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Controversial pesticide 2,4-D deemed not ‘dangerous’, but still banned in Quebec BARRIE McKENNA From Friday’s Globe and Mail Published Thursday, May. 26, 2011 8:38PM EDT Last updated Thursday, May. 26, 2011 8:49PM EDT 12 comments Email Print/License Decrease text size Increase text size Quebec has acknowledged, in a settlement of a pivotal NAFTA trade case, […]
The details have yet to emerge, but Dow AgroSciences says it has settled a NAFTA challenge case with Ottawa over the pesticide 2,4-D. As part of agreement, a victory for the company, the government of Quebec has agreed to a statement saying the pesticides used chemical does “not pose an unacceptable risk to human health or the environment.”
Studying all 30.1 million births which occurred in the U.S. between 1996 and 2002, the researchers found a strong association between the increased number of birth defects in children of women whose last menstrual period occurred in April, May, June or July and elevated levels of nitrates, atrazine and other pesticides in surface water during the same months.
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