Pesticide authority, Canadian

Canadian pesticide authority resides in two Acts of Parliament the Pesticide Control Products Act administered by... 

Similarly, in 1991, the Montreal suburb of Hudson became the first of many Canadian municipalities to entirely outlaw the use of cosmetic pesticides on lawns. Since that time, dozens of other towns have enacted similar bans, including some of that country s largest cities. A decade later, the Canadian Supreme Court upheld the Hudson restriction, giving local authorities across Canada the right to follow suit. ... 

James D. MacNeil, Scientist Emeritus, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Dartmouth Laboratory, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada also Department of Chemistry, St. Mary s University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Ross A Potter, Veterinary Drug Residue Unit Supervisor, Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), Dartmouth Laboratory, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada Philip Thomas Reeves, Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority, Regulatory Strategy and Compliance, Canberra, ACT (Australian Capital Territory), Australia... 

To explore the relationships between parent and transformation product eco-toxicity to earthworms, data were collated on the acute ecotoxicity to earthworms for pesticides and their transformation products. These were acute, generally 14 d, LC50 data and were collected from pesticide evaluation documents of the UK PSD and Health and Safety Executive (HSE) [ 11 ], US EPA [8], EU [9,10], the Canadian Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) [21] and the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) [22]. Collated data were supplemented by data collated by the EU SEEM project [17]. Ultimately this provided 142 comparisons between pesticides and their transformation products. 

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