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:…
Flame Retardants
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 –…
What are PBDEs?
PBDEs is the shorthand for a class of chemicals called polybrominated diphenyl ethers. PBDEs are one of the most common…
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…
New Flame Retardants Regulation Fails to Protect
On December 23, 2016, and January 1, 2017, new Candian regulations about flame retardant chemicals – decaPBDEs and HBCDs –will come into effect….
Reproductive Justice and Flame Retardants
Flame Retardants are a Reproductive Justice Issue All Canadians are exposed to flame retardant chemicals in their homes, through products…
Toxic by Design: Eliminating harmful flame retardant chemicals from our bodies, homes, & communities
Released October 25, 2016 EDAction’s research report, Toxic By Design, details the failure of Canadian regulations to keep harmful flame retardant…
Endocrine Disruptors Action Group 