CELA has raised concerns about proposals that could undermine both Ontario's ban on the cosmetic use of pesticides and the limits on use of neonicotinoid-treated corn and soybean seeds.
Tag: child health
CPCHE Position Statement on Climate Change
The Canadian Partnership for Children's Health and Environment (CPCHE) Position Statement on Climate Change.
Call to Action on Climate Change and Health
Call to Action on Climate Change and Health Statement from 22 Canadian Health Organizations representing over 300,000 health professionals Call-to-Action-ENGLISH-Dec-2019 (CELA is a signatory to this document as a member of the Canadian Partnership for Children's Health and Environment)
Reflecting on the connection between law reform and litigation
Posted by Jacqueline Wilson, CELA Counsel on May 24, 2019 In anticipation of CELA’s upcoming 50th anniversary, I have been reflecting on the relationship between CELA’s law reform and litigation work. The best analogy that comes to mind is the relationship between public health…
Withdrawing the Stockholm Convention recycling exemptions for TetraBDE, PentaBDE, HexaBDE and HeptaBDE
Title: Withdrawing the Stockholm Convention recycling exemptions for TetraBDE, PentaBDE, HexaBDE and HeptaBDE Resource Type: Letter Content: 1260-CanadaPBDEToxicRecyling # of Pages: 4 Date authored: April 16, 2019 Publication number: 1260 Author/s: Olga Speranskaya & Fe de Leon Author Organization: Health…
Healthy Schools Day proposes ‘do-able’ actions to reduce children’s exposure to diesel emissions from school buses
Lung cancer, aggravated asthma, heart and respiratory problems among health effects of exposure; children can be more vulnerable to harm Apr 02 2019 April 2, 2019, Ottawa – Thousands of Canadian school children are exposed to cancer-causing emissions from diesel school…