Petition: How protective and how transparent is the Canadian government response to the Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Class of ‘Forever Chemicals’ in water, products, and waste?

August 10, 2021
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Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA), carcinogens, chemicals management, consumer products, contaminated sites, drinking water, ecosystem health, endocrine disruption, environmental health, environmental law, freedom of information, great lakes, hazardous waste, incineration, industrial emissions, joint statement, landfill, monitoring, persistent organic pollutants (POPs), PFAS/PFOA/PFOS, pollution, public participation, reproductive and developmental toxicants, right-to-know, toxic substances, transportation, vulnerable communities, waste

Petition submitted to the Office of the Auditor General of Canada from multiple NGOs.

Authors:
Brennain Lloyd, Northwatch
Fe de Leon, Canadian Environmental Law Association
Beverley Thorpe, Clean Production Action
Olga Speranskaya, Health and Environment Justice Support
John Jackson, Toxics-Free Great Lakes Binational Network

Download petition here: NGO-PFAS-petition-to-OAG

Submitted: August 10, 2021 and accepted by OAG: August 19, 2021

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Petition: How protective and how transparent is the Canadian government response to the Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Class of ‘Forever Chemicals’ in water, products, and waste?

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