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About The Report: Canada’s boreal forest stores twice as much carbon as the world’s oil reserves. Despite this climate value, more than 400,000 hectares of the forest is logged every…
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About The Guide: Canadians are exposed to harmful chemicals everyday through commonly used products in their homes. Luckily, there are safe alternatives to many toxic products. Download and read through the toxic-free home checklist to find out how you can reduce your household’s exposure to harmful chemicals. Download the report (English) (Adobe Reader is required...
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About The Guide: This five page guide looks at common artists’ materials, explains the hazards of their use, and discusses safe alternatives. Download the report (English) (Adobe Reader is required to read this pdf report. Please ensure you have the latest version.)
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About The Guide: Spring has sprung, and the time has come to pop the windows open and clean away winter’s dust and grime. Before you reach into the cabinet under your sink, consider the ingredients in your cleaning products, and make sur e you’re not replacing that dust and grime with chemical pollutants Download the...
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About The Report: The groundbreaking report, Toxic Nation: A Report on Pollution in Canadians , reveals that toxic chemicals, such as DDT, PCBs, stain repellants, flame retardants, mercury and lead, are contaminating Canadians. Many of the chemicals discovered in the bodies of Canadians are associated with cancer, hormone disruption, reproductive disorders, respiratory illnesses and harming...
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About The Report: Polluted Children, Toxic Nation is the first Canadian study to test for harmful chemicals in children’s bodies, and the results show that Canadians young and old are polluted regardless of where they live, work, play or go to school. For the study, Environmental Defence tested children and parents from five Canadian families...
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