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CTV W5 · ASBESTOS In DRINKING WATER /
CTV News reports that aging asbestos cement water pipes are in 90% of Canadian municipalities that responded to queries.
- See Prevent Cancer Now asbestos information and summaries.
- Watch CTV W5: Asbestos Water Warning, March 25th at 7pm.
SCIENCE UPDATE · EFFECTS OF WIRELESS RADIATION ON CHILDREN /
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.
Featured Campaign · Sustainable Agriculture /
Canada’s most-used herbicide is linked to cancer.
Sustainable agriculture would do without.
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.
Sustainable agriculture in action — an inspiring example
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).
Pesticides reduction is essential to human and environmental health
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 growing and pest control: putting nature first
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.
Falsified data — and legally accepted proof glyphosate (“Roundup”) causes cancer
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.
Award-winning documentary film…
Watch “Into the Weeds” free on CBC Gem
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.
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EVENTs /
W5: Asbestos in Our Drinking Water?
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.
Recent Posts /
Inhaled or ingested, asbestos causes cancer
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.
Canada’s asbestos cement water pipe research — a brief history
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.”
Sustainable Agriculture Strategy – Ambitious success, from the Guelph Organic Conference
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…
Glyphosate in the courts, in Canada and the US… PLUS, falsified cancer data in a US government report
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.
High time to pass environmental racism bill, advocates say
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.
PCN in the Media /
A broad spectrum of groups urges Parliament to expedite the passage of Canada’s first environmental racism bill, ahead of the House of Commons debate
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)
Falling Short on the “Right to a Healthy Environment”
Bill S-5 needs to launch important improvements to the Canadian Environmental Protection Act. (PCN in the National Observer)
Moving Canada off the toxic treadmill of key chemicals laws
Canada’s chemicals laws are two decades old. Parliament needs to modernize them properly. (PCN in the Hill Times.)
Health Canada should follow global leaders and speed up its ban of a dangerous pesticide
Toronto Star editorial on the agricultural insecticide chlorpyrifos (CPF).