The Food We Eat

An International Comparison of Pesticide Regulations

As part of the Healthy Environment, Healthy Canadians series, this 34-page report compares Canada's pesticide regulations with similar standards in the United States, Europe and Australia.

The David Suzuki Foundation released The Food We Eat in Fall 2006. This report  offers eight key recommendations to reduce the use of the most hazardous pesticides. Starting with a comparison of Canada’s pesticide regulations with similar standards in the United States, Europe, and Australia, this report presents compelling evidence that Canadian regulations are among the weakest in the industrialized world when it comes to governing the use of pesticides and the potential impact of pesticides on food and health.

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Published 2006