Nova Scotia to ban some pesticides (website)

St. John’s council to discourage pesticide use (website)

Pesticide Management in NB (website)

P.E.I. pesticide ban to differ from Nova Scotia’s (website)

Pick plastics carefully
Advice from the Environmental Working Group.

Beauty and the Beast
Are your cosmetics safe? You may want to take the headlines seriously.

Guide to Less Toxic Products (website)

Toxic Fruits and Vegetables
Canada lowers standards on pesticide use on fruits, vegetables to match U.S. limits. Time for advocacy!

Environment and Breast Cancer (website)

Living Tox-Free – The Bathroom
Environmentally-friendly cleaning tips and solutions for the bathroom.

Clean Nova Scotia: Growing Tox-Free Gardens & Lawns
A weed-free garden and a manicured lawn don’t necessarily mean a healthy yard. Clean Nova Scotia explains.

Living Tox-Free: Starting in the Kitchen
Clean Nova Scotia teaches us how to live tox-free one step at a time.

A Consensus Statement on Breast Cancer and the Environment
Created by organizations and individuals concerned with breast cancer and other environmentally mediated illnesses.

Ten Suggestions to Reduce Your Exposure to Suspect Chemicals
Learn how to avoid chemicals that mimic estrogen, a known risk factor for breast cancer, and chemicals that cause mammary tumors.

Safer Products Project (website)

Pollution Hits Home
Find out what the Silent Spring Institute discovered about EDC exposure in our homes.

Chemicals and Cancer
Where should we look for clues to prevention? Synthetic chemicals that poured into the marketplace after World War II are one promising direction, suggests The Silent Spring Institute.

Environment Canada Atlantic Region
If you want to learn more about pollution in Atlantic Canada, Environment Canada’s Atlantic Region web site has much to offer in terms of assessments and pollution prevention programs.

Breast Cancer and the Environment: Science News from Silent Spring Institute
Silent Spring Institute is launching a column to update breast cancer activists about environmental science. This is their first edition.