Canada's at the top of its class

Jul
07
2011
Your kids aren’t the only ones getting a report card this season; the feds are too. It’s been five years since the installation of Canada’s Chemicals Management Plan (CMP), which was designed specifically to examine toxic ...
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Your kids aren’t the only ones getting a report card this season; the feds are too. It’s been five years since the installation of Canada’s Chemicals Management Plan (CMP), which was designed specifically to examine toxic chemicals in consumer items and industry practices. And though the news on toxins isn’t always the sunniest, on chemicals management, Canada’s at the top of its class.

Back in December of 2006, facing increasing public scrutiny about the health impacts from toxic chemicals and consumer product safety, and in light of horrifying results published from our Toxic Nation testing campaign, the Government of Canada embarked on a plan to protect Canadians and our environment from harmful toxic chemicals in industrial and consumer products.

Canada has since become the first country in the world to take a look at existing substances for categorization on the Domestic Substances List, and also the first in the world to ban BPA in baby bottles. In fact, the CMP is responsible for Canada’s world-leading progress on BPA and other dangerous chemicals.

Today we can proudly say that the program is achieving what it set out to do. And we’ve got a glowing report card to prove it. We look forward to working closely with the government on the next phase of this program when hundreds more potentially harmful substances are considered for regulatory action.

Rick Smith
Executive Director

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Jul
07
2011

What about formaldehyde?


A Bod says:

Glad to hear we are making progress. The U.S. recently introduced new measures to limit Americans' exposure to formaldehyde. Apparently, these measures are supposed to be equal to California's state laws, the toughest in the country. Where is Canada on this particular VOC?

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Jul
07
2011

Canada's Chemicals Management Plan


Ralph Pentland says:

Totally disagree. In Canada and the U.S. chemicals are innocent until proven guilty. Since introduction of Europe's chemicals management plan (REACH) in 2007, chemicals are guilty until proven innocent. Even before introduction of REACH, the Europeans were well ahead of North Anericans. For example, unlike Canada and the U.S., Europe prohibits the use of arsenic, antibiotics and hormones in livestock to foster accelerated growth, and has much stronger standards governing asbestos, fire retardants, pesticides, cosmetics and personal care products.

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