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 Stories About: ag policy AND agriculture AND Canada AND food AND United States
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Poison the people? Everyone's doing it
Canada may raise pesticide levels to match U.S. |
Katharine Wroth |
10 May 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Every day there are roughly 1,347 stories I wish we could cover in Daily Grist. Here's one that didn't make the cut today, but that I can't get out of my head: in an effort to bring its rules in line with the U.S., Canada is getting ready to raise allowable levels of pesticides on food. Canadian authorities say it's just an effort to smooth out trade relations, and will be decided on a case-by-case basis. But critics say Canada and the U.S. already use more pesticid ... |
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| Topics: ag policy, agriculture, Canada, food, United States (all these topics) |
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