Two Case Studies Explore How the CEC’s North American Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (PRTR) Project Can Better Serve Indigenous and Tribal Communities
Backgrounder for the International Symposium on Green Building in North America (Seattle, 1-2 May2007)
Taking Stock analyzes comparable data from Canada and United States to give a North American picture of industrial pollution.
The CEC’s Pollutant Release and Transfer Register project tracks and compares releases of toxic chemicals from facilities throughout North America.
Lindane is a persistent organic pollutant (POP) that, as of March 2002, remains registered as an insecticide in Canada, Mexico, and the United States.
The Sound Management of Chemicals (SMOC) initiative is a trinational effort to reduce the risks of toxic substances to human health and the environment in Canada, Mexico and the United States.
Canada, Mexico, and the United States have developed a framework for the environmentally sound management of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in North America.
Certain persistent, toxic, and bio-accumulative substances released to the environment as a result of human activity are transported long distances through air and water and pose unacceptably high risks to the environment, to ecosystems, to human health and to sustainable development.
The production and use of DDT (dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane) has been eliminated in Canada, Mexico, and the United States under a North American Regional Action Plan (NARAP) negotiated by the three signatory countries to the North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation (NAAEC).
Canada, Mexico, and the United States are currently preparing a Phase 1 of a North American Regional Action Plan (NARAP) on dioxins, furans and hexachlorobenzene to reduce environmental exposure to these substances.
Significant reductions in mercury use and emissions are anticipated in North America under an agreement reached by Canada, Mexico, and the United States. The North American Regional Action Plan (NARAP) on mercury, adopted by the three countries through the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) of North America, provides a strategic framework, specific actions, targets and […]
The use of chlordane has been eliminated in Canada, Mexico and the United States as a result of a North American Regional Action Plan (NARAP) negotiated by the three countries through the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) of North America.
