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PESTICIDE FREE BALERNO
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Councils are due to start applying glyphosate
April 2025 Edinburgh Council (and most other UK councils...) are due to start applying the KNOWN HARMFUL TO HEALTH CHEMICAL GLYPHOSATE ...


Highlighting the link Pesticides & Neurological diseases
April 2025 Parkinson’s , Dementia or Alzheimer’s disease are something that sadly indirectly or directly has touched us all … The use of...


Birds
March 2025 Early Spring is very much a time to see young baby birds flying around . We in Balerno & other Pesticide free communities can...


Precautionary Principial
February 2025 The Precautionary Principal is the idea that we wear our seatbelts , even though we don’t know if we are going get into a...


What councils know about Glyphosate
January 2025 Going into the New Year let’s recap what We already know about glyphosate weedkiller commonly used by councils for...


What if there's no sign to tell you...
February 2025 Some of us may have seen photos of signs like these(out on the street / grass) ‘Warning recently pesticide treated areas’...


See any connection?
January 2025 Monsanto is a pesticide company Bayer is a pharmaceutical company Bayer bought Monsanto Monsanto makes Glyphosate (known to...


They could of been very resentful , instead they created an opportunity
January 2025 Pesticide Free Balerno would like to share an inspiring quote from Zen Honeycutt of Moms Across America to start the New Year...


Robins
December 2024 The beloved Robin gives us all so much joy , especially at this time of year Ask yourself this year, how much do you really...


Bayer 78MILLION cancer lawsuit in roundup
October 2024 Bayer (German pharmaceutical company that makes weedkiller Round up) must pay $78 MILLION to a Pennsylvania man that...


Ask the right questions and the answers shall reveal themselves. What they say V What they do ...
September 2024 Ask the right questions and the answers will reveal themselves Before Balerno was Pesticide Free we asked councillors ,...


Anyone who tells you Glyphosate is safe & effective is lying...
September 2024 Most people today are just too overwhelmed to look at one more problem , especially an issue that has been accepted as...


Glyphosate is becoming less effective at actually killing the weeds
July 2024 Edinburgh residents are commenting on the cities weeds. Some say the city is looking untidy / unkept / messy , some say big...


Freedom of Information
August 2024 Pesticide Free Balerno Team submitted an FOI to Edinburgh Council regarding the 2021 trial of Foamstream weedingtech safe...


Copenhagen Pesticide Free since 2007!
August 2024 Did you know Copenhagen Denmark's capital , has been Pesticide Free since 2007! Often when Glyphosate discussions take place...


Its just a little bit ...
August 2024 Pesticides can cause harmful effects on our health & the environment over an extended period usually following repeated...


Schools
August 2024 From this year 2024 Edinburgh Council will no longer be applying glyphosate around / in Edinburgh council schools and parks...


Council operatives
July 2024 So often when we talk or think about the unnecessary use of glyphosate for weed control in our communities we have concerns...


World Cancer day
February 2024 This 𝗖𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 day (04 February) take a little time to pause & contemplate the precious time lost to...


Root problem ?
June 2023 Recent FOI reveals that over 100,000 trees in Edinburgh have been plotted and mapped to have weedkiller applied around their...
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