Access to affordable and safe housing is among the key challenges and social inequities revealed by the COVID pandemic. Calls for a just and green recovery need to include extending environmental protection to the indoor environment.
Tag: indoor environment
Pesticides Indoors – Differences in Risks, Regulation, and Necessary Precautions
All pesticide use carries risk but important differences exist in how pesticides behave indoors and in how they are regulated. Choices exist for lower risk alternatives alongside prevention.
Revising Canada’s chemicals legislation needs to promote safer substitutes for toxic chemicals in products
Bev Thorpe with Clean Production Action and CELA's Fe de Leon blog about the need for better chemical safety provisions in CEPA to prevent toxic exposures from consumer products.
Help from RentSafe for tenants dealing with mould
Posted by Kathleen Cooper , CELA Senior Researcher on June 20, 2019 New resources are available from the RentSafe team to help tenants and their doctors address mould problems in poorly maintained housing. Mould is among the top indoor environmental health concerns faced…
It is time to end toxic recycling: Canadian global position to abandon recycling exemption needed for a safe circular economy
Posted by Olga Speranskaya and Fe de Leon, Health and Environment Justice Support (HEJ Support) and Canadian Environmental Law Association on April 30, 2019 Health and Environment Justice Support (HEJSupport) and Canadian Environmental Law Association (CELA) have appealed to Environment and Climate Change…
Toxic Chemicals Found in Canadian Toys & Consumer Products Made of Recycled Plastics: Health and Environmental groups urge immediate action by Canada to withdraw recycling exemption for toxic flame retardants under the Stockholm Convention
Apr 16 2019 Ottawa, Canada - A recent analysis of consumer products sold in Canada made from recycled plastics has revealed toxic flame-retardant contamination in some hair accessories, children's toys, and other plastic products. Canada is one of the few countries…