Research Catalog

Title

Managing potentially toxic substances in Canada : a state of the debate report from the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy.

Publication

Ottawa : The Round Table, c2001.

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Holdings

Details

Additional Authors

National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy (Canada)

Description

vii, 86 p.; 28 cm.

Summary

Presents 11 recommendations aimed at improving the decision making that protects Canadians from dangerous chemicals in air, water, soil and food. -- Foreword

Alternative Title

State of the debate

Subject

• Chemicals > Certification > Canada
• Chemicals > Health aspects > Canada
• Pollution > Canada
• Hazardous substances > Risk assessment > Canada
• Health risk communication > Canada
• Health risk assessment > Canada
• Hazardous substances > Risk assessment > Canada > Case studies
• Health risk assessment > Canada > Case studies
• Environmental Pollution
• Hazardous Substances
• Public Policy
• Risk Assessment
• Canada

Genre/Form

Case studies

Note

• Issued also in French under title: La gestion des substances potentiellement toxiques au Canada.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction (How the work was carried out ; Commissioner documents reduced resources ; Four real-life case studies ; How the current regulatory system works ; Stakeholders express clear concerns ; Integrating health and environmental issues ; Need for greater capacity to create a manage scientific information ; Transparency in decision making ; In conclusion) -- Final Recommendations -- Appendix I (Lindane case study ; Reducing Sulphur in gasoline and diesel fuel case study ; Methylcyclopentadienyl Manganese Tricarbonyl (MMT) case study ; Revalor-H case study) -- Appendix 2 (NTREE's health, environment and the economy workshop ; Participant's list)

ISBN

1894737008

OCLC

• 45629916
• SCSB-12085361

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library