BC Legislature - Cosmetic Pesticides Special Committee, 39th Parliament

Vakil, Cathy

Presentation to committee on behalf of Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment 5:1415-1440

As subject

comments on pesticides and human health (Fraser) 6:1155

Health Canada, role re pest control and pesticide regulation 5:1430-1435

Ontario College of Family Physicians, review of medical literature on health effects of pesticides 5:1420

Ontario, cosmetic pesticide regulation 5:1420, 5:1430-1435

Pest control and pesticide use

cosmetic use

bans in other jurisdictions 5:1420, 5:1430, 5:1440

definition 5:1435

potential ban, impact on health care system 5:1420, 5:1430

health and environmental impacts

cancer 5:1420-1425, 5:1440

children 5:1420-1430

neurological, developmental and reproductive impacts 5:1420-1430

scientific debate 5:1430-1435

herbicides, 2,4-D 5:1425, 5:1440

pesticides, risk assessments and studies 5:1420-1430, 5:1440

methodologies 5:1430-1435

Physicians, role and position on pesticide use 5:1430

Sweden, pesticide use 5:1440

Vancouver Island

Pesticide use on private lands (Fraser) 3:0835

Veitch, Blair

Presentation to committee on behalf of B.C. Landscape and Nursery Association 4:0930-1000

B.C. Landscape and Nursery Association

position on cosmetic pesticides 4:0945, 4:0955-1000

Landscaping and nursery industry

lawn maintenance 4:0940

pesticide use 4:0935-0940

Plant Health B.C. program 4:1000

Pest control and pesticide use

control of invasive species, regulation of imports 4:0950

cosmetic use bans in other jurisdictions, impact on treatment of invasive and noxious species 4:0950

cosmetic use, definition 4:0940

integrated pest management 4:0945, 4:1000

integrated pest management, education and training program 4:0935-0940

Plants

health, diseases and insect pests 4:0940, 4:0950

health, maintenance 4:0935-0940

invasive species 4:0940

Trees, trunk injections for maintenance and pest control 4:0950

Victoria, B.C.

Pesticide regulation in area (Fleming) 6:1310

Vinegar

Use as herbicide See Herbicides, acetic acid under Pest control and pesticide use

Visentin, Paul

Presentation to committee on behalf of Integrated Environmental Plant Management Association of Western Canada 6:1455-1515

As subject

lawn maintenance business 6:1455-1510

Community Charter, provisions on pesticide use 6:1455-1500, 6:1510

Integrated Pest Management Act, provisions 6:1500

Kootenay area, lawn maintenance industry and impact of municipal pesticide bans 6:1455-1500, 6:1510

Landscaping and nursery industry, pesticide use 6:1500-1510

Pest control and pesticide use

cosmetic use, potential ban and impact on lawn and landscape maintenance industry 6:1455-1500, 6:1515

environmental impact on plants, water and wildlife 6:1515

health and environmental impacts, scientific debate 6:1505-1510

herbicides, acetic acid and glyphosate 6:1510-1515

integrated pest management 6:1500

pesticides, alternatives to pesticides 6:1500, 6:1510-1515

pesticides, risk assessments and studies, median lethal dose 6:1515

regulation

exemptions 6:1500, 6:1510

federal and provincial regulation 6:1510

local governments 6:1455-1500, 6:1510

precautionary principle 6:1510-1515

Pest Management Regulatory Agency, role re pest control and pesticide regulation 6:1500-1505