Translation of "Toxic Contaminants Program " (English → French) :

Toxic Contaminants Program (Green Plan)

Toxic contaminants in the environment: persistent organochlorines [ Toxic contaminants in the environment ]

trace toxic contaminant [ trace toxic pollutant ]

Toxic effect of aflatoxin and other mycotoxin food contaminants

In my view — and it is hard to dispute — this program is the most accomplished pollution prevention program, to the tune of eliminating or reducing 430,000 tonnes of toxics and other environmental contaminants from our assembly plants since 1992.

(Return tabled) Question No. 845 Ms. Kirsty Duncan: With regard to children’s health and the environment: (a) what action has the government undertaken to integrate children’s environmental health into existing public health programs; (b) what specific action is the government undertaking to advocate for the consideration and assessment of hazardous environmental influences on children’s health and development, (i) in Canada, (ii) internationally; (c) what specific action is the government undertaking to raise the political profile of children’s environmental health, (i) locally, (ii) regionally, (iii) nationally; (d) in relati ...[+++]on to its contaminated sites, (i) what specific action is the government undertaking to raise awareness about children’s environmental health, (ii) what are all contaminated sites where action has been taken to raise awareness, (iii) what was the risk; (iv) what was the action taken; (e) what are all government activities focused on children’s environmental health; (f) what are all existing government activities focused on prevention of environmental exposures aimed at protecting children's health; (g) what governmental action has been undertaken to prevent (i) pre-conception, prenatal, and childhood exposures, (ii) air, consumer products, food, soil/dust, water, and other physical environmental exposures, (iii) biological, chemical, and physical hazards; (h) how has the government taken children's vulnerabilities into account in developing environmental and health policies, regulations, and standards; (i) what targeted environmental and health policies, regulations, and standards have already been put in place to protect children's health, and what policies, regulations, and standards are currently under consideration; (j) what action is being undertaken by the government to measure the extent to which pregnant women and their babies are exposed to common environmental chemicals, and what health risks, if any, are associated with th ...

Will he commit today to an immediate and proper relocation program for the families affected by the toxic contamination of the Sydney tar ponds?

For example, we work with partners to set national standards for air and water quality, we assess and regulate toxic substances under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, and we work with Environment Canada, Indian and Northern Affairs, and others to help clean up the north under the northern contaminants program.