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Published on: 30 Sep 2011 By (Dianne Saxe)

Municipality can require waterfront greening to protect water

The St. Charles Lake provides half the potable water used by Québec City.  When nutrients from human activity began to create plagues of toxic bacteria, the City enacted a by-law requiring owners of lakefront property to put in 10-15 metre buffer zones comprised of trees, bushes and other pl…

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Published on: 27 Sep 2011 By (Dianne Saxe)

Environment Canada: more cuts, less science?

Sometimes, it feels like the 1990s again. In both Canada and the US, budget shortfalls and political preferences are resulting in significant cuts to environmental scientists and regulators. For example, Environment Canada has announced that its current round of cuts will eliminate approxima…

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Published on: 23 Sep 2011 By (Dianne Saxe)

Consumer products banned for lead- in the US

The US is far more active than Canada in detecting lead in consumer products, and in requiring that they be withdrawn from the market. The Centers for Disease Control post a fascinating list of high lead consumer products, many of them marketed for children, which can no longer be sold in th…

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