Trio is the newsletter of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC). Through stories told by a variety of voices from the CEC community, Trio reports on the progress of the NAFTA partners-Canada, Mexico and the United States-working together through CEC in the protection of our shared North American environment.
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Trinational Biomonitoring Study: Assessment of Persistent Organic Pollutants and Selected Metals in the Blood of First-Birth Mothers in Southern Canada and Mexico and in Women of Reproductive Age in the United States
A new study, coordinated by the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC), provides the first North American data set for some environmental contaminants—including persistent organic pollutants (POPs) such as lindane and dioxins as well as metals like lead and mercury—in the blood of women of childbearing age. Read more
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Mexico's monitoring program for persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic substances shows results
The Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) and Mexico's National Institute of Ecology (Instituto Nacional de Ecología-INE) in October presented new developments in monitoring persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic substances (PBTS) under Mexico's National PBTS Environmental Monitoring and Evaluation Program (Programa Nacional de Monitoreo y Evaluación Ambiental de STPB-Proname). Read more
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Mexican traditional brickmaking under scrutiny
As a first step in creating a brick production network and exploring ways to foster the use of ecological kilns to reduce the negative environmental effects of the traditional brickmaking process in Mexico, a workshop on reducing the risks from traditional artisanal brick kiln operations was held in January 2010 in the city of Querétaro, Mexico. Read more
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 New online toolkit gives social and environmental outlook to entrepreneurs
North American entrepreneurs can now reduce environmental impacts, create prosperity and contribute to improved quality of life in their communities. Read more
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| Past Issues |
CEC Secretariat publishes two factual records, Mapping industrial pollutants, more...
Can trade promote conservation?, Mexico unveils air emissions inventory, more...
Green Energy in North America, Renewable energy for remote communities, more...
Green business: the next environmental victory, Logging in Tarahumara leads to factual record, more...
A pesticide's toxic legacy, The e-legal wildlife trade, CEC tests maternal blood for toxics, more...
Air pollution from ships a growing concern, Scientists identify priority areas in Pacific, more...
The Puebla Declaration charts a new path forward, Mexico to eliminate toxic chemical lindane, more...
CEC: The next decade starts today, Power plan for renewables, Three species get trinational protection, more...
Maize farmers unhappy with NAFTA's price, Mexican farmers seek action from governments, more...
Border traffic leaving children in respiratory distress, Copper mine subject of factual record, more...
A measure of continental cooperation, Scientists try to put 'killer algae' on ice, more...
NAFTA Chapter 11 and the future, North America eliminates use of chlordane, more...
Balancing act, Calculated risks, Empowering investments, Fishing for a future, more...
A community fights back, Borderline hazards, Taking the poison out of pottery, more...
CEC Names Children's Health Board, Citizen Submission Updates, Clearing the Air, more...
Lead and children's health, NAFEC grants announced for 2001, Tracking air pollution, more...
Whale watching, What is the "Citizen Submission Process"?, Winnipeg workshop on greening trade corridors, more...
Taking Stock 1998 coming soon, Christine Todd Whitman named new head of EPA, Electricity and the Environment, more...
Super invaders spreading fast, Toward pollutant reporting in Mexico, Peace on Earth, more...
Welcome to Trio, Millennium Trek and NAFEC, Tracking dioxins to the Arctic, more...
