Canada's Pest Management Regulatory Agency is proposing some new risk reduction measures for the use of glyphosate.
The Agency recently concluded a re-evaluation of the herbicide.
It concluded products containing glyphosate do not present unacceptable risks to human health or the environment when used according to the proposed label directions.
It's those directions PMRA wants to update.
Among the label changes the Agency is proposing:
- That agricultural workers be kept out of fields treated with glyphosate for 12 hours after the treatment.
- That applications only be made when the potential for drift to areas of human habitation are minimal.
- And that a vegetative strip be in place between the treatment area and the edge of a water body to reduce runoff.
The PMRA has posted it's full consultation document, including all of it's proposed label changes, on it's website.
It's open for comment for 60 days.
