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(SOT: 00:03:07 - 00:03:20)Ken Pavely |
Integrated
Pest Management is a holistic approach dealing with pest problems and it
takes in a number of factors and different ways and methods of controlling
pests, and chemicals are just one of those.
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V/O, B-ROLL, Galley Tape (07:46:02, 07:46:20) |
HOWEVER, THE CONTROVERSY ISN’T JUST ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT HERBICIDES AND INSECTICIDES HARM HUMAN HEALTH AND WHERE THEY SHOULD BE USED. THERE IS ANOTHER ISSUE. CRITICS LIKE KELLY, SAY RESTRICTING PESTICIDE USE COULD HURT THE LOCAL ECONOMY. |
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(SOT:11:27:52 – 11:28:01) Norm Kelly |
It’s cost us
by the way. It’s cost us in terms of tourism. Some areas look less
safe, less liveable.
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V/O, B-ROLL. Soknacki Tape (09:22:40) |
SOKNACKI DISAGREES WITH KELLY. HE IS PUSHING FOR RESTRICTIONS ON PESTICIDE USE, SO THAT IT’S FAIR FOR ALL TORNOTO RESIDENTS. |
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(SOT: 09:20:49 – 09:21:03) Soknacki |
And whether it’s the healthcare industry
or the lawncare industry, or any other care industry. I think it’s important
that the municipality comes in and says here some basic perimeters of where
it’s safe and where it’s not safe. |
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V/O B-Roll, Pavely Tape (00:10:45,00:13:09) |
STILL, KELLY FEELS THE INDUSTRY IS MISUNDERSTOOD. HE SAYS, IN SOME CASES, IT WOULD BE OKAY TO LIFT THE BAN ON PESTICIDE SPRAYS ON PUBLIC PROPERTY. |
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(SOT: 11:30:30 – 11:30:44) Kelly |
When I drive through |
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V/O, B-ROLL, Galley Tape (07:42:15, 07:41:50, 07:43:30) |
NO MATTER WHAT THE LAWNCARE COMPANIES OR SOME CITY COUNCILLORS SAY -IT ISN’T A GOOD ENOUGH REASON FOR GALLEY. HE WANTS A 100 PERCENT BAN ON PESTICIDES . HE SAYS PEOPLE NEED TO REALIZE THAT IT’S THE CHILDREN WHO ARE MOST AT RISK |
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(SOT: 07:18:29 - 07:18:40) Galley |
They’re little bodies you know. They can’t process the toxins out of their bodies as fast as adults. They’re a lot closer to the ground. It’s a lot harder for kids. |
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STAND –UP (SOT: 14:42:28) Soknacki tape |
NEIGHBOURHOODS FILLED WITH WEEDS THAT’S
WHAT SOME RESIDENTS FEAR WILL ON THEIRS STREETS IF CITY COUNCIL PASSES A
BYLAW RESTRICTING THE USE OF PESTICIDES ON PRIVATE PROPERTY. |
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