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Archived ACTION – Seek Federal Candidates’ support for Primary Cancer Prevention
YOU can ask your candidates to support Primary Cancer Prevention, should they be elected. Here's how!
Primary cancer prevention is on the agenda — ask for your MP’s support
The House of Commons Standing Committee on Health is planning to study Treatment and Prevention of Cancer. PREVENTION must be the priority. You can help make this a reality!
Implementing the Right to a Healthy Environment – Consultation April 2024 – old
Thank you for responding to the "Right to a Healthy Environment" implementation consultation. Learn more, and access PCN's submission.
North Bruce Peninsula proposed cell tower
The Municipality of North Bruce Peninsula is considering a 90 m cell tower in a "dark skies" region. This risks environmental EHS refuges, and S. Ontario's only UNESCO natural heritage site.
Glimmer of hope in Canadian government response re. asbestos-cement drinking water pipes?
Prevent Cancer Now believes Canada must acknowledge that asbestos is just as unsafe to drink as it is to breathe, and must move to address this carcinogen in tap water.
Asbestos Cement Water Pipes Petition Tabled in House of Commons
Aging pipes are shedding asbestos into the water, and this comes with cancer risks. Even as the pipes break more and more, very few Canadian municipalities test for asbestos. Canadians deserve to know a lot more about how water is delivered to homes, schools, and businesses across the country.
Educators refusing work, aside powerful cell tower in North York
Educators are refusing to work, due to health concerns over emissions from numerous network antennas on a nearby cell tower. This action is also for children's health. Radiofrequency emissions are harmful, and children are most vulnerable.
Natural gas is neither a cleaner nor safer form of fuel energy
Natural gas is neither clean nor green, and is not a "bridge fuel."
France bans Apple iPhone 12 while Canadians remain at risk
Sales of iphone 12 continue in Canada, while France stopped sales due to excessive radiofrequency emissions. There is no record of Industry Canada testing the phones. Testing loopholes might not protect Canadians.
The Futility of Carbon Capture and Storage
Federal tax dollars for Carbon Capture and Storage are a direct subsidy to a very profitable but toxic fossil fuel industry. The Canadian government's billions for this unproven technology provides a delay for fossil fuels carbon emissions to continue unabated through 2050.