Health Canada plans to phase out the neo-alkali insecticide aphids.

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Canada's
Health
department said Wednesday that its federal
pesticide
regulatory
agency plans to phase out a controversial
insecticide
product,
pyridine
. The product is widely used in agricultural production, but is
to
aquatic insects..Health Canada and the Pest Management Agency (PMRA) have focused on three new classes of
aphine
products, including aphids, due to environmental concerns and potential harm to bees..Health Canada said on Wednesday it planned to phase out aphids from all agricultural supplies over a three-year period, taking into account the detection of high concentrations of aphids in waters near high-density growing areas. Health ministry officials say the process will be extended to five years if no alternative products emerge..The bill is currently in the process of a 90-day public review by the public to finale the final decision. The Pest Management Authority said on Wednesday that its recommendation to phase out aphids was based on research and related data collected by the agency's scientists during the review, with reference to information from pesticide companies and university researchers. The main reason for the elimination of this product is that it has potential risks to aquatic organisms such as planklots and mosquitoes. Earlier, in January, the Pest Management Agency said the product, widely used in corn, soybeans and potato crops, posed no threat to bees..Due to concerns about the environmental impact, aphids are currently banned in the European Union. Some cities in North America, such as Montreal, have regulations banning the use of neo-alkali pesticides. This year, the Ontario government introduced regulations restricting the use of new tobacco-alkali pesticides in agriculture, and Quebec officials are considering whether to introduce similar regulations, but the federal government as a whole has not banned the product..Ontario's regulations limit the amount of new tobacco-alkali pesticides farmers can use in corn and soybean crops. The regulation, which aims to reduce the use of 80 per cent of new lysotine pesticides, could result in fines of up to $20,000 if farmers do not phase out neo-lying pesticides. Many Ontario farmers are outraged..Ontario's environment minister, Glenn Murray, apologized to grain growers earlier this week for being too harsh and would make further changes.
.