Timeline for the PMRA’s second Special Review on atrazine

Five environmental and health organizations are urging the Canadian Minister of Health to set a completion deadline of April 2018 for the PMRA's second special review of atrazine. The groups argue that the initial review was too narrow in scope and delayed, noting that atrazine has been banned in the European Union since 2004 due to groundwater contamination. They emphasize that continued delays prolong risks to human health and the environment, including endocrine disruption in aquatic animals and exposure through drinking water.

• Five organizations—Équiterre, Ecojustice, the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE), Environmental Defence, and the David Suzuki Foundation—request that the PMRA commit to finishing the special review of atrazine by April 2018 to avoid prolonging risks to the environment and human health.
• The authors contend that the PMRA's first special review of atrazine, launched in 2013, was flawed because it only evaluated groundwater contamination, ignoring risks such as surface water contamination of drinking water, endocrine disrupting effects causing sex changes in frogs and other aquatic animals, and health impacts on rural communities and farm workers.
• Atrazine has been banned in the European Union since 2004 because of groundwater contamination, which under section 17(2) of the Pest Control Products Act (PCPA) should have triggered a Special Review by the PMRA.

APA

Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (2017). Timeline for the PMRA’s second Special Review on atrazine. https://cape.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/1.Letter-to-Hon.-Jane-Philpott-re-Timeline-for-the-PMRA’s-second-Special-Review-on-Atrazine-May-2017.pdf#new_tab

Chicago

Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment. Timeline for the PMRA’s second Special Review on atrazine. 2017. https://cape.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/1.Letter-to-Hon.-Jane-Philpott-re-Timeline-for-the-PMRA’s-second-Special-Review-on-Atrazine-May-2017.pdf#new_tab.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{canadianassociationofphysiciansfortheenvironment2017timeline, author = {{Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment}}, title = {{Timeline for the PMRA’s second Special Review on atrazine}}, publisher = {Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment}, year = {2017}, month = may, url = {https://cape.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/1.Letter-to-Hon.-Jane-Philpott-re-Timeline-for-the-PMRA’s-second-Special-Review-on-Atrazine-May-2017.pdf#new_tab}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }