BC Legislature - Cosmetic Pesticides Special Committee, 39th Parliament

Acetic acid See Herbicides under Pest control and pesticide use
ADHD (Attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder)

Causes and incidence (Lanphear, B.) 5:1450

Agent Orange See Herbicides under Pest control and pesticide use
Agriculture See also Food industry

Farmworkers See Workers below under this main heading

Fertilizers (Dyck, H.) 4:0955

Government funding and support (Etsell, G.) 4:1010

Greenhouse industry, pest control (Justice, D.) 5:1525 (Slater) 5:1520-1525

Impact of invasive species (Etsell, G.) 4:1000-1005

Interface with urban areas, pest control issues See Urban-farm interface issues under Pest control and pesticide use

Organic agriculture

acceptable pesticides See Pesticides, organically acceptable products under Pest control and pesticide use

certification accreditation program (Pearson, R.) 4:1030

legislation (Pearson, R.) 4:1030

organizations, consultation on issues (Pearson, R.) 4:1045

organizations, position on pesticides (Pearson, R.) 4:1040

practices and requirements (Fraser) 4:1050 (Pearson, R.) 4:1030-1040, 4:1050

risk of pesticide contamination (Fraser) 4:1050 (Pearson, R.) 4:1050

urban organic agriculture See Urban organic agriculture below under this main heading

Pesticide use (Burrows, M.) 6:1525-1530 (Dyck, H.) 4:0955 (Etsell, G.) 4:1025 (Hanson, L.) 3:0830 (Waring, M.) 12:1040-1045

Pesticide use, farmers' access to pesticides (Bennett) 12:1035 (Dolhaine, D.) 12:1035 (Hofweber, J.) 12:1040 (Wilson, L.) 12:1035

Self-sufficiency (Dyck, H.) 4:0950

Urban agriculture, pest control (Justice, D.) 5:1515 (Waring, M.) 12:1300-1305

Urban organic agriculture, risk of pesticide contamination (Pearson, R.) 4:1040

Workers

health issues (Moase, C.) 11:1100 (Slater) 11:1100 (Solomon, K.) 6:1205 (Stewart) 6:1200

health issues and pesticide exposure See Health and environmental impacts under Pest control and pesticide use

health study See Study on farmworkers under United States

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

Role re pest control and pesticide regulation (Pearson, R.) 4:1040

Agriculture, Ministry of

Supplemental briefing to committee See Briefing to committee above under this main heading

Alberni–Pacific Rim constituency and area

Description (Fraser) 3:0810

Alberta

Pesticide regulation (Doherty, J.) 6:1455

ALS (Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis)

Causes (Lanphear, B.) 5:1450

American Cancer Society

Comments on carcinogens (Moase, C.) 11:1305

Apiculture See Beekeeping
Association of Vancouver Island and Coastal Communities

Resolution on pesticide use along railway corridor (Fraser) 6:1325

Auditor General of Canada

Report on plant resources (Etsell, G.) 4:1005

Audubon International

Cooperative sanctuary program for golf courses See Course management under Golf and golf courses

AVICC See Association of Vancouver Island and Coastal Communities