Your Voice, The Power to Change
On September 23rd 2009 at the Oshawa Holiday Inn at 10:00 AM, my family will be announcing at the public news conference the list of chemicals that the public was exposed to for 4 years as the Government has yet failed to provide proof that there is adequate “ventilation” at the former Whitby Lasco Steel [...]
Prevent Cancer Now wants you to know about this excellent fellowship opportunity offered by the National Network on Environments and Women’s Health:
Graduate Fellowship in Women’s Health and the Environment
Award Value: $20,000
Deadline: May 22, 2009
Funding period: September 9, 2009 to March 31, 2010
The National Network on Environments and Women’s Health (NNEWH) Graduate Fellowship in Women’s Health [...]
Attached is a notice from the Union representing the Utility Workers regarding the preferred vendor for the proposed the Durham/York incinerator, Covanta Energy. T
Besides health concerns the financial implications of this project are frightening to many Durham residents. Property Tax hikes are likely, few jobs are prosposed
Please circulate this email and spread the word.
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More than ever, the public knows that environmental issues - read more
The CAW Health, Safety & Environment department fights for better laws and information on substances found in the workplace.
This office also helps local unions set up programs to eliminate hazardous conditions in the workplace and assists local union discussion leaders and national representatives to conduct health and safety training programs.
The department publishes a CAW Health and Safety & Environment Newsletter, [...]
For two years a coalition of Toxic Free Canada, the Canadian Cancer Society and the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment have been working for province-wide restrictions on the use of toxic pesticides — and now delegates to the Union of B.C. Municipalities have listened.
Toxic Substances bill would protect consumers
March 12, 2009
OTTAWA March 11 [...]
Durham Environment Watch
Opinion Piece
Pollution
Facts and Issues
Energy
Lethal Consequences
Costs
Climate Change
Dioxins
http://www.durhamenvironmentwatch.org/
Open letter to the Citizens of Durham Region
The recently released “Consultant Report” has not considered alternatives other than incineration; in addition, it has identified Courtice as the preferred location to build an incinerator.
Wherever it may be located, incineration is bad and its consequences are well [...]
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