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Chlorpyrifos should be banned immediately On behalf of Prevent Cancer Now and Safe Food Matters, Ecojustice launched a judicial review of Health Canada’s decision to allow a three-year phase-out of…
In 2008, golf courses were exempted from pesticide restrictions under Ontario’s Cosmetic Pesticide Ban Act, in return for implementation of Integrated Pest Management (IPM). To minimize use of pesticides, golf…
The International Task Force on Systemic Pesticides is back, with yet more damning indictment of persistent, pervasive neonicotinoid insecticides (neonics). In the words of Task Force Vice-Chair Jean-Marc Bonmatin, “Overall,…
A blow for health and the environment, or a great corporate strategy? Canadian “green” social media is a-buzz about saving the bees, since Health Canada proposed phasing out the largest…
House of Commons committee to open hearings on neonic pesticide with industry-biased panel 11th-hour invitation to testify issued to NGO pressing government to proceed with proposed phase-out to protect biodiversity…