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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 Are Heightened as Health Canada Response Dismisses Key Science and Lacks Transparency
Canadians At Risk, With No Independent Review of Roundup Herbicide Health Canada released responses to eight objections to re-registration of glyphosate (the active ingredient in Roundup herbicide). Government responses leave…
Breaking Research: Glyphosate and its herbicide products harm microbiome
Possible roles in child IBD and young adult colorectal cancer? The Global Glyphosate Study today released its first short term animal studies on glyphosate herbicides. Rats were dosed with herbicide…
A Vote for Pesticides Restrictions is a Vote for Health and Prosperity
Alberta’s children are among the unfortunate 20% in Canada, whose parks, playgrounds and open spaces are sprayed with pesticides. On Monday, October 16th, Albertans can vote to change that. Pesticides…
Neonic update
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,…
Why worry about mucky mouse butts and cancer?
Objection to Glyphosate Registration Glyphosate is the most-used herbicide in Canada and around the world, and according to the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) glyphosate probably causes cancer…
How a bureaucratic manoeuvre bought another year for Atrazine
Atrazine most famously causes male tadpoles to develop into reproductively functional females, when grown in the lab equivalent of agricultural ditch water. Thus, atrazine and has complex effects on hormones…
Phasing out Canada’s number one insecticide
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…
Neonic Hearing Update: Federal Commons Committee now inviting NGO to hearing
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…