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Montérégie is the scene of the largest epidemiological study ever conducted in Canada on the effect of pesticides on human health.PHOTO : -
“This is the largest epidemiological study ever conducted in Canada on the impact of pesticides on the health of local residents. » Catherine Mercier tells how a scientific research team is currently measuring traces of chemicals in 700 people living near intensive cultivation areas. The host of Green week notes the evolution of the laws governing pesticides, but also how producers circumvent them by creating new molecules.
According to Catherine Mercier, the team from the National Institute of Scientific Research (INRS) wishes in particular to compare the vulnerability of different sections of the population to the effects of pesticides.
« Researchers, several times a year, will […] collect samples outside and inside homes. Soil, dust, water, urine samples, too. Why floors? This is where the highest concentration of pesticides is. »
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