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PCN Policy Submissions

Letter to Minister of Health re: Industry interference in pesticide assessment

Hon. Mark Holland, P.C., M.P.
November 22, 2024
A science-based notice of objection should trigger urgent second-thought on pesticide registrations. Instead the PMRA consulted industry then dismissed Prof Christy Morrissey's findings of excessive insecticide contamination in water—habitat for...
Agriculture, Biodiversity, Exposure Assessment, industry interference, Neonicotinoids, Pesticides, Risk Assessment

Implementation Framework for the Right to a Healthy Environment under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999

Government of Canada
April 22, 2024
Bill S-5 amended CEPA to include the "RIght to a Healthy Environment." This consultation addressed implementation of this new "right."
Biodiversity, Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA), Chemical Assessment, Endocrine Disruptors, Exposure Assessment, Hazard Assessment, Petrochemicals, Plastic, Radiofrequency Radiation, Risk Assessment, Telecommunications & Radiation

Letter to PMRA re. suspension of glyphosate product renewals

Pest Management Regulatory Agency, Health Canada
October 27, 2022
Agriculture, Exposure Assessment, Glyphosate, Hazard Assessment, Herbicides, Risk Assessment

Comments on proposed glyphosate maximum residue limits (PMRL 2021-10)

Pest Management Regulatory Agency, Health Canada
April 13, 2022
Agriculture, Exposure Assessment, Food, Glyphosate, Herbicides, Risk Assessment

Amending the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (Bill S-5) for 2022 and Beyond

Standing Senate Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources
April 29, 2022
Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA), Chemical Assessment, Endocrine Disruptors, Exposure Assessment, Hazard Assessment, Plastic, Radiofrequency Radiation, Risk Assessment, Telecommunications & Radiation

Protect Birds, Bees and Trees: Include Anthropogenic Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Radiation in Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA) Amendments

Government of Canada, Canadian Senate
April 7, 2022
Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA), Exposure Assessment, Hazard Assessment, Radiofrequency Radiation, Risk Assessment, Telecommunications & Radiation