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Federal government weakens its program monitoring pesticides in the environment putting human health at risk

  • We have a right to know where, when, and how pesticides are used. The monitoring program desperately needs the oversight of experts such as independent
Opinion | BY LAURA BOWMAN, FE DE LEON, BEATRICE OLIVASTRI | June 19, 2024
Canada's Health Minister Mark Holland, pictured recently on the Hill, is the minister responsible for the Pest Management Regulatory Agency. The federal government has just weakened a program to monitor pesticides in Canada’s environment, write Beatrice Olivastri, Fe de Leon, and Laura Bowman. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Federal government weakens its program monitoring pesticides in the environment putting human health at risk

Opinion | BY LAURA BOWMAN, FE DE LEON, BEATRICE OLIVASTRI | June 19, 2024
  • We have a right to know where, when, and how pesticides are used. The monitoring program desperately needs the oversight of experts such as independent

Federal government weakens its program monitoring pesticides in the environment putting human health at risk

Opinion | BY LAURA BOWMAN, FE DE LEON, BEATRICE OLIVASTRI | June 19, 2024
  • We have a right to know where, when, and how pesticides are used. The monitoring program desperately needs the oversight of experts such as independent
Canada's Health Minister Mark Holland, pictured recently on the Hill, is the minister responsible for the Pest Management Regulatory Agency. The federal government has just weakened a program to monitor pesticides in Canada’s environment, write Beatrice Olivastri, Fe de Leon, and Laura Bowman. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
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