Blog post by Kathleen Cooper, Senior Researcher and Paralegal on November 2, 2017 RentSafe outreach resources and baseline research reports in production For people of comfortable means, home typically means well-being and security. Statistics confirm that wealthier people are healthier with lower…
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Blog: CAREX Canada’s e-RISK tool for policymakers, cancer researchers, and NGOs
Blog post by Kathleen Cooper, Senior Researcher on June 7, 2017 CELA has a longstanding and valuable relationship with CAREX Canada, the Vancouver-based national surveillance project engaged in estimating occupational and environmental exposure to carcinogens. Among the on-line tools on the CAREX website…
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Blog: Responding to high radon levels in schools – the need for good communication
Blog post by Kathleen Cooper, Senior Researcher on May 26, 2017 This week a school in Kanata, Ontario, near Ottawa, was the site of an unfortunate demonstration in how not to respond to a high radon level. Radon is known to be the leading…
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Blog: Encouraging radon policy advocacy in the child care sector
Blog post by Kathleen Cooper, Senior Researcher on April 20, 2017 As you might expect, child care professionals have busy schedules and a lot of important safety rules to follow. Not included in this work is radon safety but it can and should…
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Radon – what you can do Fact sheet for child care professionals
Title: Radon - what you can do Fact sheet for child care professionals Resource Type: Fact Sheet Content: Radon for Child Care Professionals # of Pages: 2 Date authored: March 2017 Author Organization: Canadian Partnership for Children's Health and Environment…
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Regulation of Lead and Cadmium in Selected Consumer Products
Title: Regulation of Lead and Cadmium in Selected Consumer Products Response to proposed amendments to the Children’s Jewellery Regulationsand to the proposed Consumer Products Containing Lead Regulationspublished in Canada Gazette, Part 1, on December 3, 2016. Resource Type: Letter, Response to Consultation Content:…
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