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PCN Policy Submissions

Implementation Framework for the Right to a Healthy Environment under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999

Government of Canada
April 22, 2024
Bill S-5 amended CEPA to include the "RIght to a Healthy Environment." This consultation addressed implementation of this new "right."
Biodiversity, Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA), Chemical Assessment, Endocrine Disruptors, Exposure Assessment, Hazard Assessment, Petrochemicals, Plastic, Radiofrequency Radiation, Risk Assessment, Telecommunications & Radiation

Amending the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (Bill S-5) for 2022 and Beyond

Standing Senate Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources
April 29, 2022
Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA), Chemical Assessment, Endocrine Disruptors, Exposure Assessment, Hazard Assessment, Plastic, Radiofrequency Radiation, Risk Assessment, Telecommunications & Radiation

Fragrances and Health: Input to Health Canada About Cosmetic Regulations

Health Canada
August 15, 2021
Fragrances are mixtures of thousands of possible chemicals. These chemicals may interfere with hormone actions, cause allergies and chemical sensitivities, affect the nervous system and contribute to cancers. Fragrances have...
Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA), Chemical Assessment, Endocrine Disruptors, Transparency

Bisphenol Substitutes Technical Consultation

Environment and Climate Change Canada
February 17, 2021
Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA), Chemical Assessment, Endocrine Disruptors

PFAS (per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances) on food contact materials: consequences for compost and the food chain

Environment and Climate Change Canada
December 8, 2020
Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA), Endocrine Disruptors, Food, Plastic, Waste

Screening Assessment of Six Naphthalene Sulfonic Acids and Salts

Environment and Climate Change Canada
September 2, 2020
Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA), Chemical Assessment, Endocrine Disruptors, Polyaromatic Hydrocarbons

Re: Chlorpyrifos updated environmental risk assessment (PRVD2019-05)

Pest Management Regulatory Agency, Health Canada
August 29, 2019
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...
Chlorpyrifos, Endocrine Disruptors, Hazard Assessment, Insecticides, Risk Assessment

Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals: A Roadmap for Action

The Hon. Jane Philpott, Minister of Health, The Hon. Catherine McKenna, Minister of the Environment, and Deborah Schulte (Parliamentary Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development)
April 7, 2017
Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA), Chemical Assessment, Endocrine Disruptors