Ontario farmers use Twitter to blast provincial neonicotinoid regulations
June 1, 2016
From: Crop Protection News
by Crop Protection News Reports
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“These proposed regulations represent a departure from science based decision making to a precautionary approach,” Grain Farmers of Ontario wrote in a paper opposing the regulation. “In doing so, they lack defendable evidence for positively impacting pollinator health and will result in significant negative impacts to the economy, farmer safety, and the environment.”
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“The proposed implementation of a prescriptive ‘proof of pest’ approach to access neonicotinoid insect control is unworkable,” the organization wrote. “We do not believe a third party verification approach is appropriate or warranted. If the government pursues a third-party verification, as described in the discussion document, there is currently no qualified certified body of professionals in Ontario that could deliver such a third-party support.”
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