Click here to read the Sierra Club of Canada factsheet. Read Sierra Club of Canada's factsheet on biodiversity . Ken Saro-Wiwa . Organophosphates and carbamate insecticides, large classes within which hundreds of pesticides are registered, were based on Nazi research for nerve gas. At a large dose, they'll kill people.
Pesticides pose particular problems for human health and the environment.
The Sierra Club of Canada and other public interest groups have serious concerns about the federal government's support for the import of weapons plutonium fuel into Canada. The case is still ongoing and is scheduled to be heard in the Federal Court of Canada in 2001. In conjunction with the Climate Action Network, the Sierra Club of Canada coordinated development of the Rational Energy Program. This ground breaking document underlined the public health aspect of Ontario's declining air quality. The OMA paper contained a number of specific recommendations for action aimed at improving the quality of the air that Ontarians breathe.