Media Advisory – Canada’s Food Workers Union Sues Health Canada over Pesticide Safety Failures

Media Advisory – Canada’s food workers union sues Health Canada over pesticide safety failures

LEAMINGTON, Ontario, June 04, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- On Sunday, June 8th at 3:00 PM, United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Canada and Ecojustice will be holding a media event regarding their new legal case challenging Health Canada’s unlawful failures…

Advocates protest pesticide measure in N.C. Senate bill, point to potential health effects

By Grace Vitaglione and Will Atwater People dressed in green filled the seats at a North Carolina Senate committee hearing on May 14 — their clothes an act of protest against this year’s Senate version of the North Carolina Farm Act bill, a provision of which would limit liability for pesticide manufacturers. Bill co-sponsor Sen. Brent Jackson (R-Autryville) said the provision would protect pesticide companies from frivolous lawsuits, but critic…