Vancouver’s 150,000-circulation daily 24 Hours featured LEAS’ work and the CancerSmart Consumer Guide as part of a week-long series on toxins in the community, called Toxic Time Bomb.
The series opened Sept. 5 with a snapshot of local business owner and NDP MLA Gregor Robertson and his family, whose blood had been tested and revealed numerous toxins, including carcinogens, reproductive toxins and endocrine-disrupting chemicals. Over the course of the week, 24 Hours reporter Robyn Stubbs reported on the campaign to ban toxic PBDEs and efforts to curb sewage pollution, as well as the need for initiatives that promote environmental and occupational cancer prevention, and steps that people can take to reduce exposure to toxins. She featured interviews with LEAS executive director Mae Burrows and research coordinator Sean Griffin, MP Peter Julian and Environmental Defence executive director Rick Smith among others.
The series wound up Sept. 8 with a full-page feature on the “detoxification challenge," which provided advice on reducing exposure to toxins, much of it from the CancerSmart Consumer Guide. Stubbs told readers in the concluding piece: “A complete CancerSmart Consumer Guide is available from LEAS for $10 plus GST and postage, a small price to pay for improving your health and helping the environment.”
The 24 Hours series (PDF format)