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33 Canadian health and environment groups denounce undemocratic changes undermining the pesticides law
33 Canadian public interest groups have denounced a sweeping weakening of Canada’s pesticide regulatory system – the largest changes in a generation – with NO consultation or study by health and environment committees.
Omnibus legislation shouldn’t weaken protections against pesticides
Sweeping clauses that fundamentally weaken Canada's pesticide safety have NO place in a federal budget omnibus bill (Bill C-30) – and need to be removed.
Greenery for all: Small, lush spaces
The health benefits of greenery can fit in any size of living space.
Growing Great Greenspaces
Many plants can supplement or stand in for turf, for interesting (and sometimes edible!) groundcover.
Health Canada wants to increase Glyphosate in food
Glyphosate is Canada’s most-used herbicide, so levels in food are increasing, sometimes exceeding regulatory limits. Health Canada proposes to relax those limits. Maximum Residue Limits (MRLs) may be more than…
Nimble, healthy choices to prevent 3Cs
Choosing Wisely The 3-C challenge: Minimizing Cancer, Chronic Disease and the Climate Crisis Canada is at a cross-roads. Our climate is changing more rapidly than the global average, and the…
U.S. Federal Agency Shows Glyphosate Causes Cancer
Draft US document showed glyphosate causes cancer. Next, check out final document, where data was falsified to reduce link with cancer.
Safe Food Matters going to Court over Round-up/Glyphosate
Safe Food Matters Inc. filed an application in federal court yesterday, challenging the re-registration of glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup herbicide. In 2017 it filed a notice of objection…
Glyphosate Objectors’ Concerns Were Heightened Following Replies from Health Canada
Canadian organizations and experts decry Health Canada dismissal of the International Agency for Research on Cancer findings that glyphosate probably causes human cancers. Canadian peer-reviewed research was key in this classification.