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Ontario doctor talks pesticides in Montreal: a question of children's health
Dr. Margaret Sanborn, coauthor of a literature review on the effects of pesticides on human health published last June by the Ontario College of Family Physicians, was in Montreal earlier this month to explain her findings, on the invitation of the Quebec College of Family Physicians (QCFP), the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE) and Equiterre. The...
Actualité - 18 February 2013 - Tag : Advocacy, Pesticides, Pesticides Management Code
Call for review of 30 pest control substances
This week, Ecojustice wrote to health minister Leona Aglukkaq on behalf of the David Suzuki Foundation and Equiterre to ask for a special review, under section 17 of the Pest Control Products Act, of the registration of pest control products containing one or more of 30 active ingredients.
Actualité - 17 October 2012 - Tag : Ecological horticulture, Pesticides
Study: Wild bees are disoriented, disabled by pesticides
Quebec-based entomologist Madeleine Chagnon, together with her UQAM colleagues, has shown that bees are adversely affected by the chemicals used in seed coating, particularly neonicotinoid insecticides. While this result has been demonstrated elsewhere in the world in laboratory conditions, over the course of this three year study, free-roaming bees in the wild have been shown...
Actualité - 18 October 2011 - Tag : Advocacy, Food security, Organic baskets, Pesticides
Dirty Dozen – most contaminated produce
Do you sometimes eat organic, sometimes not? Although it's better to eat conventionally grown fruit and vegetables than no fruit and vegetables at all, there are still some choices that you can make to limit your exposure to toxic pesticide residue.  To help shoppers prioritize when to buy organic, the Environmental Working Group (EWG) has updated its lists of...
Actualité - 21 June 2011 - Tag : Advocacy, Community supported agriculture, Food, Organic baskets, Pesticides, Set up Soup's On!, Soup's On!, Soup's On! kit
Pesticide exposure in the womb: lower IQ?
A new study from University California Berkeley links prenatal pesticide exposure with slight cognitive deficits in school-age children. The researchers – including one from Ste-Justine Hospital in Montreal – found that children whose mothers had had the highest level of pesticide concentrations in their urine during pregnancy scored on average 7 points lower on IQ...
Actualité - 3 May 2011 - Tag : A farmer at your office, Advocacy, Become a family farmer, Community supported agriculture, Ecological gardening guide, Ecological horticulture, Organic baskets, Pesticides, Set up Soup's On!, Soup's On! kit
BT toxins from GM foods found in blood of pregnant women
An independent study from Sherbrooke, QC demonstrates for the first time the presence of pesticides from GMOs in the blood of women, including pregnant women and their fetuses. Toxins – even at a low concentration – can have a long-term effect.
Actualité - 27 April 2011 - Tag : Become a family farmer, Community supported agriculture, GMOs, One step at a time, Organic baskets, Pesticides, Toxic substances
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