URBAN PESTICIDES
Well-maintained public and private spaces make for happier, healthier communities. For example, healthy plants and green spaces:
- Beautify urban environments
- Attract birds and other forms of wildlife
- Help reduce noise pollution
- Help mitigate the warming effect of hard surfaces like concrete and asphalt
- Provide playing field surfaces that are safe for sports and recreation,
- Produce oxygen and capture of carbon and urban pollution
From time to time these benefits can come under threat by various pests. When that happens pesticides are one option – and sometimes the only option – for controlling these threats. While Canada’s plant science industry strongly discourages misuse of pest control products we are committed to ensuring that Canadians have access to safe and effective Health Canada-approved products when needed.
After all, pesticides help control threats to human health including mosquito-borne diseases, they protect private and public green spaces from insect and invasive weed infestations and they help to ensure Canadians have a safe and affordable supply of fruit, vegetables and whole grains.
The fact is that before any pesticide can be sold in Canada it must undergo a comprehensive scientific review and risk assessment by Health Canada. This includes a review of any scientifically credible studies available. Through this process pesticides receive a greater breadth of scrutiny than any other regulated product and only those products that meet Health Canada’s strict health and safety standards are registered for sale and use.
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