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 academics who are free of conflicts of interest with profit-making from pesticides and their use.

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

Opinion

BY LAURA BOWMAN, FE DE LEON, BEATRICE OLIVASTRI

June 19, 2024

The federal government has just weakened a program to monitor pesticides in Canada’s environment. It’s a big win for the chemical industry and industrial agriculture—but Canadians have a lot to lose.

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