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Alliance building wins change on pesticides 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.read more... Right to Know Labelling Campaign
From plastic bottles to pesticides, Toxic Free Canada believes you have a right to know what harmful chemicals are in the products you and your family might be using every day. We give you the facts and practical solutions to stop your exposure to toxins at work, school and in the home. read more... Toxic Free Aboriginal Communities
read more... Canada falls short on PBDE regulation The federal government has exempted the deca form of PBDEs from its new regulatory ban, making Canada's regulations inferior to those in Europe and leaving Canadians vulnerable to the effects of this toxic chemical.read more... Bisphenol A and right to knowOn April 18, Health and Environment Canada released their long-awaited screening asessment of bisphenol-A, declaring the toxic chemical a dangerous substance under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act. Health Canada has proposed to ban polycarbonate baby bottles but no action has been proposed for many other products that contain BPA. How will consumers — especially pregnant woman wanting to avoid exposure — know what those products are? The issue has underlined the need for right to know hazard labelling that will identify products containing the toxic chemical.Read the full story read more... Industry sidesteps right to know Public demand for right to know labelling has prompted the industry lobby group to propose listing ingredients by 2010. But the proposal would leave consumers without right-to-know hazard labelling.read more... LEAS project spurs green cleaningStudents and staff in two major Lower Mainland school districts will see their schools cleaned using non-toxic, environmentally-certified cleaning products, thanks to an innovative project initiated by the Labour Environmental Alliance Society and some green thinking by custodians and management in the Burnaby and New Westminster School Districts. read more... Burnaby seeks action on pesticides
read more... Breast Cancer AwarenessAlmost every month, there is new evidence confirming the connection between exposure to toxins in the environment and breast cancer. And even more striking, much of that new evidence is showing that it is not only toxic exposures, but the timing of those exposures that may be a critical factor in the later development of breast cancer. Our latest newsletter, produced for Breast Cancer Awareness Month, helps you and your family take steps to reduce your exposure to toxic chemicals that may promote breast cancer.Breast Cancer Awareness PDF read more... LEAS on CBC NewsCancerSmart author Sean Griffin explains that right-to-know labelling of consumer products would help to ensure that manufacturers would remove hazardous chemicals from their products. LEAS Executive Director Mae Burrows says we need provincial and federal legislation to protect the public from unknowingly being exposed to toxins in common household products. read more... Right to know labelling
read more... New and UpdatedCancerSmart 3.0July 30, 2010 Cleaners and Toxins January 28, 2010 FAQs June 5, 2009 Alliance building wins change on pesticides April 2, 2009 Bisphenol A and right to know November 25, 2008 Support LEASMake a donation |
  A new, expanded and updated edition of the Cleaners and Toxins Guide is now available as LEAS continues its work with occupational health and safety committees to eliminate toxic cleaning products. FAQs  Some of the ingredient in household cleaning products can be surprisingly toxic, and may include carcinogens and reproductive toxins. Burrows honoured by Cancer Society CancerSmart en francais
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The community of Seton Lake has erected a pink cross to commemorate those lost to cancer, or suffering from it. We are working with community members and the band's environmental committee to study what toxins they are being exposed to.
The Labour Environmental Alliance Society (LEAS) today applauded the action of Burnaby City Council in taking “an historic step to protect public health and the environment.” The council voted unanimously February 18 to frame a leading-edge bylaw controlling the use of cosmetic 
Groups across the country have issued a joint position paper calling for new hazard labelling regulations that will give Canadians the right to know what toxic ingredients may be in the household and personal care products they use. But the chemical industry is opposing hazard labelling, claiming it will create trade irritants.
LEAS executive director Mae Burrows was honoured with a Partnership award from the Canadian Cancer Society. 
LEAS has partnered with Option Consommateurs in Quebec to bring you the CancerSmart Guide in French, Diminuez les risques de cancer : Guide du consommateur averti. 
