Bird-killing pesticide facing a ban in Canada
U.S. regulator announces crackdown on carbofuran, and Canadian health authorities are considering whether to follow suit
A toxic agricultural pesticide blamed for killing up to 100 million birds a year in North America and for poisoning lions in Africa, is facing a proposed ban in Canada this summer.
Following a ruling last week by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to forbid the sale of any domestic or imported food crops that have traces of the chemical carbofuran, Health Canada is proposing to “phase out all uses” of the pesticide.
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