Environmental activists waged a campaign on the steps of the County Courthouse Tuesday afternoon, but their voices were not heard.
After much discussion on both sides of the issue, the government body voted 11 to 7 against the bill.
Legislator Bill Meyer said the current state law is vague as well as inconsistent.
"Many people get the idea that every time there's an application of the product that they're going to get a day, or two, or three days notice. And that's not going to happen. Actually, the minimum standards make it so they don't have to do it every time. They could actually do it just once a year. The second thing is, they get the idea it applies to all products, and it doesn't. It applies to certain liquid products and not the granular. So again, it's not the way some of the proponents have portrayed it, so it's a flawed law," Meyer said.
County legislators voted down a pesticide law that would have asked those using the product to notify neighbors. After much discussion on both sides of the issue, the government body voted 11 to 7 against the bill.
Other legislators argued the law would also urge residents to use more pesticides than they normally would.
13 other counties in New York have opted to follow the state law since it was implemented in 2001.
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