Did you know Glyphosate was first patented tentedas a boiler & pipe cleaner ? Glyphosate was used as a descaling agent from 1940s After...

September 2025 Glyphosate was first marketed as a boiler cleaner. After an accidental spill, It was discovered Glyphosate was a very...

July 2025 Can Glyphosate in weedkiller negatively affected our health & environment? The answer is yes The only debate is to what...

July 2025 When Glyphosate for weedcontrol is discussed , it is often brought up that It is still legal, Used within statutory guidelines...

June 2025 Great to see positive chemical free methods being used in Balerno BUT looking Edinburgh wide -Which streets will still have...

May 2025 Adult peer pressure is seeing your neighbour manually remove the weeds in front of their house Did you know in 2023 73% of...

May 2025 Did you know most U.K. councils still buy (using our public funds £££) and apply Glyphosate, a known carcinogen for weed...

April 2025 How many posts for #WorldEarthDay  have you seen todays that mention Glyphosate use for weedcontrol? We’ve all heard of...

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

April 2025 Parkinson’s , Dementia or Alzheimer’s disease are something that sadly indirectly or directly has touched us all … The use of...

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

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...

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

February 2025 Some of us may have seen photos of signs like these(out on the street / grass)  ‘Warning recently pesticide treated areas’...

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

January 2025 Pesticide Free Balerno would like to share an inspiring quote from Zen Honeycutt of Moms Across America to start the New Year...

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...

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

September 2024 Ask the right questions and the answers will reveal themselves Before Balerno was Pesticide Free we asked councillors ,...

September 2024 Most people today are just too overwhelmed  to look at one more problem , especially an issue that has been accepted as...