Blog: Committee report recommends major reform of Parliament’s control of toxic substances

Blog post  by Joseph Castrilli and Fe de Leon on June 22, 2017 If the recommendations of a Parliamentary committee are adopted by the House of Commons, Canada will move closer to enshrining environmental rights, substituting safer alternatives, and strengthening protection of…

Proposed Cumulative Risk Assessment Framework

Title: Proposed Cumulative Risk Assessment Framework Re Consultation on PRO2017-01 Resource Type: Letter, Response to Consultation Content: Re-PMRA-Cumulative-Risk-Assessmt-Framework # of Pages: 7 Date authored: April 14, 2017 Author/s: Lisa Gue, Nadine Bachand, Kathleen Cooper, Elaine MacDonald, Muhannad Malas, Kim Perrotta,…

Blog: CELA Applauds Report by Ontario’s Auditor General On EA Reform

Blog post by Richard D. Lindgren, CELA Counsel on December 5, 2016 Ontario’s Auditor General has recently released her 2016 report, which deals with climate change, environmental approvals reform, and other key challenges facing the provincial government. Arguably, however, the most welcome component…

Media Release: 100+ groups call for designation of radionuclides as a Great Lakes “chemical of mutual concern”

Media Release Joint media release from CELA and Beyond Nuclear High concentration of nuclear facilities prompts call for action on radionuclides in Great Lakes Toronto - More than 100 organizations from around the Great Lakes are calling on the Canadian and American governments to…

Proposed Approach to Cumulative Risk Assessment (CRA) of Phthalates

Title: Proposed Approach to Cumulative Risk Assessment (CRA) of Phthalates Resource Type: Letter, Response to Consultation Content: L-phthalate-CRA # of Pages: 2 Date authored: October 30, 2015 Publication number: 1037 Author/s: Kathleen Cooper, Elaine MacDonald, Maggie MacDonald Author Organization: Canadian…

Blog: The Truth on Canada’s Cosmetic Regulations from a Young Consumer

Blog posted by Olivier Couttolenc, CELA Intern on September 16, 2015 As Canadian consumers we expect to be protected by the administrative powers of our Federal Government. This holds especially true for young consumers (adolescents and children) because of our physical and…