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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.
Canada needs a research institute on environment, health, and well-being
The natural systems we depend on are threatened by human activity, resulting in what the United Nations calls a triple crisis of climate change, pollution and biodiversity loss.
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.
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.
Data and analyses to detect harms from toxic exposures in Canadians
A regulatory conclusion that an environmental exposure poses an “acceptable risk” is initially based on little data. Ethically, regulators should follow up to detect harms at the earliest possible opportunity. Relying on epidemiology can result in harms to generations.
Health Canada wants to increase Glyphosate in food
Glyphosate is Canada’s most-used herbicide, so levels in food are increasing, sometimes exceeding regulatory limits. Health Canada proposes to relax those limits. Maximum Residue Limits (MRLs) may be more than…
Glyphosate Objectors’ Concerns Were Heightened Following Replies from Health Canada
Canadian organizations and experts decry Health Canada dismissal of the International Agency for Research on Cancer findings that glyphosate probably causes human cancers. Canadian peer-reviewed research was key in this classification.
Glyphosate Objectors’ Concerns Are Heightened as Health Canada Response Dismisses Key Science and Lacks Transparency
Canadians At Risk, With No Independent Review of Roundup Herbicide Health Canada released responses to eight objections to re-registration of glyphosate (the active ingredient in Roundup herbicide). Government responses leave…
Sharpened Cell Phone Science is a Wake-up Call
The science linking radiation from wireless devices to cancer is now sharper, with a comprehensive review published September 6th, 2018 in Environmental Research. Lead author Canadian epidemiologist Dr. Anthony Miller…