The Impacts of Section 13 Today, the Pest Control Products Act (PCPA) requires Health Canada to reassess every registered pesticide at least once every 15 years, based on the latest scientific evidence. Section 13 replaces this reassessment with a simple "review" of information…
A fourth year political science student is petitioning the federal government to repeal changes passed earlier this year, allowing the federal cabinet to authorize the use of pesticides deemed unsafe by Health Canada. The Pest Control Products Act protects the…
A farmer harvests a soy crop in Levis, Que., Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. MONTREAL - Since he was a child, Gérald Chouinard knew he wanted to be a scientist. He fulfilled that dream for three decades, researching alternatives to pesticides in Quebec, until…
Julia Trujillo Luengo, director of the Maine Office of New Americans, said the arrest of even one employee can have a chilling effect on a workplace, keeping other workers home or dissuading new applicants. “We’re gravely concerned as a state…
MERCED COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- U.S. Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling visited Merced County on Monday as part of a two-day California tour, highlighting advances in agricultural technology and manufacturing, while his department faces mounting pressure to revise controversial farmworker wage rules. The…
As cars sped past the Concession 6 Rd. site where migrant farm worker Sinhue Garcia was killed in June, Kit Andres of the Migrant Workers Alliance for Change (MWAC) drew attention to how vulnerable and exposed the group gathered just feet…
In a new release, Consumer Reports and the Environmental Working Group call for a bill of rights to protect people from the health harms of pesticides Consumers should enjoy more and stronger protections from the health risks of harmful pesticides,…
‘Bill of Rights’ seeks to protect consumers as Congress weighs federal pesticide policy law WASHINGTON – Consumers deserve to be protected from pesticides, and Congress should reject any pesticide legislation that fails to do so. Today the Environmental Working Group and…
Health Canada has begun continuous oversight monitoring for nine of more than 650 registered pesticide ingredients, the policy the government is counting on as it moves to scrap mandatory 15-year re-evaluations, the House of Commons finance committee heard Thursday. Bronwyn Roe,…
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