Agricultural sprayer with a dark blue overlay, water source, and testing tube, illustrating Canada's scaled-back Pesticide Water Monitoring Program.

In a big win for the chemical industry and big agriculture, the federal government waters down a program to monitor for pesticides in the Canadian environment

Posted By: Petra Al Aridi Comments Off on In a big win for the chemical industry and big agriculture, the federal government waters down a program to monitor for pesticides in the Canadian environment

(Ottawa) — Environmental groups are expressing their frustration with the federal government’s plan to scale-back a proposed ambitious pesticide water monitoring program. Earlier this year, the federal government released a proposed water monitoring framework. Environmental groups say the originally proposed program was to be robust, including citizen monitoring and participation to help Canadians understand how

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Statements following leak of draft PMRA Value Assessment of Neonicotoinoids

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Beatrice Olivastri, CEO, Friends of the Earth Canada’s said: “There’s a fox in the chicken coop and the fox is the pesticide manufacturers reaping huge profits from farmers. It does appear there’s virtually no benefit but vast hazards to our environment from neonicotinoids. If the Canadian government can’t get its act together to do its

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Forty groups want the province to pass the Great Lakes Protection Act

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Tourist, health, faith-based, and environmental organizations calling on Ontario to strengthen protection of the Great Lakes Toronto, ON — Forty tourist, health, faith-based and environmental organizations are collectively showing their support for the Great Lakes Protection Act. The groups have sent a submission to the Ontario government calling for the quick passage of the proposed

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