Stan Sadler writes:  “When I contacted the Canadian Access
to Information commissioner he said that he could not force the PMRA to
release the information, because although it was submitted to PMRA by Bayer
to satisfy conditions relating to the initial emergency registration in PEI,
it was still "owned" by Bayer, because they had funded the research.”

I would think that if it was used by a public agency for determining if a 
chemical should be registered for any kind of use the contents of the study 
should be a matter of public record.  Otherwise there is no accountability 
of the public agency to the public.  It leaves open the possibility of 
corruption between the agency and the company.  This is a situation where 
the government agency needs to be held accountable as much as Bayer.  This 
is why people no longer have any faith in the concept of “independent 
government”.  

Steve Noble

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