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Thursday, August 15, 2024 Class-action lawsuit over pesticide ties to Parkinson s certified in Canadian court re gramoxone-paraquat

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Class-action lawsuit over pesticide's ties to Parkinson's certified in Canadian court (by Megan Devlin, DH Canada, Aug 14 2024,

'Individuals in Canada outside of Quebec who’ve been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease after using Gramoxone products anytime after July 1, 1963, can join the class action suit.

According to Parkinson’s Canada, Paraquat is no longer available for sale in Canada after being voluntarily discontinued by Canadian manufacturer Syngenta. The substance is also banned in 30 countries worldwide, and in 2012, France recognized Parkinson’s as an occupational disease among farmers who had been exposed to pesticides for many years.

Parkinson’s Canada also pointed to one study out of the US suggesting those who used paraquat or rotenone in their work were 2.5 times more likely to have Parkinson’s than those who did not.'

filed under nervous system effects/ Parkinson's p. 2 and paraquat

Saturday, July 27, 2024 TAKE THE LAWNSHARE PLEDGE!

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TAKE THE LAWNSHARE PLEDGE! (David Suzuki Foundation)

Traditional ornamental turfgrass lawns are one of the most prominent landscapes in Canadian towns and cities — so “normalized” that some people can’t imagine any alternative. Although they play an important role in outdoor recreation and leisure, thirsty lawns use vast amounts of water and harmful chemicals, take up precious space and provide little ecological value. LawnShare, and it’s French-language partner campaign Partage ta pelouse, aims to change the way people care for lawns and help create much-needed habitat — sharing these spaces with local insects, plants and other wildlife.

LawnShare Goals:

Reduce water, fertilizer and pesticide use
Create less noise, air, soil and water pollution
Support native plants and animals
Establish new relationships with nature

Unlock the untapped potential of your lawn and create healthier ecosystems. Join the LawnShare campaign today and be a part of the movement for sustainable and biodiverse communities.

Tuesday, January 23, 2024 Sustainable Agriculture Strategy consultation Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, open until March 31, 2023.

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We offer this example to inspire ambitious vision and goals for a Sustainable Agriculture Strategy consultation by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, open until March 31, 2023.

We DO NOT AGREE that:

… pesticides should, “play an essential role in Canada helping to maintain domestic and global food production …”

For arguments on real sustainable agriculture see

Sustainable Agriculture Strategy – Ambitious success, from the Guelph Organic Conference (Prevent Cancer Now, 17 March, 2023)

Wednesday, January 17, 2024 Take Action: EPA Challenged for Not Assessing Claimed Pesticide “Benefits,” Opens Public Comment Period submit comments by January 22, 2024

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Take Action: EPA Challenged for Not Assessing Claimed Pesticide “Benefits,” Opens Public Comment Period

(Beyond Pesticides, January 16, 2024) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has long been criticized for its failure to evaluate the effectiveness (or efficacy) of all the pesticides it registers. A petition, for which there is now an open public comment period (submit comments by January 22, 2024), challenges what advocates call a basic failure of the agency to evaluate the claimed benefits of pesticides. Because of this long-standing situation, those who purchase pesticides do not know that the pesticides they buy will meet expectations for control.

Tell EPA It Must Require Submission of Efficacy Data for All Pesticides Due to updates to the Regulations website, we are now able to offer a click-and-submit form to the Regulations docket! Please fill out the form below to submit!