Blog post by Dominic Ali, CELA Communications Coordinator on October 10, 2017 A recent U.S. study found that fish in the Great Lakes are on drugs. It turns out that human antidepressants are building up in the brains of 10 fish species in the…
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Media Release A Threat to the Waters of the Great Lakes Over two dozen non-governmental organizations from Canada and the United States are asking Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and President Barack Obama to postpone or cancel an unprecedented series of…
Title: The International Joint Commission Water Quality Board Report on Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDEs) in the Great Lakes Resource Type: Letter, Response to Consultation Content: L-CELA-resp-IJC-WQB # of Pages: 3 Date authored: August 5, 2016 Author/s: Fe de Leon Author…
Media Release Toronto, ON – The Canadian Environmental Law Association (CELA) applauds action taken by the US and Canadian governments yesterday in designating 8 toxic chemicals of mutual concern in the Great Lakes (see https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/canada-and-united-states-target-reductions-chemicals-new-binational-list-reduce-public). The designation follows 3 years of…
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Posted by Ziggy Kleinau, Cofounder and Acting Outreach Director of Bruce Peninsula Environment Group on May 16, 2016 Guest Blog (originally published as a letter to the editor in Bruce Peninsula Press (Issue #5, 2016, May 3-17, 2016) Water is the elixir of life. Water…
Read More Blog: Radionuclides are Turning Our Lakes Into Radioactive Toxic Sewers
Title: Letter Re: Nomination of Radionuclides as a Chemical of Mutual Concern under the GLWQA Letter from 110 environmental, health and other advocacy groups to Environment and Climate Change Canada and the US Environmental Protection Agency Resource Type: Letter Content:…
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