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Some articles are also made available as pdf files for printing.</p> <div style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 20px; BORDER-TOP: black 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 20px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 20px; MARGIN: 50px 20px 40px; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; WIDTH: 640px; COLOR: black; PADDING-TOP: 20px; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid; FONT-FAMILY: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; POSITION: relative" align="left"> <div style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 18px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 10px; COLOR: black; TEXT-ALIGN: left">Europe takes lead in banning PBDEs </div> <div style="PADDING-LEFT: 100px; FONT-SIZE: 14px; WIDTH: 500px; COLOR: black; TEXT-INDENT: 30px; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">Already ahead in product ingredient labelling and precautionary evaluation of new chemicals, the European Union has taken the lead in dealing with the newest persistent organic pollutant &mdash; polybrominated diphenyl ethers, or PBDEs</div> <div style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12px; LEFT: 340px; POSITION: relative"><a style="TEXT-ALIGN: right" href="/PBDE.htm">Read the full story</a></div> </div> <div style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 20px; BORDER-TOP: black 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 20px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 20px; MARGIN: 50px 20px 40px; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; WIDTH: 640px; COLOR: black; PADDING-TOP: 20px; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid; FONT-FAMILY: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; POSITION: relative" align="left"> <div style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 18px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 10px; COLOR: black; TEXT-ALIGN: left">Don&rsquo;t accept the pesticide brush-off </div> <div style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; WIDTH: 300px; COLOR: black; TEXT-INDENT: 30px; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">There is good reason to be concerned about the toxic ingredients in household pesticides and the recent study by the Ontario College of Family Physicians demonstrates that, writes LEAS researcher Sean Griffin. And don't accept the pesticide brush-off, he says. </div> <div style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12px; LEFT: 360px; WIDTH: 300px; COLOR: black; POSITION: absolute; TOP: 55px"><a href="/Do-not-accept-the-pesticide-brush-off.htm">Full Story</a><br/> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<sub>by Sean Griffin</sub> <br/> <br/> <a href="/Pesticide-Research.htm">Press Release</a><br/> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<sub>Ontario&nbsp;College of&nbsp;Family&nbsp;Physicians</sub> <br/> <br/> <a href="http://www.ocfp.on.ca/English/OCFP/Communications/CurrentIssues/Pesticides/default.asp?s=1" target="_blank">Complete Review</a><br/> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<sub>Ontario&nbsp;College of&nbsp;Family&nbsp;Physicians</sub> </div> </div> <table width="75%" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td height="66"> <div align="right"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b><a href="LEAS-Annual-Reports.htm">Annual Reports</a></b></span></div> </td> <td height="66"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><a href="LEAS-Annual-Reports.htm"><img height="111" src="/Images/AnnualReportCover_2007sm.jpg" width="90" alt=""/><br/> </a></span></td> <td height="66"> <div align="right"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b><a href="http://www.ubcpress.ca/search/title_book.asp?BookID=1851">Sustaining the Forests of the Pacific Coast </a><br/> <br/> <a href="/UserFiles/File/pdf/sustainingForestschap1.pdf" target="_blank">view/download Chapter1 in pdf</a><br/> <a href="/UserFiles/File/pdf/sustainingForestschap9.pdf">Chapter9 in pdf</a></b></span></div> </td> <td height="66"> <div align="left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b><a href="http://www.ubcpress.ca/search/title_book.asp?BookID=1851"><img height="180" alt="" src="../images/sustainingForest.jpg" width="120" align="middle"/></a></b></span></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div align="right"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><a href="http://www.ourtimes.ca/features/98green.html" target="_blank"><b>&quot;Blue &amp; Green Together&quot;,<i>Our Times Sep98 </i></b></a></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif"></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif"></span></div> </td> <td><span style="FONT-FAMILY: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><a href="http://www.ourtimes.ca/features/98green.html" target="_blank"><img height="183" alt="" src="../images/sep98sm.gif" width="141" align="middle" border="0"/></a></span></td> <td> <div align="right"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><a href="http://www.fes.uwaterloo.ca/alternatives/244/absburro.htm" target="_blank"><b>&quot;Allied Forces&quot;, <i>Alternatives Fall 98 </i></b><br/> </a><br/> <b><a href="/UserFiles/File/pdf/Burrows24[1].4.design.pdf" target="_blank">view/download full printable pdf</a></b></span></div> </td> <td> <div align="left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><a href="http://www.fes.uwaterloo.ca/alternatives/244/absburro.htm" target="_blank"><img height="183" alt="" src="../images/cover244.gif" width="143" align="middle" border="0"/></a><b></b></span></div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p align="right">&nbsp;</p> <ul> <li> <div style="MARGIN-TOP: 30px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> <div style="PADDING-RIGHT: 15px; PADDING-LEFT: 15px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 24px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 5px; WIDTH: auto; COLOR: black; PADDING-TOP: 5px; LETTER-SPACING: 2px">CancerSmart&nbsp;&nbsp;Brochures</div> <div style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px"><a href="/UserFiles/File/pdf/CancerSmart/BrochurePreventionEnvironment.pdf" target="_blank">Prevention and the Environment</a></div> <div style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px"><a href="/UserFiles/File/pdf/CancerSmart/BrochureHouseholdProducts.pdf" target="_blank">Household Products From The Inside</a></div> <div style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px"><a href="/UserFiles/File/pdf/CancerSmart/BrochureInformedChoices.pdf" target="_blank">Making Informed Product Choices</a></div> </div> </li> </ul> <blockquote> <p align="left">&nbsp;</p> <p style="FONT-FAMILY: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" align="left"><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b><span style="COLOR: rgb(48,48,96)">PowerPoint Presentations</span></b></span></b></p> </blockquote> <ul> <li><span style="COLOR: rgb(48,52,104); FONT-FAMILY: arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Cleaners and Toxins</span> </b></span> <ul> <li><span style="FONT-FAMILY: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b><a href="/UserFiles/File/PowerPoints/cleanersTox/cleanersTox.htm" target="_blank">web version</a></b></span> </li> <li><span style="FONT-FAMILY: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b><a href="/UserFiles/File/PowerPoints/CleanersToxins.ppt" target="_blank">download the powerpoint version</a><br/> </b></span></li> </ul> </li> <li><span style="COLOR: rgb(48,52,104); FONT-FAMILY: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b>Carcinogens </b></span> <ul> <li><span style="FONT-FAMILY: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b><a href="/UserFiles/File/PowerPoints/carcinogens/carcinogens.htm" target="_blank">web version</a></b></span> </li> <li><span style="FONT-FAMILY: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b><a href="/UserFiles/File/PowerPoints/Carcinogens.ppt" target="_blank">download the powerpoint version</a></b></span> </li> </ul> </li> <li><span style="FONT-FAMILY: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b><span style="COLOR: rgb(48,52,104)">Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals</span> </b></span> <ul> <li><span style="FONT-FAMILY: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b><a href="/UserFiles/File/PowerPoints/hormones/hormoneDisruption.htm">web version</a></b></span> </li> <li><a href="/UserFiles/File/PowerPoints/HormoneDisruption.ppt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b>download the powerpoint version</b></span></a> </li> </ul> </li> <li><span style="FONT-FAMILY: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b><span style="COLOR: rgb(48,48,96)">HEALTH AND SAFETY IMPLICATIONS OF MOULD CONTAMINATION IN BUILDINGS</span> </b></span> <ul> <li><span style="FONT-FAMILY: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b><a href="/UserFiles/File/PowerPoints/carpenterfix/carpenterfix.htm" target="_blank">web version</a></b></span> </li> <li><span style="FONT-FAMILY: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b><a href="/UserFiles/File/PowerPoints/carpenterfix.ppt" target="_blank">download the powerpoint version</a></b></span> </li> </ul> </li> <li><span style="FONT-FAMILY: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b><span style="COLOR: rgb(56,52,104)">Environmental Management at BC Buildings Corporation (BCBC)</span> </b></span> <ul> <li><span style="FONT-FAMILY: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b><a href="/UserFiles/File/PowerPoints/bcbc/bcbc.htm" target="_blank">web version</a></b></span> </li> <li><span style="FONT-FAMILY: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b><a href="/UserFiles/File/PowerPoints/BCBC_EMS_Cleaning_Jan_25_02_forum BWv21.ppt" target="_blank">download the powerpoint version</a></b></span><br/> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> <blockquote> <p style="FONT-FAMILY: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" align="center"><a href="http://www.alternativesjournal.ca" target="_blank"><img height="75" alt="" src="../images/we_read_alts.gif" width="190" border="0"/></a></p> </blockquote><!-- #endeditable --><br/><br/><small>http://leas.ca/Publications.htm <br/>Updated: January 16, 2008</small>