On February 17th, the WCTA sent an email letting all our members and contacts know that the March 2nd broadcast of CBC’s THE NATURE OF THINGS, focused on golf course use of pesticides. According to the media preview, “there now exists a groundbreaking revelation uncovering the deceptively deadly nature of the golf course and the role of pesticides in maintaining its lethal beauty.”
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By Jerry Rousseau
In November, 2016, Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency announced their proposed re-evaluation decision (PVRD) of Imidacloprid, the active ingredient in Merit®, an insecticide registered for control of European chafer, Japaneese beetle, Black Turfgrass Ataenuis and European crane fly larvae on turf.
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