Pesticides in Agricultural Areas

• Pesticides Management Code
  • Protecting the environment and health in agricultural areas
  • Application of section 52 (airblast sprayers) (French, PDF file, 292 Ko)

• MAPAQ-MDDEP Joint Initiative on Pesticides in Agriculture
  • Agricultural Use of Pesticides: Environmental Status and Promising Initiatives (French)
  • Pesticides and Groundwater: Preventing Agricultural Contamination in Agriculture (French)
  • Pesticide Risk Indicators for Québec (IRPeQ) - Health and Environment
     
• Monitoring of Pesticides in the Environment
  • Permanent monitoring program
    • Pesticides in Quebec rivers, A survey of pesticides in streams of corn and soybean growing areas in 2008, 2009 and 2010
      • 2012 Report (French)  New
      • 2010 Report (French)
      • 2006 Report (French)
        • part 1 (format PDF, 1,8 Mo)
        • part 2 (format PDF, 1,9 Mo)
        • part 3 (format PDF, 1,9 Mo)

  • Other specific projects
    • Hexazinone near blueberry fields - Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean
    • In drinking water intakes:
      • 2010 report (French)
      • 2003 report ( PDF file, 381 kb - French)
    • In watercourses:
      • 2008 report ( PDF file, 707 kb - French)
        
    • Pesticide Content in Water in Québec Farming Environments (French)
    • Pesticide in some north shore tributaries of the St. Lawrence River: the l'Assomption, Bayonne, Maskinongé and du Loup Rivers (French)
    • Pesticides in surface water of a market gardening zone - Ruisseau Gibeault-Delisle, rivière Châteauguay watershed marsh area, 2005-2007 (French)
    • Pesticide Use in Potato Production (French)
    • The Use of Pesticides in Apple Orchards (French)

• Pesticide information kit for protecting the environment and human health (French, MAPAQ)  New
• Institut national de santé publique du Québec
  • Hexazinone presence in drinking water in Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean - Toxicity of the herbicide and human health risks appreciation (French, PDF file)
• Pesticides in greenhouses: Characterisation of exposure and evaluation of re-entry delays (French - PDF file)
• Prevention guide for pesticide users in vegetable farming (French - PDF file)
• Characterization of the effluents of the cranberry farms (French - PDF file)