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Pollution is Colonialism
The Endocrine Disruptors Action Group (EDAction) and the Civic Laboratory for Environmental Action Research (CLEAR) present Pollution is Colonialism. Pollution…
EDAction Supports Recommendations to Improve the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA)
The Honourable Catherine McKenna, Minister of Environment and Climate Change 107 Catherine Street Ottawa, Ontario K2P 0P4 Dear Minister McKenna:…
Why Flame Retardants Don’t Stop Fires
Opposition to the use of flame retardants in upholstered furniture is based on scientific evidence indicating adverse health impacts –…
Take Action: Sign the Write2Know Letter on Flame Retardants
What can you do about harmful flame retardants? One action you can do is sign our Write2Know letter asking the…
What Labeling Can and Cannot Do
One response to Canada’s flawed approach to environmental regulation is to enact a labelling system for flame retardant chemicals in…
Environmental Justice and Flame Retardants
Exposures to toxic flame retardant are an environmental justice problem. Everyone in Canada is exposed to toxic flame retardants, however…
What Are Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals?
Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals (EDCs) are synthetic compounds that alter hormone systems and can cause adverse health effects. Learn more here.
Built-In Exposures
Built in Exposures Some toxic synthetic chemicals are purposefully built into the common products and materials of everyday life, thereby…
What is Canada doing about BPA?
What is the Canadian government doing to monitor endocrine disrupting chemicals, such as bisphenol A, in our bodies and the wider environment?…