court upholds county

May 6, 2019 | Staff Writer

Court Upholds County’s 2015 Pesticide Bill

A court ruling in Annapolis has reversed a local court and declared Montgomery County legislation that restricted certain lawn pesticides is legal. The County Council had passed the pesticide bill in 2015. In upholding the county’s pesticide ban, the Court of Special Appeals cited Rachel Carson’s “Silent Spring,” which documented adverse environmental effects from pesticides. […]

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