Environment committee  Yes, but that's not the focus of the work, my own work. You will definitely know more than I do in terms of what needs to be done to reduce poverty across the board, particularly as it affects children. The reason it is included is that I work for a legal aid clinic. It is a majo

Environment committee  The decision to remove thimerosal specifically from childhood vaccines was a precautionary decision to remove the mercury exposure even without full evidence of harm, just as a way preventing additional mercury exposure. I would point to that as a benefit. I'm out of my league h

Environment committee  Dr. Spady, you may want to chime in, as well. I believe that one of the most contentious issues you're raising is the issue of thimerosal or mercury-based preservatives in vaccines, which was phased out for childhood vaccines several years ago. It's still in the flu vaccine, wh

Environment committee  I would like to relate what you've just said back to what we were talking about earlier. You said we can't deal with these things in isolation, nor should we continue to deal with only one chemical at a time in isolation from the real world exposure to the experience. One of th

Environment committee  Yes, there is, but it's for more than just having it in the preamble.

Environment committee  You suggest a really good example of where we need to insist on safer alternatives to the kinds of chemicals that you mention. In fact, there are safer alternatives to accomplish the same objectives, maybe not quite so creased but maybe we could live with that, and at the same ti

Environment committee  Yes. When I mentioned the areas where we thought exposure was of the greatest concern and I said “air”, I meant indoor air equally to outdoor air. Regulating indoor air is very challenging. However, what you can do with CEPA is get a grip on regulating consumer products, which ar

Environment committee  If you look at the rates for cancer in children in Canada over time, you do not see an upward increase. However, if you look at much larger populations in the European Union and the United States, there is a 30-year upward trend in cancer in children. There are the same kinds of

Environment committee  Absolutely. There are multiple determinants of health. One thing you can do about increasing children's activity is curbing urban sprawl and increasing opportunities for public transportation--additional environmental policies that can be beneficial to the population as a whole.

Environment committee  The role that I play as researcher in my organization is to review the secondary literature. I don't have the resources to do that kind of original research myself, but I'm told I'm very good at knowledge translation. That's why I have put together the primer and the summary mate

Environment committee  And I'm keeping a close on eye it. I would point out that the last four of the recommendations, not only the final one, have to do specifically with amendments to CEPA and its implementation. I had to be really brief and provide a lot of points in a short number of words. In

Environment committee  Good afternoon. My name is Kathleen Cooper and I'm senior researcher with the Canadian Environmental Law Association. I'm also chair of the coordinating committee and the policy committee of the Canadian Partnership for Children's Health and Environment, which is a partnership of