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Mahoney’s is pleased to sponsor a free screening of “A Chemical Reaction”, the award-winning documentary about a fight to ban harmful lawn pesticides, a fight that started in one small town and spread across Canada. As the movie’s website says, “Dr. June Irwin, a dermatologist, noticed a connection between her patients’ health conditions and their exposure to chemical pesticides and herbicides.  With relentless persistence she brought her concerns to town meetings to warn her fellow citizens that the chemicals they were putting on their lawns posed severe health risks and had unknown side effects on the environment.”  

I’ve seen “A Chemical Reaction” twice and loved it, and it was Dr. Irwin herself that I found most compelling in the movie. Those hats! That eye make-up!  She must have been easy to dismiss as a character, but this crusading dermatologist went on to topple the giants of Big Chem all the way to Canada’s Supreme Court. Similar battles for change are now popping up all over the U.S.  Here’s a lovely tribute to Dr. Irwin on the SafeLawns.org blog.

Meet Paul Tukey
And speaking of the organization SafeLawns, it’s headed up by Paul Tukey, author of the best-selling Organic Lawn Care Manual and 2006 Garden Communciator of the Year, who appears in the movie.  Paul helped us launch Mahoney’s SafeLawns & Landscapes in 2009, and he’ll be on hand at Thursday’s screening to answer questions and catch the audience up on progress since the movie was made. 

Date/time: Thursday, September 16, 2010 - 7:00pm.  Doors open at 6.