ÿþ<img src='smalllogo.gif' alt='Logo' /><br/><h1>Canadian health   environment group supports Community Right to Know Act</h1><p lang="en-US" style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in"><font face="Courier New, monospace"><font size="2">&nbsp;

<p lang="en-US" style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in"><font face="Courier New, monospace"><font size="2">November 23, 2006</font></font></p>

<p lang="en-US" style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in">&ldquo;<font face="Courier New, monospace"><font size="2">Legislation to require labelling of carcinogens in household products should be the first step governments take to protect people from exposure to toxic chemicals,&rdquo; says Mae Burrows, executive director of the Labour Environmental Alliance Society (LEAS). &ldquo;Its difficult to prevent cancer when you don&rsquo;t know what you&rsquo;re being exposed to - Canadians need the right to know what is in the products they use.&rdquo;</font></font></p>

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<p lang="en-US" style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in"><font face="Courier New, monospace"><font size="2">LEAS has conducted product inventories/substitution projects in several Canadian school districts, finding hormone and endocrine disrupting chemicals in cleaning products used in schools, as well as known human carcinogens. &ldquo;We are extremely concerned that Canadian children are accidentally being exposed to these toxins,&rdquo; says LEAS research director Sean Griffin. &ldquo;Ingredient and hazard labelling for consumer products, along with an expedited review of potentially toxic chemicals under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, would help protect our children.&rdquo;</font></font></p>

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<p lang="en-US" style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in"><font face="Courier New, monospace"><font size="2">LEAS is currently working on a larger audit of all toxic chemicals in schools such as: lead in water pipes, asbestos, mercury, formaldehyde, pesticides, solvents and other products in science, tech ed and art rooms, among other chemicals. The non-profit society examines the material safety data sheets for various products and has identified toxins such as: phthalates, NTA, formaldehyde, 2-butoxyethanol, ethoxylated nonyl phenol, PBDEs and silicia in everyday household products used in Canadian homes.</font></font></p>

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<p lang="en-US" style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in"><font face="Courier New, monospace"><font size="2">LEAS has distributed more than 20,000 copies of its popular CancerSmart Guide, which promotes safer alternatives to toxic cleaning and household products and garden pesticides.</font></font></p>

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<p lang="en-US" style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in"><font face="Courier New, monospace"><font size="2">For more information visit our website at <font color="#0000ff"><u><a href="http://www.leas.ca/">www.leas.ca</a></u></font></font></font></p>

<p lang="en-US" style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in"><font face="Courier New, monospace"><font size="2">Or contact:</font></font></p>

<p lang="en-US" style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in"><font face="Courier New, monospace"><font size="2">Mae Burrows, LEAS executive director at 604-526-1956</font></font></p>

<p lang="en-US" style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in"><font face="Courier New, monospace"><font size="2">Sean Griffin, LEAS research director at 604-254-9412 </font></font></p>

</font></font></p><br/><br/><small>http://leas.ca/Canadian-health---environment-group-supports-Community-Right-to-Know-Act.htm <br/>Updated: November 24, 2006</small>