physician-cape-letter-on-cosmetic-pesticides-june-2018-submitted-03c43ed7c4641aa9.pdf

CAPE advocates for the continuation of Manitoba's ban on cosmetic pesticides, citing significant health risks to children and criticizing the federal Pest Management Regulatory Agency's evaluation process as inadequate.

• CAPE argues that children are uniquely vulnerable to pesticide exposure due to their body surface-area-to-weight ratio, longer life expectancy, and behavior in grassy areas. Potential health impacts include low birth weight, pre-term births, cognitive and motor development deficits, endocrine disruption, learning disabilities, and cancers in both children and adults.
• The document asserts that the federal Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) has a flawed evaluation process that is not reliably health-protective. This is attributed to a heavy reliance on industry-supplied studies, a lack of independent peer review, and a failure to account for real-world effects, such as combined exposures to multiple chemicals.
• CAPE maintains that the 2015 ban in Manitoba is a science-based policy that reduces risks to people, pets, wildlife, and pollinating insects. They note that seven Canadian provinces have implemented similar bans and that communities in Ontario, Nova Scotia, and Quebec have successfully managed weeds without endangering public health.

APA

Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (2018). physician-cape-letter-on-cosmetic-pesticides-june-2018-submitted-03c43ed7c4641aa9.pdf. https://cape.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Physician-CAPE-letter-on-cosmetic-pesticides-June-2018-submitted.pdf

Chicago

Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment. physician-cape-letter-on-cosmetic-pesticides-june-2018-submitted-03c43ed7c4641aa9.pdf. 2018. https://cape.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Physician-CAPE-letter-on-cosmetic-pesticides-June-2018-submitted.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{canadianassociationofphysiciansfortheenvironment2018physiciancapeletteroncosmeticpesticidesjune2018submitted03c43ed7c4641aa9pdf, author = {{Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment}}, title = {{physician-cape-letter-on-cosmetic-pesticides-june-2018-submitted-03c43ed7c4641aa9.pdf}}, publisher = {Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment}, year = {2018}, month = jun, url = {https://cape.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Physician-CAPE-letter-on-cosmetic-pesticides-June-2018-submitted.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }