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Achievements in stratospheric ozone protection  Covers the achievements of the people, programs, and organizations that are working to protect the Earth's ozone layer. Link requires PDF reader. Source: United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Acid rain and your health  Presents the impacts acid rain can have on human health, ranging from heart and respiratory problems, increased asthma-symptoms, as well as higher death rates from these ailments. Source: Environment Canada Air pollution burden of illness from traffic in Toronto: problems and solutions  Outlines the burden of illness and health-related costs associated with current levels of smog-generating pollutants, greenhouse gases and air toxic emitted by vehicles. Demonstrates the potential to improve health care costs by reducing vehicle use and emissions. Link requires PDF reader. Source: Toronto Public Health Air pollution burden of illness from traffic: backgrounder  Summarizes the results of the Air pollution burden of illnesses from traffic in Toronto report. Outlines the burden of illness and health-related costs associated with current levels of smog-generating pollutants, greenhouse gases and air toxic emitted by vehicles. Link requires PDF reader. Source: Toronto Public Health Allergy and Environmental Health Association of Quebec  Aims to educate on environmental sensitivities (ES), to prevent ES by educating people on domestic toxic products, to support people who has ES, and to support research on the diagnostic methods of this illness. Web site includes acces to news and environmental health related resources. Source: Allergy and Environmental Health Association of Quebec (AEHAQ) Cancer and the environment  Explains how exposure to known or probable cancer-causing substances can increase the risk of cancer. Includes information on how cancer-causing substances are identified, and how to reduce the risk of exposure. Source: Canadian Cancer Society (CCS) Cancer and the environment in Ontario: gap analysis on the reduction of environmental carcinogens  Provides an overview of international regulatory strategies that reduce the use and release of toxic substances. Compares these strategies to activities in Ontario. Includes recommendations, a glossary, and a list of carcinogens. Link requires PDF reader. Source: Cancer Care Ontario (CCO) Child health and the environment: a primer  Explains why children are more vulnerable to contaminants than adults; the major health effects of concern to children in Canada; the toxic exposures of greatest concern; and practical childproofing actions that people can take to protect their children. Link requires PDF reader. Source: Canadian Partnership for Children's Health and Environment (CPCHE) ClimateforChange.ca  Build support for solutions to global warming through innovative and research-based approaches to media engagement, citizen mobilization and coalition building. Web site offers information on what global warming is and how to take action to stop global warming. Source: ClimateforChange.ca Contaminants in Nunavut: Inuit capacity-building workshop  Presents a workshop summary. Discusses the impact on human and environmental health. Proposes that Inuit perspectives play a leading role in future environmental research agendas and that results be returned to Nunavut communities. Link requires PDF reader. Source: Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. (NTI)
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