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Two neonics set for three-year extensions on registration

Health Canada’s pesticide regulator proposes to allow continued registration for two members of the neonicotinoid family of pesticides, both of which are under heavy scrutiny for their effects on bees and other pollinators. The Pest Management Regulatory Agency on Tuesday issued proposed decisions on clothianidin and thiamethoxam that would extend the products’ existing conditional registrations

Crops

Monsanto halts U.S. seed treatment launch after complaints of rashes

By GFM Network News, Tom Polansek November 1, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — Monsanto put on hold the launch of a seed treatment on Wednesday, following reports it causes rashes on people, in the latest instance of complaints about a company product that was approved by U.S. environmental regulators. Monsanto froze plans for commercial sales of the product called NemaStrike, which can protect corn,

Crops, Weather

Dicamba label sufficient, Health Canada says

By GFM Network News, John Greig October 19, 2017

Health Canada will not be further regulating the use of dicamba herbicide sprayed on growing crops, as has happened in the U.S. The government agency that regulates pesticides issued a statement to Glacier FarmMedia reiterating its support for the current Canadian labels. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) last week increased restrictions on the use

Health Canada is calling for a three- to five-year phase-out of imidacloprid from farm use over potential risks to aquatic insects such as mayflies. (OttawaRiverkeeper.ca)

Crops

PMRA seeks phase-out for neonic pesticide imidacloprid

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff November 23, 2016

Canadian farm use of the pesticide imidacloprid, from the controversial neonicotinoid family, is facing a three- to five-year phase-out from approval over its potential risks to aquatic insects. Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) on Wednesday announced it had completed a re-evaluation of the pesticide and has kicked off a 90-day public consultation period,

Crops

Re-evaluation leads to retirement for Amitrol herbicide

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff February 11, 2016

Health concerns raised during the federal re-evaluation of Nufarm’s pre-seeding burndown herbicide Amitrol 240 have led the company to stop selling the product for nearly all uses in Canada, starting later this summer. The company said Wednesday it will retire Amitrol — a non-selective Group 11 liquid whose active ingredient, amitrole, has been on the

Crops

Environment commissioner criticizes neonic registrations

By David Ljunggren, GFM Network News January 26, 2016

Ottawa | Reuters — Canada’s official environmental watchdog on Tuesday expressed concern that authorities were allowing the long-term use of pesticides linked to bee deaths despite not having enough information about the products. Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) can grant a five-year provisional license to some products to give manufacturers time to provide

Crops

Feds scrap ‘conditional’ pesticide approvals

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News January 21, 2016

Federal crop chemical regulators this summer will stop granting “conditional” registrations for new pesticides — a practice already largely on the way out, they note. Health Canada, which oversees the federal Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA), said Tuesday it plans to stop granting new conditional registrations starting June 1, describing the move as an “important

Western corn rootworm larvae. (Scott Bauer photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Crops

Court to hear growers’ appeal of Ontario neonic rules

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff January 13, 2016

Ontario’s soybean and corn growers have been granted an appeal hearing in their bid to delay the province’s new limits on neonicotinoid seed treatments. Grain Farmers of Ontario (GFO), the body for the province’s corn, soy, wheat, barley and oat growers, said Tuesday the Ontario Court of Appeal has agreed to hear its case on March

(Stephen Ausmus photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Crops

Regulatory reviews show slim risk to bees from imidacloprid

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff January 7, 2016

Label directions and rules for foliar and on-seed use of imidacloprid pesticides should either prevent or limit the risks to honeybees and other pollinators from the chemical, Canadian and U.S. regulators say in a new early-stage risk assessment. Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Wednesday released

Crops

U.S. court finds EPA wrong to approve sulfoxaflor over bee risks

By Carey Gillam, GFM Network News September 11, 2015

Reuters — A U.S. appeals court ruled on Thursday that federal regulators erred in allowing an insecticide developed by Dow AgroSciences onto the market, canceling its approval and giving environmentalists a major victory. The ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, in San Francisco, is significant for commercial beekeepers and others

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Tag Archives PMRA — page 2

Two neonics set for three-year extensions on registration

Monsanto halts U.S. seed treatment launch after complaints of rashes

Dicamba label sufficient, Health Canada says

PMRA seeks phase-out for neonic pesticide imidacloprid

Re-evaluation leads to retirement for Amitrol herbicide

Environment commissioner criticizes neonic registrations

Feds scrap ‘conditional’ pesticide approvals

Court to hear growers’ appeal of Ontario neonic rules

Regulatory reviews show slim risk to bees from imidacloprid

U.S. court finds EPA wrong to approve sulfoxaflor over bee risks

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