[All] FW: MEDIA RELEASE: PMRA continues to register bee-killing pesticides

[Louisette Lanteigne]

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Subject: MEDIA RELEASE: PMRA continues to register bee-killing pesticides



 PMRA CONTINUES TO REGISTER BEE-KILLING PESTICIDES

	 MEDIA RELEASE
 August 8, 2014 

	 OTTAWA--Despite the Pest Management Regulatory Agency's (PMRA)
decision to re-evaluate neonicotinoid pesticides, it is still
registering new products containing the bee-killing pesticides. 

	 "The Canadian government is attempting to deceive Canadians into
believing it's taking action on bee-killing pesticides when it is
cleary not," said John Bennett, National Program Director of the
Sierra Club Canada Foundation (SCCF). "It's a ruse. This government
clearly isn't taking the ecological threat seriously. 

	 In June 2012, the PMRA announced its decision to initiate a
re-evaluation of three bee-killing neonicotinoid insecticides
(clothianidin, thiamethoxam, and imidacloprid--all banned in Europe)
to assess the potential risk to pollinators. However, in just the past
two weeks since SCCF started creating its own neonicotinoid database,
the PMRA has changed the status of two product applications from
"Pending (Registration)" to "Registered." 

	 The two neonicotinoid products in question, _NipsIt Suite Canola
Seed Protectant_ and _NipsIt Suite Cereals of Seed Protectant_, are
both manufactured by Valent Canada Inc. Both products contain the
active ingredient clothianidin, one of the bee-killing neonicotinoid
pesticides banned in Europe and under 're-evaluation' in Canada. 

	 "Clothianidin was banned by the EU in 2013 and it should be banned
in Canada too," said Mr. Bennett. 

	 Currently registered neonicotinoid pesticide products, and those
pending registration and under re-evaluation are listed [1] in the
PMRA's Public Registry Pesticide Product Information Database.  

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	 John Bennett, National Program Director
 Sierra Club Canada Foundation
 1510-1 Nicholas Street
 Ottawa, Ontario K1N 7B7
 Tel: 613-291-6888
 jb at sierraclub.ca [2]
 John on Twitter [3] / Bennett Blog [4] 
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	 BACKGROUNDER 
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 1) PRODUCT NAME: NIPSIT SUITE CANOLA SEED PROTECTANT  Manufacturer:
Valent Canada Inc.
 Application #: 2010-6217
 Registration number: 31355
 Date Application was received: Dec. 20, 2010
 Status: Was pending. Became a registered product on July 24, 2014 for
commercial use on canola, carinata, and rapeseed.
 No section 12 notice. 
 2) PRODUCT NAME: NIPSIT SUITE CEREALS OF SEED PROTECTANT 
Manufacturer: Valent Canada, Inc.
 Application #: 2011-4802
 Registration #: 31357
 Date Application was received: Oct. 11, 2011
 Status: Was pending. Became a registered product on July 24, 2014 for
commercial use on wheat.
 No Section 12 notice. 
 In addition to continuing to register more neonicotinoid products
while neonicotinoids are under review, the PMRA is also still
accepting new applications for products with active ingredient
clothianidin. The most recent application submitted to the PMRA for a
product with active ingredient clothianidin was received on July 30th:

 APPLICATION #: 2014-2822  Date Application was received: July 30,
2014
 Status: Pending 

	 All other information belonging to this application in the Public
Registry database is labeled "Confidential." There is no way of
finding out more information about this application in the PMRA's
Label Search database because the application number is not a
searchable criterion in this database.  
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