Glyphosate has been known to cause serious eye damage, is a toxic substance for aquatic life and is believed to be responsible for an 81 per cent decline in the Monarch butterfly population in North America.

The Central Kootenay regional district is going to bat for the Monarch butterfly and human health.

A motion has been passed by the Regional District of Central Kootenay board of directors to urge the province to “initiate an immediate scientific literature and litigation review of the chemical known as glyphosate.”

The B.C. Minister of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development is being asked to look into the chemical formula — known as glyphosate — that has been known to cause serious eye damage, is a toxic substance for aquatic life and is believed to be responsible for an 81 per cent decline in the Monarch butterfly population in North America.