Pesticides
Pesticides are substances that are meant to control pests. The term pesticide includes all of the following: herbicide, insecticides (which may include insect growth regulators, termiticides, etc.) nematicide, molluscicide, piscicide, avicide, rodenticide, bactericide, insect repellent, animal repellent, antimicrobial, and fungicide. The most common of these are herbicides which account for approximately 80% of all pesticide use. Most pesticides are intended to serve as plant protection products (also known as crop protection products), which in general, protect plants from weeds, fungi, or insects. As an example - The fungus Alternaria is used to combat the Aquatic weed, Salvinia. In general, a …
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First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada · 22 April 2024 English
Landon served as a voice for children and youth as a member education, and research geared at ending the inequities in public of the Caring Society Board of Directors, providing …
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CCPA: Canadian Centre For Policy Alternatives · 27 March 2024 English
The report follows the publication of Safe at Work, Unsafe at Home: COVID-19 and Temporary Foreign Workers in Prince Edward Island in 2021 and Unfree Labour: COVID-19 and Migrant Workers …
three commonly used, potentially carcinogenic pesticides (chlorolathonil, 2, 4-d, and glyphosate) among …
National Collaborating Centre for Environmental Health · 15 March 2024 English
Temporary evacuations due to fires or floods could affect stored water quality due to disuse and stagnation causing increased water age and growth of bacteria and biofilms, enhanced by moderate …
This can introduce sewage, animal feces, fuel, pesticides, nutrients, and organic materials, which can …
EAC: Centre d'action écologique · 14 March 2024 English
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INSPQ: Institut national de santé publique du Québec · 14 March 2024 French
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EAC: Centre d'action écologique · 13 March 2024 English
it has reverberations for the areas around it as well.” As organizing efforts to protect the Sandy Lake-Sackville River area intensify, the integration of art and environmental activism is emerging …
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IISD: International Institute for Sustainable Development · 12 March 2024 English
In global environmental talks in 2023, the focus across nearly all issue areas was funding implementation and reviewing performance.The year saw the last of the COVID pandemic-delayed milestones completed. Countries …
measures in place to phase out highly hazardous pesticides in agriculture where the risks have not been … manage these hazardous chemicals, particularly pesticides. Opponents said the Convention is effective … Widely used in plastics, cookware, textiles, and pesticides, POPs are linked to cancers and reproductive …
Invasive Species Council of BC · 11 March 2024 English
CA Introduction Ready to explore and educate your students variety of engaging activities to learn about about nearby wetlands, lakes, streams, ponds, aquatic invasive species, their impacts, and and other …
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PHABC: Public Health Association of BC · 1 March 2024 English
Moreover, a narrow focus on household food These manifestations of oppression are linked to a insecurity fails to account for the compounding effects misunderstanding and misdiagnosis of the causes of …
institutions and the non-profit sector. The tool is to pesticides, pollution, and malnutrition. Despite well- designed … prioritized. While having seats at the table is an to pesticides, malnutrition) in the food system. important …
PICES: North Pacific Marine Science Organization · 29 February 2024 English
NPRB directs research towards species, processes, and dynamics in the marine ecosystems of Alaska, including the Gulf of Alaska, the Bering Sea, the Aleutian Islands, and the Chukchi and Beaufort …
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