Quebec’s rivers may soon be full of floating dead fish. The culprit is chloran, a highly toxic pesticide planted in the soil of our farms.

In Quebec, chloran is being planted on over half a million acres, seeping into rivers, poisoning water insects that are critical food for frogs, fish and birds.

 

We know that the Quebec government is serious about getting toxic chemicals off the fields as it has already begun enforcing Health Canada’s neonics ban before the deadline. A huge outcry from you now can prevent disaster for our waterways. 

 

 

 

And wide-spread use is completely unnecessary as only 4% of farmlands have insect problems. 

 

With such a strong case against it, your pressure now could be the tipping point that finally gets chloran out of our fields and rivers. 

 

 

Thanks to the huge response by SumOfUs members in Canada like you to ban bee-killing neonics, Health Canada announced that it would ban the biggest neonic pesticides. It was a major win for Canada’s bee population, farmers and citizens and proof that people power can take on even the biggest Agri-giants.. 

 

Although the national neonics ban won’t come into effect for another couple years, the Quebec government has already made it harder for farmers to use neonics -- and its regulatory hoops have drastically reduced neonic use across the province.