Health Canada Announces Members of New Science Advisory Committee on Pest Control Products

OTTAWA — In June, Health Canada named nine members to its recently formed Science Advisory Committee on Pest Control Products (SAC-PCP).

The committee will act in an advisory role to the Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA). Members will serve three-year terms and provide expert, independent scientific advice to support Health Canada in evidence-based decision-making on pesticides to better protect human health, wildlife and the environment.

The SAC-PCP members are:

• Dr. Maricor Arlos, University of Alberta
• Dr. Stéphane Bayen, McGill University
• Dr. Kyle Bobiwash, University of Manitoba
• Dr. Valérie Langlois, Institut national de la recherche scientifique, Eau Terre Environnement Research Centre
• Dr. Bruce Lanphear, Simon Fraser University
• Dr. Eric Liberda, Toronto Metropolitan University
• Dr. Christy A. Morrissey, University of Saskatchewan
• Dr. Sean Prager, University of Saskatchewan
• Dr. Xianming Zhang, Concordia University

Science Advisory Committee members have a wide range of knowledge and experience in the areas of pesticide use in Canada, environmental fate and modelling, health and environmental risk assessment, food and workplace exposure, pesticide value assessment and Indigenous knowledge of pesticides and traditional land use.

In addition to its nine members, the committee will solicit input from specialized experts to provide supplementary scientific expertise as needed.

Details of the group’s upcoming meetings and work plans will be shared online.