The failure of Canadian toxics law in Canada means fewer cancerous substances in the air, but more on the ground

The Canadian Environmental Protection Act is being amended by Parliament for the first time in two decades and is long overdue for reform.

The legislative solution is to make pollution-prevention planning mandatory for all cancer-causing agents listed in CEPA, and forbid pollution abatement as a substitute, write Joseph F. Castrilli and Fe de Leon. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay

Opinion

BY JOSEPH F. CASTRILLI AND FE DE LEON

October 3, 2022

Whether used for industrial, commercial, or other purposes, cancer-causing heavy metals like arsenic, lead, and mercury compounds, or organic chemicals like benzene, are not substances to which humans should be exposed. Nationally, on-site air emissions of these and other cancer-causing agents decr...

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