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Home rule communities in Illinois are able to make many decisions to protect community health and the environment, but pesticide regulation is not one of these rights in Illinois.

Click through to <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ilenviro" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/page.php?id=96210327234">The Illinois Environmental Council</a> to tell your state legislator what you think about SB3565, which gives communities with populations over 50,000 in Cook County the ability regulate their own pesticide usage.