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“Moonshot” cancer mission off base
The Obama cancer cure "moonshot" omitted prevention!
An update on PCNs election wish-list
By the Prevent Cancer Now team Prevent Cancer Now shared federal actions for cancer prevention during the election, so how’s it going in these early days?
Is Concordia University fit to host “Future Earth,” given its refusal to address scientific and ethical violations in a pro-asbestos report it published?
By Kathleen Ruff While health experts and civil society organisations are calling on the Canadian government to respect scientific evidence and protect public health by banning asbestos, Concordia University is…
Canada has stopped mining and exporting asbestos but the battle to protect people from asbestos harm continues
By Kathleen Ruff In 2012, after more than 100 years, Canada stopped mining and exporting asbestos. Public health experts had called on the Canadian and Quebec governments to respect the…
Nuclear Update 1 – Emergency Planning for a large-scale nuclear accident in the Greater Toronto Area
By Dorothy Goldin Rosenberg, PCN board member Prevent Cancer Now (PCN), along with over 20 organizations, made interventions to The Mayor and Executive Committee, Toronto City Council on Emergency Planning,…
Nuclear Update 2 – Studies in Pembroke, Ontario yield worrisome new findings about Tritium
By Ole Hendrickson “In allowing large HT releases in an uncontrolled setting very close to homes, businesses, gardens, etc., the CNSC has made Pembroke into a prime destination for researchers…
A Poem From Northern Alberta
By Thera Breau Homesteaders in northern Alberta are no wimps! Near Peace River, working hard eking out a living farming, they were delighted when the riches of hydrocarbon extraction came…
As incineration projects fail nation-wide, proposed Waste-Free Ontario Act targets zero greenhouse gases in a post-incineration era
By Meg Sears, PhD, Chair and Science Advisor of Prevent Cancer Now, with thanks to Linda Gasser See that garbage at the curb? It costs our environment and health too…
Botanic Organic – supporting healthy skin and cancer prevention
Prevent Cancer Now has been researching companies that will help you “walk the talk,” navigating the information we provide about toxins in our environment. To help you make smarter purchases,…