Province of British Columbia
39th Parliament – 2011-12
Special Committee on Cosmetic Pesticides
INDEX

 

Safety

 
Hazardous products See Hazardous products
Pesticide safety See Pesticides, risk assessments and studies under Pest control and pesticide use
Workplace safety See Occupational health and safety
Sather, Michael (Maple Ridge–Pitt Meadows)

 
Cosmetic Pesticides Special Committee
 
witnesses, medical experts 7:0950
Forests and forest industry
 
pesticide use on public forest lands and tree farm licences 12:1110-1115
Health Canada
 
briefing to committee (response) 11:1030-1035, 11:1105-1110, 11:1145-1150, 11:1215-1220, 11:1245
Insect pests and pest control
 
European chafer beetle 12:1305
Pest control and pesticide use
 
control of invasive species
 
definition of invasive species 12:1140-1150
private property and urban areas 12:1140
cosmetic use
 
bans in other jurisdictions, impact on treatment of invasive and noxious species 4:0945
definition 4:1150
potential ban 4:1015-1020
health and environmental impacts
 
scientific debate 7:0950
pesticide use
 
domestic use 11:1110
education and training 12:1040-1045
pesticides
 
labels 11:1105-1110
pesticides, risk assessments and studies
 
children and vulnerable groups 11:1245
long-term exposure and animal testing 11:1030
research quality and industry self-testing issue, audits 11:1215-1220
regulation
 
compliance and enforcement 11:1105-1110
delisting of pesticides 11:1145-1150
federal regulation 5:1405
local governments 12:1305
precautionary principle 11:1030, 11:1150
science-based approach, definition 5:1555
urban-farm interface issues 4:1015-1020
Pest Management Regulatory Agency
 
approach, acceptable risk and precautionary approaches 11:1030, 11:1215-1220
compliance and enforcement activities 11:1105-1110
position on cosmetic pesticides 11:1150
Plants
 
dandelions 12:1140
Plants, invasive and noxious plants and plant control
 
invasive species 4:0945
invasive species control, use of pesticides 4:1150
Schofield, Josie

 
Pest control and pesticide use
 
cosmetic use, potential ban, public consultation 12:1245
Scotts Canada Ltd.

 
Promotion of compliance with pesticides sales regulations (Hofweber, J.) 12:1050
Seely, Kathryn

 
Presentation to committee on behalf of Canadian Cancer Society 6:1410-1415, 6:1425-1430
Canadian Cancer Society
 
B.C. and Yukon division, public opinion poll on pesticide use 6:1410-1415
B.C. and Yukon division, recommendations on cosmetic pesticide use and potential ban 6:1410
Gardening and horticulture
 
home gardening and backyard fruit trees, pest control 6:1425
Health Canada
 
role re pest control and pesticide regulation 6:1410
Pest control and pesticide use
 
cosmetic use potential ban, legislation 6:1410-1415
cosmetic use potential ban, scope 6:1425-1430
integrated pest management 6:1410
pesticides, biopesticides and non-conventional products 6:1430
pesticides, risk assessments and studies 6:1410
public opinion 6:1410-1415
regulation, exemptions for public health and safety issues 6:1425
urban-farm interface issues 6:1425
Shrimpton, Gwen

 
Presentation to committee on behalf of Integrated Vegetation Management Association of B.C. 6:1335-1340, 6:1350
As subject
 
experience in vegetation management (Mohammed, P.) 6:1330
B.C. Hydro, herbicide use, study 6:1335, 6:1350
Forests and forest industry, vegetation management 6:1335
Industry, vegetation management on industrial sites 6:1335-1340, 6:1350
Pest control and pesticide use
 
health and environmental impacts, carcinogens 6:1335, 6:1350
herbicides, potential ban 6:1335
pesticide use, impact mitigation 6:1340
pesticides, risk assessments and studies 6:1335, 6:1350
Plants, invasive and noxious plants and plant control
 
control methods, effectiveness 6:1340
invasive species control, use of pesticides 6:1340
Ritter, Len, work on toxicology issues 6:1335
Trees, deciduous trees 6:1340
Slater, John (Boundary-Similkameen)

 
As subject
 
experience with agriculture and pesticide issues 3:0805
Agriculture
 
greenhouse industry, pest control 5:1520-1525
workers, health issues 11:1100
Boundary-Similkameen constituency and area
 
spruce budworm infestation 12:1120
Cosmetic Pesticides Special Committee
 
members, experience with pesticide issues 3:0805
CropLife Canada
 
poll results on pesticide use after ban in Ontario 5:1415
Forests and forest industry
 
pesticide use on public forest lands and tree farm licences 12:1140
Gardening and horticulture
 
home gardening and backyard fruit trees, pest control 6:1425
Golf and golf courses
 
pesticide use 5:1525-1530
Golf and golf courses, pesticide use 3:0835, 4:1120
Hazardous products
 
toxins
 
endocrine disruptors 6:1545
health and environmental impacts 6:1545
Health Canada
 
briefing to committee (response) 3:0830-0835, 3:0910-0915, 11:1100, 11:1140-1145, 11:1245
role re pest control and pesticide regulation 5:1455, 5:1505
Insect pests
 
codling moth 4:1010
Insect pests and pest control
 
spruce budworm 12:1120
Landscaping and nursery industry
 
pesticide use 6:1510
Okanagan area
 
environmental contaminants and pesticide use 6:1545
Ontario
 
cosmetic pesticide regulation
 
exemptions 12:1130
Pest control and pesticide use
 
cosmetic use
 
potential ban, impact on agriculture industry 4:1010, 5:1410-1415
fungicides 12:1310
fungicides, Quintozene 3:0835, 4:1120, 11:1145
health and environmental impacts
 
scientific debate 6:1510
insecticides, Guthion 3:0915
integrated pest management 5:1410
pesticide use
 
industrial use for infrastructure and rights-of-way 5:1610, 12:1110
public lands 12:1105-1110
safe handling and unintended exposure 12:1040
pesticides
 
commercial and domestic-class pesticides 3:0910
organophosphate pesticides 5:1455, 11:1140
products, removal 11:1140-1145
pesticides, risk assessments and studies
 
comparison between Canada and US 11:1140
developmental toxicity studies 11:1100
regulation
 
compliance and enforcement 3:0830
exemptions for public health and safety issues 6:1425
local governments and role of provincial government 6:1315
other jurisdictions 12:1130
precautionary principle 6:1510
re-evaluation program 11:1140
role of government and scientists 5:1455
sale of pesticides, commercial and restricted-class products 12:1035
urban-farm interface issues 4:1010, 5:1410-1415, 6:1315, 6:1425
Pest Management Regulatory Agency
 
approach, acceptable risk and precautionary approaches 11:1100, 11:1140-1145
Plants
 
health, fungal diseases 12:1310
Rivers and streams
 
riparian areas, regulation of pest control methods 5:1610
Solomon, Keith

 
Presentation to committee 6:1135-1210
As subject
 
position on cosmetic pesticide ban 6:1150
position on pesticides and human health (Fraser) 6:1155
relationship with Health Canada and work on toxicology issues (Bennett) 3:0935-0940 (Hanson, L.) 3:0935
Agriculture workers, health issues 6:1205
Cancer and pesticide exposure 6:1150
Europe, pesticide regulation 6:1155-1200
Great Britain, pesticide regulation 6:1145, 6:1155-1200
Health Canada, role re pest control and pesticide regulation 6:1140, 6:1150, 6:1210
International Agency for Research on Cancer, comments on pesticides and human disease 6:1150
Ontario College of Family Physicians, review of medical literature on health effects of pesticides 6:1145-1150, 6:1200
Ontario, cosmetic pesticide regulation, history 6:1145
Pest control and pesticide use
 
health and environmental impacts, farmworkers 6:1200-1205
herbicides 6:1140-1145
 
2,4-D 6:1140-1145
MCPA 6:1145
integrated pest management 6:1150
pesticide use, degradation rate 6:1155
pesticides, risk assessments and studies
 
cumulative exposure 6:1155
research quality and industry self-testing issue 6:1205-1210
regulation, registration process 6:1140
Pest control and pesticide use, pesticides
 
effectiveness time period 6:1140
labels 6:1150
products and role 6:1135
products, removal 6:1210
risk assessments and studies, methodologies 6:1140-1145, 6:1200
Pest Management Regulatory Agency, role re pest control and pesticide regulation 6:1140
Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution, response to report on pesticides and human disease 6:1150
U.S., study on farmworkers, pesticide applicators and pesticide exposure 6:1205
Sourial, Susan

 
Cosmetic Pesticides Special Committee
 
election of Chair and Deputy Chair 3:0805
Spata, Dave

 
Presentation to committee on behalf of Integrated Vegetation Management Association of B.C. 6:1340-1345, 6:1355-1400
Integrated Vegetation Management Association of B.C., recommendations to Cosmetic Pesticides Special Committee 6:1345
Kootenay area, invasive plants, control 6:1355
Occupational health and safety, exposure of workers to pesticides and collective bargaining issue 6:1340, 6:1400
Pest control and pesticide use
 
cosmetic use
 
bans in other jurisdictions, effectiveness 6:1400
bans in other jurisdictions, impact on industrial users 6:1340-1345, 6:1355-1400
definition 6:1340
potential ban, impact on industrial users 6:1345
herbicides, development 6:1345
industrial use 6:1350
regulation, jurisdictional differences and public perception 6:1340-1345, 6:1355-1400
regulation, other jurisdictions 6:1400
Plants, invasive and noxious plants and plant control
 
invasive species control, use of pesticides 6:1355
Special Committee on Cosmetic Pesticides See Cosmetic Pesticides, Special Committee on
Sports

 
Golf See Golf and golf courses
Turf management on sports fields (Wigmore, J.) 7:0925-0930
Spraytech v. Hudson

 
Legal case involving pesticide use (Tollefson, C.) 6:1035-1045
Stewart, Ben (Westside-Kelowna)

 
As subject
 
experience with agriculture and pesticide issues 3:0805
Agriculture
 
workers, health issues 6:1200
Cosmetic Pesticides Special Committee
 
election of Chair and Deputy Chair 3:0805
members, experience with pesticide issues 3:0805
Fortis B.C. Inc.
 
vegetation management on properties and rights-of-way 5:1605-1610
Golf and golf courses
 
pesticide use 6:1105
Health Canada
 
briefing to committee (response) 3:0915-0925
Insect pests and pest control
 
spotted wing drosophilia 6:1430
Ontario
 
cosmetic pesticide regulation 5:1435
Pest control and pesticide use
 
cosmetic use
 
bans in other jurisdictions, impact on industrial users 6:1355
definition 5:1435
potential ban 6:1430, 6:1545
potential ban and integrated pest management 5:1325
potential ban, impact on business costs 5:1605
public concern 3:0915
health and environmental impacts
 
farmworkers 6:1200
herbicides, 2,4-D 3:0920
pesticide use
 
industrial use for infrastructure and rights-of-way 5:1605-1610
licensed pesticide applicators 5:1330
pesticides, biopesticides and non-conventional products 3:0920
pesticides, organically acceptable products 5:1535
regulation
 
local government 6:1320-1325
other jurisdictions 6:1400
regulation and delisting of pesticides 3:0915
urban-farm interface issues 6:1430
Toxic Free Canada
 
position on cosmetic pesticides 6:1545
Union of B.C. Municipalities
 
resolution on use and sale of cosmetic pesticides 6:1320
UBC Botanical Garden, pest management practices 5:1535
University of Victoria
 
Environmental Law Centre, recommendations on pesticide regulation 6:1105
West Coast Environmental Law Association
 
position on licensed pesticide applicators 5:1330
Supreme Court of Canada

 
Ruling on right of municipalities and provinces to ban cosmetic pesticides (Fleming) 3:0935 (Tollefson, C.) 6:1035-1045
Sweden

 
Pesticide use (Fraser) 4:1050 (Pearson, R.) 4:1030, 4:1040-1055 (Penner) 4:1045 (Vakil, C.) 5:1440 (Yap) 4:1050-1055

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