Glyphosate

The Pest Management Regulatory Agency has been told by the court it needs to better explain how it is protecting Canadians and the environment from the risks of pesticides.

Justice Marianne Rivoalen said a decision by Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency to dismiss food safety concerns was unreasonable because it doesn’t explain how the decision was made.

The move announced Wednesday stirred cautious optimism among environmentalists, who have long called for the ban of the pesticide.

Pesticides harmful to people and the environment will be exempt from a proposed overhaul to Canada’s primary environmental law that will impose more stringent guidelines on most toxins.

A private member's bill banning the use of glyphosate in Canada seeks to open up discussion about the controversial chemical, which is used in herbicides like Roundup.

Kellogg Canada says it will “build an action plan" with suppliers to phase out the use of a popular pesticide, glyphosate, to dry out crops before harvest.

Lawyers for a group of Canadians affected by cancer they blame on exposure to a weed killer have filed three proposed class-action lawsuits against the product's manufacturer, alleging Bayer and Monsanto knowingly endangered lives.

The first-ever Green MP outside B.C. talks Western alienation, supporting oil and gas workers, Indigenous education, banning a popular pesticide ingredient and more.

The goal of the marketing efforts is to create more “shareworthy content” that would build public support for the use of pesticides and genetically modified organisms, according to the leaked presentation. It is coming to light at a time when the industry is under scrutiny over public health concerns that could prompt governments to impose tougher regulations that cut into profits.

Health Canada has rejected allegations that a key ingredient in a popular pesticide is a cancer risk to humans based on typical use.

By the time the Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) — an agency that operates within Health Canada — re-approved the use of glyphosate on April 28, 2017, Canada had been notified of 68 "serious incidents" from April to October 2016 involving glyphosate where complainants alleged they had developed cancer due to exposure.

A San Francisco judge said in a tentative ruling on Wednesday, October 10, 2018, that she would order a new trial in a $289 million judgment against agribusiness giant Monsanto brought by a school groundskeeper who says Roundup weed-killer caused his cancer.

Canada's pesticide regulator, the PMRA, is accused of turning a blind eye to problems with three of the most popular pesticides on the market.