73.15 Phenoxy Herbicides
Whereas, The Phenoxy Herbicides, such as 2, 4-D, 2, 4, 5-T and Silvax, etc., have proven to be teratogenic (ability to cause birth defects) carcinogenic (ability to cause cancer) and suspected of being mutagenic (ability to change genetic structure); and,
Whereas, In addition to above, the Phenoxy Herbicides can cause a multitude of other distressing symptoms in humans because these herbicides are not always used in a judicious manner or by people always properly qualified to use them; and,
Whereas, These Phenoxy Herbicides, even when purified, still contain the contaminant dioxins that produce deformities in laboratory animals (.5PPM currently allowed by the Department of Agriculture in Canada); therefore,
RESOLVED, That the National Council of Women of Canada request the Government of Canada to encourage our respective levels of health care to ban the use of Phenoxy Herbicides as being too dangerous to human health.