Health Canada
Special Reviews of Clothianidin and Thiamethoxam
Risks to Aquatic Invertebrates by the Pest Management Regulatory Agency
This is a very detailed study These studies only include north Niagara and we need the data for south Niagara.
Page 32 clearly states this chemical is tested above the chronic level in Niagara.
Page 32 clearly states this chemical is tested above the chronic level in Niagara.
The purpose of our meeting with the Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority
The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the water shed contamination as outlined by The Environment Canada Pesticide Surveillance. The study was limited to three sites none of which were above the escarpment. We are looking to identify the magnitude of this chemical in our water in Niagara. This chemical is now banned or in a phase down elimination due to the unintended environmental impacts. The study by John John Struger outlines the Factors influencing the occurrence and distribution of neonicotinoidinsecticides in surface waters of southern Ontario, Canada.
We are looking to expand the testing location in the John Struger report to the 115 test sites of the current NPCA water quality program. Secondly, and in conjunction to this new data, is to provide the NPCA with an active interface with our group including, the Niagara Beekeepers, Niagara Beeway, The Horticultural Society locals, OMAFRA pollination specialists, University of Guelph Bionomics, each municipality within the region, both school boards and the local high school eco clubs interested in providing manpower for this Niagara wide effort. The target is the evaluation and improvement of successional nectar provision plants for the benefit and balancing of the Niagara native ecosystem.
We are looking to expand the eco system work of the NPCA in Niagara with a beekeeper perspective and a sustainable training system targeting communities through their local high schools eco clubs.
We are looking to expand the testing location in the John Struger report to the 115 test sites of the current NPCA water quality program. Secondly, and in conjunction to this new data, is to provide the NPCA with an active interface with our group including, the Niagara Beekeepers, Niagara Beeway, The Horticultural Society locals, OMAFRA pollination specialists, University of Guelph Bionomics, each municipality within the region, both school boards and the local high school eco clubs interested in providing manpower for this Niagara wide effort. The target is the evaluation and improvement of successional nectar provision plants for the benefit and balancing of the Niagara native ecosystem.
We are looking to expand the eco system work of the NPCA in Niagara with a beekeeper perspective and a sustainable training system targeting communities through their local high schools eco clubs.
WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR
1. The region needs to be advised that no dollars are used to purchase these chemicals with tax payer dollars. This would include de icing spray at 960 ppb ! ( bees are dead at 36 ppb )
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2. We need to know where and how much is in our water, drinking water studies are starting to surface and this will be an issue for Public Health in Jan. And of course bee keepers can use this data to save thousands of commercial bee colonies from exposure. We have removed all of our commercial bee yards from below the escarpment due to this toxicity.
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