The federal government is taking steps to end the conditional registration of pesticides in Canada.
Pierre Petelle of CropLife Canada says those registrations are controversial because they've been misunderstood.
He points out "It was really about confirmatory data, it was never about unknown health or environmental risks, which is how some groups tried to portray it."
CropLife Canada is the industry group representing this country's pesticide companies.
Petelle argues the conditional registrations were in place to allow for the gathering of more data, not because of any unknown health or environmental risks, as some groups tried to portray them.
He's hopeful the removal of conditional registrations will help boost the public's confidence in the regulatory system.
Petelle says the level of transparency in Canada for pesticides is second to none.
Federal officials say only about 1 per cent of the pesticides in Canada are conditionally registered.
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Pierre Petelle is hoping the move increases public confidence in the regulatory system.
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Petelle says the level of transparency for pesticides in this country is second to none.
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Petelle is hoping the changes will increase public trust in the registration system.
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