13:1F-2 - Legislative findings - New Jersey Statutes

13:1F-2.  Legislative findings
    New Jersey, as the most urban State in the Nation, must be especially alert  to any possibilities of disturbing natural ecological balance.  It is essential  to coordinate the activities of State agencies involved in the use of  pesticides and, in addition, to formulate State policies regulating the use,  transportation, storage, sale and disposal of pesticides and their containers.   This requires consideration of many factors, including long term effects on  the environment, as well as the safety and effectiveness of pesticides.

    The Legislature finds and declares that pesticides have been of value in preventing the outbreak of diseases and insuring bountiful production of agricultural crops, however, indiscriminate use of pesticides in this State would constitute a serious threat to the environment;  and that this threat can  be eliminated only by the adoption and enforcement of regulations governing the  sale, use and application of all pesticides.

     L.1971, c. 176, s. 2, eff. June 1, 1971.