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Advertisements from
the Toronto Public Health Dept.
Relax
its just
a weed!
Too
many
pesticides?
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Child
Proofing
Our Communities
Stacey Gonzalez
Information on how to make your school and home healthier places, from
the Center for Health, Environment and Justice
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(photo: CHEJ)
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(photo: Stopbennett.com)
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Notre
devoir sacré
Florian Levesque
"En acquérant de nouvelles connaissances, je suis devenu un homme
plus conscient des défis environnementaux qui affligent la planète. Être
informé, c'est devenir citoyen, alors que l'ignorance nous confine dans une
prison d'inaction."
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What
we do to the
environment, we do
to our children
Inka Milewski
"Every year about six million
tonnes of pollutants are released
into the air by NB industries
- all of it legally released..."
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(photo: Internet)
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(photo: CAPE)
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Advocating for
Pesticide By-laws,
CAPE's Experience
Alison Scott Butler
"To expose
infants and children
to pesticides constitutes a gross
violation of a child’s right
to a healthy environment."
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Les effets des contaminants
environnementaux
sur les femmes enceintes et le
développement du fœtus
Cathy Vaillancourt
"Des études ont démontré que
l’embryon, comme le fœtus,
est exposé aux polluants avec
lesquels la mère sera mise en
contact pendant la grossesse,
par son environnement et son
alimentation..."
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(photo: Internet)
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(photo: Mark & Tonya Surman)
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Creating a
safe
environment for children
Loren VanderLinden &
Kathleen Cooper
"We know that children are
exposed in many possible ways
and that they are often more
exposed to environmental
contaminants compared to adults."
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Les “Pestueux
Pesticides"
Camille Belliveau
"La question et/où suggestion que j’apporte au gouvernement
provincial aujourd’hui est donc celle-ci : Pourquoi laisser nos
municipalités sur le qui-vive? Si la Province ne veut pas prendre
l’initiative..."
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(photo: Internet)
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(photo: Internet)
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Clean Healthy Homes
Patty Donovan
"The same chemicals that gave my son MCS are present in all of your
household cleaning products, from your soap, shampoo and perfume, to your
laundry detergent, bathroom and kitchen cleaners."
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Advancing
Policy
Development in N.B.
for Children’s
Environmental Health
Bonnie Hamilton-Bogart
"If we are to move children's environmental health issues into the
minds and hearts of the public, caregivers and decision-makers, where would
we start?"
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(photo: Internet)
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