Scientists who have advised Ottawa’s pesticide regulator say it could be exposing Canadians to chemicals at unsafe levels — and one has resigned from the agency, citing concerns about transparency.
Both researchers told CBC News they’re calling for changes at Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA). They say the agency relies on an “obsolete” system that could be allowing pesticides with worrisome impacts on nature and human health to remain in use.
“I am not 100 per cent confident that all the pesticides (that were approved), that they are all safe,” said Valerie Langlois, a researcher and professor at the University of Quebec’s National Institute of Scientific
