Tag Archives: PFAS

Earth Day experts: climate risks and what people can do before it’s too late?

April 20, 2022bees, carbon pricing, climate change, climate justice, ecological footprint, environment, freshwater lakes, gas stoves, greenhouse gases, invasive species, net zero, PFAS, wildfiressandramc

TORONTO, April 20, 2022 – This year’s Earth Day follows the publication of three reports by the United Nation’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change which highlight the need for governments, businesses and communities to make changes now before it’s too late.

Ozone-depleting chemical alternatives getting into our food and water

May 14, 2020Arctic, environment, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Faculty of Science, PFASsandramc

TORONTO, May 14, 2020 – An international environmental agreement to regulate the use of chemicals depleting the ozone layer may have inadvertently allowed higher levels of other harmful chemicals to flourish, new research co-led by York University and Environment and Climate Change Canada has found. The 1987 Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone […]