Urban Pesticides DYK? You shouldn't use homemade pesticides. Health Canada strongly advises against Canadians making their own products because they have not been tested for safety. Download Related snapAG Articles Antibiotics in Food Biosecurity Organic Farming Beef Protein and the Environment Global Protein Consumption What are GMOs Organic Soil Management Organic and Synthetic Pesticides Neonics Antibiotics – What and Why? Transporting Farm Animals The Myth of Factory Farms Intensive Livestock Operations Dairy Cows Chicken Housing Hormones Today’s Farm Soil Water Management Agriculture and Greenhouse Gases Environmental Farm Plans Conservation Tillage Carbon Sequestration Food Safety Food Waste Grass-Fed and Grain-Finished Beef Pesticides on Food Organic Food Eggs Milk Pasteurization GMOs and the Environment GMO Foods GMOs Around the World Organic Pest Management Conventional or Organic Fertilizer Fertilizer Use Fertilizer Irrigation Grain Farm Technology Glyphosate Pesticides and the Environment Pesticides – What and Why? Plant Breeding and Food Security Genetics and Farming Genetic Engineering and Human Health Bees Bioplastics Crop Byproducts Eating Local Food Processing Invasive Species Regenerative Agriculture Robotics in Agriculture Urban Agriculture Urban Pesticides Websites to Investigate This Topic Further Bayer Canada CropLife Canada Government of Canada Government of Canada Footnotes i Government of Canada. (January 14, 2019). “Using Pesticides Safely.” ii CropLife Canada (2020). Urban Pesticides: Handy Tools for Protecting Green Spaces. iii Nature Conservancy of Canada (2020). “Giant Hogweed.” iv Government of Canada (May 27, 2016). “Rats and Mice.” v CropLife Canada (2020). “Plant Science 101.” vi Chang, J. et al. (September 11, 2017). “Assessing the Ecosystem Services Provided by Urban Green Spaces Along Urban Center-Edge Gradients.” Scientific Reports 7 11226. vii Zirkle, G. et al. (May 2011). “Modeling Carbon Sequestration in Home Lawns.” HortScience 46(5): 808-814. viii Chang, J. et al. (September 11, 2017). “Assessing the Ecosystem Services Provided by Urban Green Spaces Along Urban Center-Edge Gradients.” Scientific Reports 7 11226. ix CropLife Canada (2020). Urban Pesticides: Handy Tools for Protecting Green Spaces. x CropLife Canada (2020). “Protecting People and the Planet.” xi Canadian Nursery Landscape Association (2018). Summary of Pesticide Regulations across Canada (Federal, Provincial and Municipal): Urban Landscapes (Final Draft). Tags environment pesticides pests urban pesticides herbicides weeds insecticides insects fungicides disease rodenticides grass CFIA conventional organic ecosystem organic and synthetic pesticides