Title: Cancer Society Turns its Sights to Farm Pesticides (The Globe and Mail, Nov 2008.)
Canada’s leading scientists came together last november to debate the heated topic of pesticides and the cancer they could be giving farmers and consumers. The conclusions made my this council will likely influence American policy toward the use of pesticides for commercial farming.
Topic: Sustainable Land Use
Category: Journalistic
What is it? This was an article in the Canadian newspaper; The Globe and Mail
Publication Information:
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This article was published on Nov/12/2008 in The Globe and Mail
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Author: MARTIN MITTELSTAEDT
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Health Canada: Department of Canadian Health Care
Heather Logan: Cancer Society’s director of policy
Connie Moase, a director in the Pest Management Regulatory Agency
James Brophy, an adjunct professor at the University of Windsor
This article contains a mix of institutional and academic sources who came together in order to find out and discuss whether pesticides lead to cancer. The findings produced from this meeting will shape Canadian agriculture policy and shed light on the issue for the rest of the world. As a whole, this team of scientists and professors will strongly influence Canadian policy on the use of pesticides in Canada and North America.
Audience and Agenda:
The Globe and Mail is one of Canada’s most popular newspapers which has been around for 163 years and has a weekly readership of just under one million people. The Globe and Mail prides itself on offering readers a balanced perspective for people in all walks of like from families and top executives. The paper is owned by CTVGlobemedia, which is one of Canada’s largest media companies that operates in print, TV and radio broadcasting.
Usefulness:
This meeting between Canada’s top scientists came at a time when commercial farming and the pesticides they use were coming under much public scrutiny, which caught the attention of environmentalists and the Canadian health committee. This document was created to inform the Canadian public that their government was taking a serious look at the effects of agricultural pesticides. The article does not have a distinct argument on either side of the issue, only reporting on the fact that the meeting took place. The biggest thing that this article left out was a definitive answer to what the resultant legislation would be.
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