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Auditor general says Alberta's enforcement of pesticide rules needs 'significant improvement'

Auditor general says Alberta's enforcement of pesticide rules needs 'significant improvement'

Alberta's auditor general says the province's lack of oversight into the use and sale of pesticides could be putting people's health and the environment at risk. In a report released Tuesday, Auditor General Doug Wylie found people and businesses may have sold 80 products in 2018 that were illegal in Canada and that inspectors aren't checking whether the people applying pesticides are properly certified.