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Connecticut Expands Ban on Pesticides on School Grounds

Both houses of the Connecticut legislature and Governor M. Jodi Rell have approved a bill expanding the state’s ban on pesticide use on school grounds and playing fields. A similar bill, passed in 2005, prohibited the use of pesticides on public and private elementary school grounds starting in 2006, but gave schools until July 2008 to eliminate the use of pesticides on playing fields. The new bill expands the ban to include public and private schools with students in grades eight and lower but also extends the compliance deadline for playing fields to July 2009. The middle schools now covered by the ban will have until October 2007 to eliminate pesticides from school grounds other than playing fields. Although several school boards and municipalities in the U.S. and Canada have passed similar bans, Connecticut remains the only state with a comprehensive outdoor pesticide ban for schools. The bill is available at www.cga.gov (search for bill “05234” at the top of the site).

Published July 10, 2007

Wendt, A. (2007, July 10). Connecticut Expands Ban on Pesticides on School Grounds. Retrieved from https://www.buildinggreen.com/newsbrief/connecticut-expands-ban-pesticides-school-grounds

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