Posted on: Saturday, 5 July 2008, 12:00 CDT OTTAWA, ONATRIO--(Marketwire - July 5, 2008) - The Honourable John Baird, Minister of the Environment, and the Honourable Tony Clement, Minister of Health, today announced as part of Canada's Chemicals Management Plan that eight new chemicals are now deemed to be toxic to human health, and one chemical is deemed toxic to the environment under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA), 1999. The Chemicals Management Plan was announced by Prime Minister Harper in December 2006, making Canada a world leader in assessing and regulating chemicals that are used in thousands of industrial and consumer products. "When we announced the Chemicals Management Plan in 2006 we made it clear our goal was to protect the health of Canadians from harmful substances," said Minister Clement. "We...
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