The PRK Index of Pesticide Facts:

# of pesticides registered in Canada……….............…………………...7000^§

# of "inert" ingredients used in pesticides.......................................2500^£

# of "inert" ingredients required by law to be disclosed......................0

# of active ingredients in Canadian pesticides…............…...………….500^§

# Active ingredients approved for use in Sweden.........................~150

# Active ingredients Canada approved <1981………………………….300^§

# Active ingredients Canada approved <1960………………………….150^§

Year that Rachel Carson published Silent Spring...........................1962

# Active ingredients tested for toxicity to women & children…..….<30%^§

# Active ingredients tested by Health Canada………………..……....<10%^§'

Of 60 banned Swedish pesticides, # used in Canada........................59

Concentration of Atrazine allowed in water in Canada…….5 parts/billion^§

Concentration of Atrazine allowed in water by US-EPA…...3 parts/billion^¥

Dose of Atrazine that causes genital defects in frogs…..0.1 parts/billion^¥

% of drinking water systems in Quebec containing Atrazine…….….30 %^§

Pesticides sprayed/hectare of soy-bean fields…………………...2 kg/year^§

Pesticides sprayed/hectare of private lawn…………………….....9 kg/year^§

Canadian Profits/Yr from non-agricultural pesticides….....……$ 121 million^§

^£Environmental Protection Agency list of inert pesticide ingredients
^¥NY Times, April 17^th, 2002-05-10
^§Pesticides: Making the Right Choices, Canadian Parliamentary Standing Committe on the Environment and Sustainable Development.