Ms. Christine Norman (Director, Healthy Environments and Consumer Safety Branch, Department of Health) at the Environment and Sustainable Development Committee

Thank you, Hilary.

Under the chemicals management plan, 1,4–dioxane is a substance we assessed between 2011 and 2016. It is an example of a substance that is high hazard, but the exposure to Canadians is extremely low. So from a risk-based approach, there is not a concern there for Canadians from a health perspective.