I didn't have the chance to participate. I'm not a toxicologist. I'm an apiculture researcher. However, I follow what's going on at the PMRA extremely closely. I think the PMRA is a government entity that works very well. It's made up of scientists who conduct analyses, but things aren't easy. The registration process takes into account one pesticide in particular. When the process takes place in a normal environment, there's no longer only one pesticide, but a variety of pesticides.
Let's talk about my bees, for example. When a new product is introduced, as will happen after the phase-out we're addressing, the PMRA will register the product based on its toxicity. They don't look at whether the bee is sick, at what happened at that time or at whether any other products are found in the environment. These considerations are not part of the PMRA's process. It would be far too much. It goes beyond the PMRA's mandate.
That's my concern. Independent researchers will again be required to work on this issue and to verify the impact of these new products entering the market.