International Experts Call for Urgent Action to Protect Children’s Health from Harmful Chemicals

by Sustainable Pulse - 14 January 2025

Manufactured chemicals pose a real danger to children’s health, due to inadequate legal controls, said leading international health experts at the launch of the Institute for Preventive Health (IPH) on Tuesday. Exposure to manufactured synthetic chemicals has worsened the levels of chronic disease and developmental...

Sustainable Agriculture

Federal Court Rules Health Canada Approval of Mad Dog Glyphosate Weedkiller as ‘Unreasonable’

Environmental and health groups are celebrating a recent ruling from the Federal Court that found Health Canada’s 2022 decision to approve the glyphosate-based herbicide Mad Dog Plus was unreasonable. In their legal challenge, the groups argued that the federal regulatory agency failed to conduct a rigorous, up to date scientific assessment of glyphosate before renewing the product, despite new...