Speak Up!

Open letter to politicians

Call or write your politicians and tell them you oppose pesticide use for the following reasons:

• pesticides negatively impact on immune systems (making us all more vulnerable to WNv)
  
• pesticides kill mosquito predators which do not recover as quickly as mosquitoes
  
• pesticides (especially organophosphates) cause negative health impacts on human respiratory and nervous systems, may lead to onset of Multiple Chemical Sensitivities, and are particularly dangerous to pregnant women and young children
  
• repeated exposures or exposures to combinations of pesticides increase risks of human health effects

Phone numbers and e-mail addresses of Cabinet Ministers can be found here:
www.gov.mb.ca/legislature/members/cabinet

Provincial MLA's can be found here:
www.gov.mb.ca/legislature/members/constituency

City Councillors here:
www.winnipeg.ca/interhom/council

You can locate your federal Member of Parliament with your postal code here:
http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/people/house/PostalCode.asp?Source=SM