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CTV News reports that aging asbestos cement water pipes are in 90% of Canadian municipalities that responded to queries.
Mar. 23, 2023 / A major peer-reviewed publication reports that every aspect of child development can be affected by radiofrequency “wireless” radiation, and screen time.
Leading international authors find impacts on bonding, speech acquisition, behaviour, socialization, learning and addictions. Cancer risks are also increased.
Recommendations include use of wired technologies, wireless radiation exposures “ALARA” (as low as reasonably achievable), that physicians query use of tech in well-child visits, and research to prevent and investigate electrohypersensitivity.
A healthy future depends on healthy soil, for healthy food and resilient agriculture. Prevent Cancer Now urges Canada to reduce pesticide use in alignment with international goals. Glyphosate is a good place to start. It is by far the most-used pesticide in Canada, and it is under court-ordered scientific review in Canada and the US.
Organic farmer Rick Clark kicked off the 2023 Guelph Organic Conference with this story — to inspire ambitious vision and goals for the Sustainable Agriculture Strategy consultation by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (open until March 31, 2023).
A stated goal of the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP-15), in Montreal this past December, is to reduce pesticides by two thirds. Prevent Cancer Now supports a ban on glyphosate as part of a transition to ecologically based, organic, regenerative growing.
Organic is the only mode of agriculture with a set of principles that put nature first. It regenerates the health of soils, ecosystems, and people.
Organic farmers rely on natural processes, biodiversity, and cycles adapted to local conditions rather than use of synthetic inputs like chemical fertilizers, pesticides, and herbicides.
The world’s (and Canada’s) most-used weed-killer, Roundup, causes cancer, in the judgement of the International Agency for Research on Cancer. This view is now shared in US courts, where research including falsified data was reviewed and top experts were cross-examined.
Into the Weeds, Jennifer Baichwal’s documentary about glyphosate and cancer, opened the 2022-23 season of CBC’s Passionate Eye and can be streamed free now on CBC Gem.
The film follows groundskeeper Dewayne “Lee” Johnson and his fight for justice against Monsanto (now Bayer). Johnson’s case was the first to go to trial in a series of lawsuits involving tens of thousands of plaintiffs claiming Monsanto’s weed killer Roundup, or its industrial counterpart Ranger Pro, contributed to their cancer.
The film follows this trial, while considering the systemic effects of the world’s most widely used herbicide.
Make a donation to PCN. Your contribution will help to stop cancer before it starts.
On Saturday, March 25 at 7 p.m., CTV W5 investigates aging asbestos pipes across Canada and the potential health hazards if this known and potent carcinogen ends up in your tap water.
Health Canada’s 1989 assessment of ingested asbestos is incomplete and out of date. Asbestos is a multi-site carcinogen, and swallowing it can lead to liver and gastrointestinal cancers.
Deteriorated asbestos cement pipes can shed fibres into the water and pose a hazard of cancer. Canada’s Centre for Sustainable Infrastructure Research (CSIR) in Regina (now closed) produced many studies of asbestos cement (AC) water pipes as a “health concern.”
A day-long Friday session with progressive organic farmer Rick Clark kicked off the 2023 Guelph Organic Conference. A double classroom was packed with farmers, keenly listening, questioning, and figuring out what could work for them. Prevent Cancer Now was honoured to be in the audience. We offer this example to inspire ambitious vision and goals for a Sustainable Agriculture Strategy consultation by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, open until March 31, 2023. We DO NOT AGREE that: … pesticides should, “play…
Courts in Canada and the US have ruled in favour of groups challenging glyphosate risk assessments. Concerns over possible industry influence are heightened with falsification re. nHL in final US ATSDR report on glyphosate.
Advocates for social justice and equity, environmental protection, and public health call on Parliament to expedite passage of Bill C-226, Canada’s first environmental racism law. The House of Commons committee approved the bill without amendment, so the bill is now in line for a final vote in the House of Commons and must then be passed in the Senate.
Social justice, health and environmental organizations are calling on MPs to pass Canada’s first environmental racism law. (Canadian Coalition for Environmental and Climate Justice, including PCN)
Bill S-5 needs to launch important improvements to the Canadian Environmental Protection Act. (PCN in the National Observer)
Canada’s chemicals laws are two decades old. Parliament needs to modernize them properly. (PCN in the Hill Times.)
Toronto Star editorial on the agricultural insecticide chlorpyrifos (CPF).