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Hazard-based regulation to curb environmental impacts on health
If CEPA was indeed protecting public health, we would expect declining diseases from environmental exposures. Canadian examples point to the opposite. Endocrine-related obesity and metabolic syndrome, disorders of early development and sexual differentiation, and cancers in hormone-sensitive tissues have not been prevented. Endocrine disruption does not follow classic dose-response, so these substances must be regulated based on their innate hazard. With many thousands of EDCs, classes of similar chemicals require group actions.
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Fragrances: high volume, non-essential, ingredients that can be harmful
Fragrance chemicals are added to many products. They can provoke asthma and affect neurological decline, chemical sensitivities and mechanisms relevant to cancer.
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Federal Asbestos Turnaround by 2018 — Much-Needed and Overdue
Historic Turnaround on Asbestos Puts Canada on a New, Difficult Path As sure as asbestos-caused cancer can be deadly, Canada’s decades of politicized support for asbestos, followed by neglect of…
Firefighter Health Coverage
CBC NEWSLung cancer added to Ontario firefighter health coverage, becomes latest condition to be covered under what’s called presumptive legislationRead CBC article here RELATED: WSIB Ontario, January 4, 2016Cancers in…
Societal implications of a new occupational and environmental cancer study
By Michael Gilbertson PhD
The misleading war on cancer
By Dr. Devra Lee Davis By the turn of the 18th century, the path-breaking Italian physician Bernardino Ramazzini had documented more than three dozen different cancer-prone professions. At that point…
Did you know . . . six facts about cancer
By Magda Havas Did you know that in the 1920s in the U.K. and a few years later in the U.S. there was a never-before-seen spike in the incidence of…
Preventing Cancer: A Call to Action
Article by Ted Schettler, MD MPH Identifying the causes of cancer, in order to help develop preventive strategies, has been of great interest for a long time. Almost 30 years…
Why I am a Cancer Prevention Activist
Article by Dave Renaud, PCN Board Member I’ve been working at the General Motors Autoplex in Oshawa since Sept. 1984. I started as a Technician, otherwise known as a car…