October 2008 Dow Invokes NAFTA to Challenge Pesticide Bans (Canada) from http://www.beyondpesticides.org/ on the basis that the PMRA declared it 'safe' in 2007. 1. It is illegal under Canadian law to say a pesticide is safe. 2. 2,4-D is a chlorophenoxy herbicide, a class with no required neurotoxicity studies. 3. The Canadian Government testing requirements have not changed since 1984 and are therefore outdated. 4. Until last year, Canada had no adverse effects reporting of negative pesticide health effects. Now we have a program voluntary for everyone except the pesticide manufacturers who have to disclose adverse effects to the government when reported to them. There will likely be no reasons good enough under NAFTA which is a non-democratic tribunal judging only on economic 'unfairness' of laws, without any consideration of the reasons for those laws.
PMRA premature in re-registering 2,4-D
2, 4-D
Comments on
Proposed Acceptability for Continuing Registration (PACR Series) 2005
Re-evaluation of the Lawn and Turf Uses
of (2,4-Dichlorophenoxy)acetic Acid [2,4-D]
(PACR2005-01) February 21, 2005 - 555Kb by Paule Hjertaas