
Task Force on Systemic Pesticides to release update to its 2015 assessment
OTTAWA (Sep. 18, 2017) — The Task Force on Systemic Pesticides (TFSP) will provide an update on its assessment of the ecological impacts of bee-killing neonicotinoids and the systemic pesticide fipronil at a news conference on Parliament Hill tomorrow morning.
- When: Tuesday, Sep. 19, 10 – 10:30 a.m. ET
- Where: Charles Lynch Room, Centre Block, Parliament Hill, 111 Wellington St., Ottawa
- What: Release of the 2017 update to the Task Force on Systemic Pesticides’ 2015 Worldwide Integrated Assessment of the Effects of Systemic Pesticides on Biodiversity and Ecosystems
- Speakers:
- Dr. Jean-Marc Bonmatin, vice-chair of the international Task Force on Systemic Pesticides and research scientist at the French National Centre for Scientific Research
- Dr. Faisal Moola, director-general, David Suzuki Foundation
- Dr. Jeremy Kerr, University Research Chair in Macroecology and Conservation and Professor, Department of Biology, University of Ottawa
Neonics are among the most widely used insecticides in Canada. Health Canada has proposed to phase out the commonly used neonic pesticide imidacloprid within three-to-five years, and has launched special reviews of other neonics currently registered for use in Canada.
The TFSP’s 2017 findings will be further discussed at an MP reception and information session tomorrow afternoon on Parliament Hill, co-hosted by the David Suzuki Foundation, Équiterre and the French Embassy.
Image from The Task Force on Systemic Pesticides
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