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Say goodbye to 'cides
Home Depot announces an end to traditional pesticide sales in Canada |
Fawn Pattison |
25 Apr 2008 |
Gristmill |
| For consumers concerned about pervasive toxics in the environment, this has been a very good Earth Week. Especially if you live in Canada. Home Depot announced this week that it would stop selling "traditional" lawn and garden pesticides in all its Canadian stores.The reason? Consumers don't want them anymore. People in Canada seem to have discovered that you don't need to spread poisons around your yard in order to garden. Amazing! A huge part of that a ... |
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