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Policy Submission Topic Chemical Assessment
AllAccessibilityAgricultureCanadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA)Chemical AssessmentFoodForestryFragrancesHerbicidesInsecticidesIntegrated Pest ManagementNuclear WastePesticidesPetrochemicalsPlasticPolyaromatic HydrocarbonsRisk AssessmentTelecommunications & RadiationToxic MetalsTransparencyWaste
Amending the Canadian Environmental Protection Act for 2022 and Beyond
The Right to a Healthy Environment will only be realised if CEPA is amended to enable the best choices to be made regarding substances and technologies. Permitting everything that slips under a poorly assessed or enforced regulatory bar enables pollution and climate chaos.
Followup of Bill S-5 NGO testimony to ENVI
Protecting human and environmental health requires recognizing characteristics of hazardous chemicals and mechanisms of toxicity. The list prescribed in CEPA, is decades old. We discusses how increases in chronic diseases and cancers seen in Canadians match missing toxicity endpoints. CEPA’s definitions must reflect modern science.
Amending the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (Bill S-5) for 2022 and Beyond
Fragrances and Asthma: Input to Health Canada About Cosmetic Regulations
Bisphenol Substitutes Technical Consultation
PFAS (per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances) on food contact materials: consequences for compost and the food chain
Screening Assessment of Six Naphthalene Sulfonic Acids and Salts
Re: Chlorpyrifos updated environmental risk assessment (PRVD2019-05)
Chlorpyrifos is an insecticide that emerged from WW II nerve gas chemistry. It damages the nervous system - even young brains even before babies are born - and can cause cancer.
