Conservatives Increase Pesticide Levels 
Under the guise of the "Security and Prosperity Partnership" "a wide-ranging plan to streamline regulatory and security protocols across North America," Harper continues to downgrade Canadian standards and sovereignty for Wall Street.
Canada will now allow more pesticide residues on fruit and vegetables to avoid 'trade irritants' with the U.S. Full story here. Or here
Pesticides are implicated in birth defects of genitalia, cancers, and mental illnesses. Studies increasingly has show that the damage is done at lower levels than previously imagined possible.
A little more from that page:
"The U.S. allows 50 times more vinclozolin on cherries as the E.U., and 100 times as much lindane on pineapples.
Canada fared no better: For permethrin on leaf lettuce and spinach, the Canadian and U.S. limit was 400 times higher than in Europe, and the Canadian cap on methoxychlor was 1,400 times the European limit.
Both countries also allow pesticides that have been banned not only in Europe but also in some developing countries, Boyd noted.
Methamidophos, for example, is permitted in Canada but banned in Indonesia and other developing nations."
