Posted AT 4:54 AM EDT on 23/04/08
Big retailers to pull pesticides off shelves
Home Depot, one of Canada's largest retailers, says it will voluntarily stop selling traditional pesticides and herbicides by the end of the year and will replace these products with less environmentally harmful alternatives.
The move coincided with the announcement yesterday that Ontario will join Quebec to become the second province to formally ban the so-called "cosmetic use" of pest control products on residential lawns, gardens and parks.
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