As reported in March 2022, Health Canada announced their pest management branch, the PMRA, was undergoing a transformation process aimed at strengthening its oversight, its protection of public health and the environment and its transparency to people in Canada.
Read more: Launching the New Science Advisory Committee on Pest Control Products
The City of Edmonton manages pests such as weeds, tree pests, plant diseases, stinging/biting insects, rodents, and water-borne diseases using a variety of programs. It implemented a restriction on herbicide use on June 23, 2015, with exemptions. Only when necessary is herbicide applied to control noxious weeds, and weeds that would impact safety and enjoyment of our green spaces.
Read more: Edmonton City Council Considers Cosmetic Pesticide Ban
Via PMRA
Health Canada's Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) is undergoing a transformation process that will strengthen its oversight and its protection of public health and the environment. The transformation process will also make the PMRA more transparent to people in Canada.
Posted June 22, 2022
By Jerry Rousseau
WCTA Executive Director
Over the past week, Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) has initiated compliance inspections of several golf courses in British Columbia and other provinces.
by WCTA Staff
On February 10, 2022, Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Authority, a branch of Health Canada in charge of registering and continuously evaluating the safety and efficacy of pesticides used in Canada, circulated a proposed re-evaluation decision (PRED) for the popular turf fungicide active ingredient, chlorothalonil.
Read more: Health Canada PMRA Proposes Chlorothalonil Cancellation