Pesticide :: New Pesticide Regulations to Protect Canadians

The Honourable Tony Clement, Minister of Health, today announced that Canada’s New Government is taking the next step in its world-leading Chemical Management Plan by announcing two new regulations to govern pesticide use.

Effective April_26, 2007, pesticide companies will be required to report to Health Canada all the adverse effects associated with their products. Effective January 1st, 2007, pesticide companies will be required to begin collecting pesticide sales data to report to Health Canada on an annual basis.

?With these new regulations, we will have a much greater capacity to monitor pesticide use and impacts in order to make sound regulatory decisions,? said Minister Clement. ?Canada?s New Government is ensuring that we can protect human health and the environment, while preserving access to safer and economically important pesticides.?

The Regulations build on the Government of Canada’s Chemicals Management Plan, which will protect Canadians’ health and their environment by making sure that chemical substances are managed properly so as to not pose concerns.

The two new Regulations include:

Under the Incident Reporting Regulations, pesticide companies will be required to report adverse effects associated with their products to Health Canada. This will be complemented by a voluntary reporting mechanism for the Canadian public, the medical and research community, and government and non-government organizations.

The Sales Information Reporting Regulations require companies to report pesticide sales data to Health Canada on an annual basis. This information will contribute to Health Canada?s ability to assess health and environmental risks, particularly during the re-evaluation of older pesticides, allowing more effective pesticide regulation.

The Pest Control Products Incident Reporting Regulations and the Pest Control Product Sales Information Reporting Regulations support the key principles of the new Pest Control Products Act by strengthening the post-registration control of pesticides, increasing the transparency of the regulatory system, and providing additional tools to strengthen the protection of human health and the environment.

All incident reports, and an annual report containing compiled sales data will be posted on Health Canada?s Pest Management Regulatory Agency Web site with confidential information removed. This will allow Health Canada to monitor impacts to health and the environment, while greatly enhancing the transparency of the federal pesticide regulatory system.


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