{"id":4245,"date":"2018-03-14T19:19:58","date_gmt":"2018-03-14T19:19:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/esc-sec.ca\/2018\/03\/14\/risky-buzz-i-ness\/"},"modified":"2019-11-14T21:38:35","modified_gmt":"2019-11-14T21:38:35","slug":"risky-buzz-i-ness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esc-sec.ca\/fr\/2018\/03\/14\/risky-buzz-i-ness\/","title":{"rendered":"Risky Buzz-i-ness"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6>By Nicole McKenzie, PMRA<\/h6>\n<p>Growing up is a continuous lesson in assessing risks.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In my case, those risks included going for a double salchow with the risk of taking a bad fall, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">pushing my limits on my bike with the risk of an accident around every corner, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">or choosing an insect-filled educational path that was once considered risky for girls and women.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: 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srcset=\"https:\/\/esc-sec.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Figure-skating-picture-of-me-e1521053250668-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/esc-sec.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Figure-skating-picture-of-me-e1521053250668-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/esc-sec.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Figure-skating-picture-of-me-e1521053250668-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/esc-sec.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Figure-skating-picture-of-me-e1521053250668-120x120.jpg 120w, https:\/\/esc-sec.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Figure-skating-picture-of-me-e1521053250668-450x450.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/esc-sec.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/DSC03294.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\" src=\"https:\/\/esc-sec.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/DSC03294-180x180.jpg\" class=\"attachment-square size-square\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/esc-sec.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/DSC03294-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/esc-sec.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/DSC03294-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/esc-sec.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/DSC03294-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/esc-sec.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/DSC03294-120x120.jpg 120w, https:\/\/esc-sec.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/DSC03294-450x450.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/esc-sec.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/IMG_0192_2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\" src=\"https:\/\/esc-sec.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/IMG_0192_2-180x180.jpg\" class=\"attachment-square size-square\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/esc-sec.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/IMG_0192_2-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/esc-sec.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/IMG_0192_2-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/esc-sec.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/IMG_0192_2-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/esc-sec.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/IMG_0192_2-120x120.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/esc-sec.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/DSC00293.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\" src=\"https:\/\/esc-sec.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/DSC00293-180x180.jpg\" class=\"attachment-square size-square\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/esc-sec.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/DSC00293-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/esc-sec.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/DSC00293-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/esc-sec.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/DSC00293-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/esc-sec.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/DSC00293-120x120.jpg 120w, https:\/\/esc-sec.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/DSC00293-450x450.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But with these risks come opportunities, and learning which\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">risks are worth taking, and which are best avoided, is a critical lesson we all learn through experience and opportunity. Luckily for me, I survived the risks I took, and the lessons they taught me prepared me for a job that I love.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>For the last decade, I have been an Evaluation Officer with the Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA), the pesticide-regulating wing of Health Canada.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In an effort to join the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/aesa\/pages\/science_communication\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">#scicomm science communication revolution<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, I want to do a better job of explaining what I do. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4219\" src=\"http:\/\/esc-sec.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Nicole-on-bike-cartoon-e1521054096697-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/esc-sec.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Nicole-on-bike-cartoon-e1521054096697-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/esc-sec.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Nicole-on-bike-cartoon-e1521054096697-450x360.jpg 450w, https:\/\/esc-sec.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Nicole-on-bike-cartoon-e1521054096697.jpg 625w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>No, I don\u2019t pop a wheelie on ice while wrangling bees in a forest, but I do work that is almost as interesting. \u00a0I said *almost*.<\/p>\n<p><b>What<\/b> <strong>DO<\/strong><b>\u00a0you do, then<\/b><b><i>?<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I deal with pollinators of the insect kind. \u00a0I look at how pesticides affect bees that collect and move pollen from male and female flower parts. This process is called pollination and it helps to produce fruit like apples. Pollinators are vital to not only Canada, but to the entire world\u2019s food supply. I assess pollinator pesticide risk, which means I analyze research from some Entomology Society of Canada members as well as the greater pollinator community. With a team of scientists, I dissect the data from research studies and organize it around a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.regulations.gov\/document?D=EPA-HQ-OPP-2012-0543-0004\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">risk assessment framework<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The framework holds up the data so the team can see ALL of the highs and lows of the risk.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From here we can step back and take in the whole risk picture gallery.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4221 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/esc-sec.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Risk-Gallery-picture-1030x775.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1030\" height=\"775\" srcset=\"https:\/\/esc-sec.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Risk-Gallery-picture-1030x775.png 1030w, https:\/\/esc-sec.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Risk-Gallery-picture-300x226.png 300w, https:\/\/esc-sec.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Risk-Gallery-picture-768x578.png 768w, https:\/\/esc-sec.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Risk-Gallery-picture-705x530.png 705w, https:\/\/esc-sec.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Risk-Gallery-picture-450x338.png 450w, https:\/\/esc-sec.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Risk-Gallery-picture.png 1149w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>From the picture emerges a Pollinator Risk Management Plan that can be put in place to help safeguard our bees and food.<\/p>\n<p><b>The Bikes and the Bees<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Every day, we take what are deemed acceptable risks like driving a car at high speeds, and we try to prevent unacceptable risks like contracting measles that could affect our families and ourselves.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Deciding which risk is worth taking can be overwhelming. My risk assessing jam is <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tdWfHrv4cAg\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Risk Song by Risk Bites<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It both winds my gears and chills me out.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Our method to assess risk is a lot like grinding through bike gears from smallest to largest. A better way of explaining this is by writing about going for a bike ride. But not just any bike ride, a big one like a Century Bike Race where you ride 100 km in one day, something I hope to accomplish this summer.<\/p>\n<p>A Century Bike Race is risky, but like anything, it can be assessed and a plan developed to manage the risk.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4223\" src=\"http:\/\/esc-sec.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Screen-Shot-2018-01-31-at-10.23.52-AM-300x189.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"189\" srcset=\"https:\/\/esc-sec.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Screen-Shot-2018-01-31-at-10.23.52-AM-300x189.png 300w, https:\/\/esc-sec.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Screen-Shot-2018-01-31-at-10.23.52-AM-450x283.png 450w, https:\/\/esc-sec.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Screen-Shot-2018-01-31-at-10.23.52-AM.png 667w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>To assess the risk, I first completed 3 tests as I trained on my bike. Like steps, each test relied on the one before to gather information on the risks.<\/p>\n<p>The stepped tests (or tiers as we call them in the risk assessment world) start very basic and move toward a more realistic set-up closer to mimicking the actual bike race. At each step, if an effect was seen (or a risk identified) another test was completed.<\/p>\n<p>Effect information:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tier 1: Basic bike riding skills <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TEST: Emergency stop or trying-to-stop-quickly-from-a-fast-speed.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">EFFECT = Falling over. This might be the fastest (unintentional) way to end my race.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Tier 2: Group riding skills<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TEST: Riding with the flow in a group of cyclists with bikes in front, behind and on both sides.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">EFFECT = I wobble side to side as I ride. \u00a0No one wants to ride beside that.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Tier 3: Bike racing skills<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TEST: Entering some shorter bike races.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">EFFECT = I have never done a bike race before. *NOTE: I have competed in short distance triathlons, but ask any roadie about how these don\u2019t count*. Bike racing seems a little like running with bulls, except with extra metal, spokes and wheel parts. Ouch.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Exposure Information:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s not enough to list effects seen from my bike race \u201ctests\u201d; I need to know about the race. I need to know details about what I could be exposed to during the race. This could include the road conditions, the type of race, the timing of the race and so much more.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Risk Assessment = Effects + Exposure<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Using a framework, I compared the effects seen in the 3 tiered tests to what I expect to be exposed to during my bike race, and came up with this Risk Management Plan:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><b>TEST TYPE<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>RACE EXPOSURE INFORMATION<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>RISK IDENTIFIED<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>MANAGEMENT STEPS<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tier 1<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Basic bike riding skills<\/span><\/td>\n<td rowspan=\"3\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The race is mainly on paved roads<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is a hill at 87 km<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is a gravel road at 88 km, at the bottom of the hill<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Race is in the summer<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I want to finish well<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Falling off bike<\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><b>REDUCE THE RISK<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wear a helmet<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Carry a bike repair kit<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Carry water and food<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Carry emergency contact information<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Practice emergency stopping<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tier 2<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Group riding skills<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wobbling as I ride<\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><b>REDUCE THE RISK<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Practice riding in a straight line<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Practice riding in a group<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tier 3<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bike racing skills<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I have never done a bike race before<\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><b>REDUCE THE RISK<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Practice climbing hills<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Practice biking on gravel<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>MINIMIZE EXPOSURE<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Enter smaller bike races before the big one<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wear weather appropriate clothing and sunscreen<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If my bike analogy is still lost on you, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/entoMOMogist\">connect with me on Twitter<\/a>\u00a0and I\u2019ll\u00a0try\u00a0comparing it to landing a double axel instead. In the meantime, here\u2019s a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.efsa.europa.eu\/en\/interactive_pages\/riskassessment\/RiskAssessment\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">handy interactive infographic<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to explain the risk assessment process using caffeine as an example. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>The Bees and the Bikes<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Assessing pesticide risk to pollinators is similar to assessing bike race risk. There are of course different pollinator tests for each of the 3 tiers and different exposure details needed for plants and pesticides but the process is the same. Each tier gets more specific and more realistic to what and how a pollinator could react when encountering a pesticide in the environment. Here is how a general pollinator risk assessment works starting with the tiered tests:<\/p>\n<p>Effect information examples:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tier 1: Individual bee effects<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TESTS: <\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Observe individual bees after they are fed pesticides mixed with sugar<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Observe individual bees after a pesticide drop is placed on their back<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Tier 2: Semi-field effects<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TESTS: <\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Observe bee colonies that are placed under tents with pesticide treated plants<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Observe bee colonies that are fed pesticides mixed with sugar and\/or pollen<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Tier 3: Full-field effects<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TEST: Observe bee colonies that are placed in fields of pesticide treated plants<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Exposure information examples:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The type of pesticide and how it works <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The plants that are to be treated with the pesticide<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The timing of the pesticide applications and when the plants bloom<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If pollinators are found on or attracted to the treated plants<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The amount of pesticide found in the plant parts that pollinators may feed on or touch<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Risk Assessment = Effects + Exposure<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Just like with my bike race we use a framework to compare the effects with the exposure information but there is more to consider that can complicate the process. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>We also strive to understand the natural history of pollinators and the way crops are grown and harvested in Canada. \u00a0\u00a0This crucial information is then overlaid on the exposure information and the effects seen. This melding together of ALL the collected information results in, you guessed it, a Pollinator Risk Management Plan.<\/p>\n<p><b>Example of Pollinator Pesticide Risk Management Plan Steps<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Some management steps that crop up in plans I\u2019ve helped put together include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Not allowing pesticides to be applied to any plant while it flowers<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reducing the amount of pesticide applied to a level below where the risk lies<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Changing the timing of a pesticide application from before to after flowering<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eliminating the use or method of a pesticide application<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Risky Buzz-i-ness keeps me busy<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Working with pollinators has taught me that nothing is as straightforward as it seems. The science changes all the time, as do the risks as we learn more about bees, their behaviour, and how plants are grown in Canada.<\/p>\n<p>There is one thing I do rely on, and that is how pollinator work is NEVER boring.<\/p>\n<p>If you want more information about the pollinator risk assessment process\u2026 or to give me bike race tips here\u2019s some links:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/entoMOMogist\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Follow me on Twitter!<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/sites\/production\/files\/2014-06\/documents\/pollinator_risk_assessment_guidance_06_19_14.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Guidance on how to do a pollinator risk assessment<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/health-canada\/services\/consumer-product-safety\/pesticides-pest-management\/growers-commercial-users\/pollinator-protection.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Learn more about Pollinator Protection and the PMRA<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Nicole McKenzie, PMRA Growing up is a continuous lesson in assessing risks. In my case, those risks included going for a double salchow with the risk of taking a bad fall, pushing my limits on my bike with the risk of an accident around every corner, or choosing an insect-filled educational path that was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[935,559,473,494],"tags":[687,936,937,938,839,939,940],"class_list":["post-4245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-agricultural-entomology-fr","category-chemical-ecology-fr","category-blog-fr","category-public-sector-fr","tag-environment-fr","tag-government-fr","tag-health-canada-fr","tag-pesticide-fr","tag-pollination-fr","tag-pollinator-health-fr","tag-regulations-fr"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/esc-sec.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/esc-sec.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/esc-sec.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esc-sec.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esc-sec.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4245"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/esc-sec.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4245\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5772,"href":"https:\/\/esc-sec.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4245\/revisions\/5772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/esc-sec.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esc-sec.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esc-sec.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}