Peter MacLeod
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Peter J. MacLeod is the Executive Director of Crop Protection Chemistry at CropLife Canada. CropLife Canada is a trade association representing the developers, manufacturers and distributors of plant science innovations – pest control products and plant biotechnology – for use in agriculture, urban and public health settings. CropLife Canada stands for safety and innovation supported by a foundation of continuous research and a strong commitment to stewardship.
Peter MacLeod has spent his career in the field scientific research and regulatory affairs. His research activity has mainly focused on the degradation of pesticides in soil and water but has also managed environmental toxicology studies and food residue studies. Two of the reduced risk pest control technologies that Peter was involved in the research and development of were awarded the prestigious United States Presidential Green Chemistry Award.
Peter is an active participant on the Pesticide Management Advisory Committee to the Federal Minister of Health and has served on many panels on pesticides and risk management. Peter’s collective experience of 16 years in the crop protection industry give him a broad base of technical regulatory science and government relations knowledge.
Born in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia his fondness for Agriculture and Science led him to attend the Nova Scotia Agricultural College. He graduated in 1987 with a B.Sc. (Agr.) Hon., Dalhousie University. Peter has additional Environmental Science training from the University of Maryland and Toxicology from the University of Kansas.