Emergencies

Saskatchewan contacts such as Poison Control Centers and

Pesticide Analysis Lab.

The requirement for reporting Adverse Effects only dates from the new Pesticide Act in 2006

Report any incident related to a pesticide, whether it involves adverse effects on a human, an animal, or the environment, to

the manufacturer using the contact information available on the pesticide label. Only manufacturers are required by law to report

to Health Canada any incident information they receive related to

their product, excluding complaints about the effectiveness of products. There is no mandatory reporting of negative health effects by health practitioners, who are the most likely to encounter them.

You may also report an incident directly to Health Canada by

using the appropriate Pesticide Incident Reporting Form for the Public.

Pesticide Incident Reporting

Scroll to the bottom of this PMRA page to find the direct links to the following:

Human Health Incident - Pesticide Incident Reporting Form for the Public

Domestic Animal Incident - Pesticide Incident Reporting Form for the Public

Environmental Incident - Pesticide Incident Reporting Form for the Public

Packaging Failure Incident - Pesticide Incident Reporting Form for the Public

SNAP is interested in documenting pesticide exposure and/or negative health effects stories to eventually write a report. (names of individuals would not be released)

Please send a copy of your Adverse Effect Report to SNAP, ( click here ) and see

Beyond Pesticides Pesticide Incident Report form (US) for additional information and longer-term heatlh effedts to report.

How to Report Pesticide Adverse Effects & Get Access to Reported Adverse Effects Information (Pesticides and You, vol 19, no 2. 1999. Beyond Pesticides. US)

Pesticide Labels
All pesticides licenced in Canada have a label available on the site of the Pest Management Registration Agency (PMRA) of Health Canada.

A label will give you the name and concentration of active pesticide ingredient(s), and some general first aid and toxicological information for active ingredients only. Only the few pesticides containing known toxic formulants have to list them on the label, and there are very few of those. Some give an emergency number where medical personnel only could access the full ingredients of the formulation for treatment purposes. You can search labels by chemical name (e.g. glyphosate, 2,4-D) or by brand name (Roundup, Killex 500), CAS or registration number, or registrant name. The PMRA web site may hard to search if you don't know exactly what you want or need, but you can make a request at their info-line:

Phone: 1-800-267-6315 Within Canada
Phone: 1-613-736-3799 Outside of Canada
(Long distance charges apply)
E-Mail: pmra_infoserv@hc-sc.gc.ca
Fax: (613) 736-3798

Unless very specific, many searches also bring up a number of products with the name somewhere in the text that do not contain the product searched for. They may be other pesticides, adjuvants or

other additive that can be or has to be used with the product you are searching for.

Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS)
In Canada, the Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS for short) is a comprehensive national system for safe management of hazardous chemicals which is legislated by both the federal and provincial jurisdictions. WHMIS is a tripartite effort of labour, industry, and government which took several years to develop; it is unique in that it represents a consensus of these three groups. The WHMIS legislation provides that workers must be informed about the hazards in the workplace and receive appropriate training to enable them to work safely. In summary, WHMIS delivers the necessary information by means of:

- cautionary labels on containers of controlled products
- the provision of an MSDS for each controlled product
- a worker education program

The ultimate goal is to create a safer workplace by providing workers with the knowledge and tools to enable them to work safely.
www.utoronto.ca/safety/whmis1.htm
www.hc-sc.gc.ca/ewh-semt/occup-travail/whmis-simdut/index_e.html

However, under the old Pest Control Products Act, pesticides were excluded from WHMIS requirements because of being under a separate legislation. Therefore, there are no available MSDS sheets for many Canadian pesticide products. If, however, you find an MSDS for a particular product, keep in mind that it is developed by the producer. How to identify a pesticide product using the MSDS sheet has been published by NCAP www.pesticide.org/MSDS.pdf

PANNA's Pesticide Data Base www.pesticideinfo.org
The PAN Pesticides Database is your one-stop location for current toxicity and regulatory information for pesticides. To find out more about insecticides, herbicides and other pesticides select one of the choices below. To learn more about our comprehensive collection of data sources see About the Data. This resource is a project of Pesticide Action Network North America.