PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • October 31, 2022
Portland has issued its first fine for violating the city’s pesticide use ordinance, which bans the use of synthetic pesticides with limited exceptions. Seabreeze Property Services was issued the maximum fine of $500 last week for applying glyphosate – an ingredient found in Roundup and other herbicides – to control Japanese knotweed at a property managed by Avesta Housing.