Ontario won't back down from its plan to prohibit the cosmetic use and sale of weed killer 2,4-D despite a NAFTA challenge to Quebec's pesticide ban, Ontario's environment minister said Tuesday.
"The NAFTA challenge in and of itself - or potential NAFTA challenge - won't have any effect on whether we think we're doing the right thing," said Environment Minister John Gerretsen.
"It's all about protecting kids playing in their own yards or other properties."
Dow AgroSciences, a unit of Dow Chemical that manufactures 2,4-D, filed a $2-million notice of action against the federal government in August.
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