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St. John's International Women's Film Festival
Festival Internationale du Film d'Environnement
...This scary little doc should be compulsory viewing for all members of City Council.... - Saint John's International Women's Film Festival program
Just a Lawn is about the evolution of the lawn, from an 18th century British aristocratic gardening fashion to an icon of post-war suburbia. When lawn pesticides first became available in the 1940s, they were heralded as miracle chemicals that made it possible for everyone to have a "perfect" lawn. Then came the bad news. Just a Lawn features interviews with anti-pesticide activists -- a Quebec dermatologist who sounded the alarm in 1985 and a courageous young teenager with non-Hodgkins lymphoma who encouraged government officials to ban cosmetic pesticides. Look twice at your front lawn. Beneath its placid surface, lies a complex and fascinating story.
Megan Durnford
Megan Durnford is a researcher/writer whose work has been published in a wide variety of media including; newspapers, magazines, web sites, CD ROMs and non-fiction books. Megan's writing portfolio features scientific/medical projects, including a web site about the future of genetic engineering and a book about medical technology for the general public. And Ms. Durnford's abiding interest in Canadian history has led her to work on a series of popular history projects, such as The War of 1812 companion web site as well as a biography of René Lévesque. Just a Lawn is her first film.
These pesticides are prohibited for lawn maintenance:

2, 4-D sodium salts, 2, 4-D esters, 2,4-D acid forms, 2,4-D amine salts, Chlorthal-dimethyl, MCPA esters, MCPA potassium or sodium salts, MCPA amine salts, Mecoprop, acide forms, Mecoprop, amine salts, Mecoprop, potassium or sodium salts, Benomyl, Captan, Chlorothalonil, Iprodione, Quintozene, Thiophanate-methyl, Carbaryl, Dicofol, Malathion.