Making it optional for pesticide companies to provide safety data sheets to farm workers puts their health at risk, union says.
Health Canada has quietly approved changes making it optional for pesticide companies to provide safety data sheets to farm workers, a move the union representing agricultural workers says puts workers’ health — particularly that of migrant farmworkers — at unnecessary risk.
The news comes a year after United Food and Commercial Workers Canada (UFCW) launched a lawsuit against Health Canada in June 2025, alleging the agency had failed to protect workers from harmful pesticide exposure.
There have long been safety concerns about glyphosate. The WHO concluded in 2015 that it is “probably carcinogenic to humans.”
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