The following is a list of links to websites which may be of interest to users wishing to obtain more in-depth information about the topics discussed in the various sections of this Atlas. The provision of these links is provided for interest and information only. These links are to websites not maintained by the PRCA and, therefore, the PRCA can make no assurances with regard to the accuracy, completeness, currency or any other aspect of information contained in these websites.
GEORGIA BASIN
- Environment and Climate Change Canada – Georgia Basin Action Plan
- Georgia Basin/Puget Sound International Airshed Stategy
- Border Air Quality Study
- Fisheries and Oceans Canada – Ecosystem Status and Trends Report for the Strait of Georgia Ecozone
- Georgia Strait Alliance
- thegreenpages.ca – British Columbia
PUGET SOUND
- US EPA – Puget Sound
- Washington State Department of Ecology – Saving Puget Sound
- Puget Sound Partnership
- Pacific NW Contaminants Workgroup Data Links
CONTAMINANT CONCERNS
- Environment and Climate Change Canada – Canada’s Approach on Chemicals
- Government of Canada – Evaluating New Substances
- Government of Canada – Chemicals and Your Health
- Health Canada – Environmental Contaminants
- Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment – Canadian Environmental Quality Guidelines and Summary Table
- BC Ministry of Environment – Water Quality Guidelines and Objectives
- Washington Dept. Fish & Wildlife – Toxic Contaminants in Puget Sound Fish and Shellfish
PRIORITY CONTAMINANTS
POPs (General):
- Environment and Climate Change Canada – The Stockholm Convention
- United Nations Development Programme: UNDP and the Stockholm Convention on POPs
- Environmental Protection Agency – POPs
Legacy or Conventional POPs:
PCBs
- Environment and Climate Change Canada – PCBs
- US Environmental Protection Agency – PCBs
- Health Canada – PCBs
- Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada – PCBs
PAHs
- Health Canada – PAHs
- Environment and Climate Change Canada – PAHs
- BC MOE – Ambient Water Quality Criteria for PAHs
- US Environmental Protection Agency – PAH Fact Sheet
- US Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Control – PAHs
- European Commission Joint Research Centre – PAH Fact Sheet
Dioxins and Furans
- Health Canada – Dioxins and Furans
- CCME – Canada-wide Standards for Dioxins/Furans
- CCME – Dioxins and Furans
- Environment and Climate Change Canada – Impacts of Pulp and Paper Effluents in Canada (1992-2002)
- US Environmental Protection Agency – Dioxins and Furans
DDT
- Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada – DDT
- Commission for Environmental Cooperation in Canada – DDT
Hexachlorobenzene (HCB)
- Health Canada – Hexachlorobenzene
- Canadian International Development Agency – Hexachlorobenzene
- United Nations Industrial Development Organization – Hexachlorobenzene
Toxaphene
- Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (CCME) – Toxaphene
- US Environmental Protection Agency – Toxaphene
- World Bank – Persistent Organic Pollutant Toolkit -Toxaphene
Lindane
- Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) – LIndane
- Government of Canada – Lindane
- Health Canada – Re-evaluation of Lindane
- Canadian International Development Agency – Lindane
New or Emerging POPs:
Alkylphenols and alkylphenol ethoxylates
- Environment and Climate Change Canada – P2 Planning Progress Report
- Environment and Climate Change Canada – Nonylphenol and its Ethoxylates
- Health Canada – Nonylphenol Assessment
- US Environmental Protection Agency – Nonylphenol Action Plan
Polybrominated diphenyl ethers
- Environment and Climate Change Canada – Assessment Report for PBDEs
- Environment and Climate Change Canada – PBDEs in the Environment
- Health Canada – PBDEs
- Government of Canada – PBDEs
- Government of Canada – Decabromodiphenyl (DBDE)
- National Collaborating Centre for Environmental Health – PBDEs
- International Joint Commission (IJC) – PBDEs
- US Environmental Protection Agency – PBDEs
- Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry – PBDEs
Phthalate Esters
- Environment and Climate Change Canada/Health Canada – Benzylbuytlphthalate Assessment
- Environment and Climate Change Canada/Health Canada – Dibutyl Phthalate Assessment
- Environment and Climate Change Canada/Health Canada – Bis(2-ethylhexyl) Phthalate Assessment
- Environment and Climate Change Canada/Health Canada – Di-n-octyl Phthalate Assessment
- US Environmental Protection Agency – Phthalates
Chlorinated Paraffins
- Environment and Climate Change Canada – Chlorinated Paraffins
- Environment and Climate Change Canada – Chlorinated Paraffins Consultation Document
- Environment and Climate Change Canada – Proposed Risk Management Approach for Chlorinated Paraffins
- Health Canada – Chlorinated Paraffins
- US Environmental Protection Agency – Short-chain Chlorinated Paraffins Action Plan
Perfluorinated Compounds:
Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA)
- Environment and Climate Change Canada – PFOA
- Health Canada – PFCs
- US Environmental Protection Agency – PFOA
- US Environmental Protection Agency – PFOA Health Effects
Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS)
- Health Canada – PFOS
- Environment and Climate Change Canada – PFOS Assessment
- Environment and Climate Change Canada – PFOS
- Environment and Climate Change Canada – PFOS Risk Management Strategy
- Government of Canada – PFOS and CEPA Virtual Elimination List
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences – Perfluorinated Chemicals
- US Environmental Protection Agency – Perfluorinated Chemicals
Perfluorinated Carboxylic Acids (PFCAs)
- Environment and Climate Change Canada – PFCAs and PFOA
- Government of Canada – Proposed Risk Management Measures for PFOA and PFCAs
- Environment and Climate Change Canada – PFCAs Environmental Performance Agreement
- Environment and Climate Change Canada – PFCAs Consultation
- Government of Canada – Long chain PFCAs
- Environment and Climate Change Canada -Notice of Objection to the Order Adding Toxic Substances to Schedule 1 to the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 and Regulations Amending the Prohibition of Certain Toxic Substances Regulations, 2005 (Four New Fluorotelomer-based Substances)
- Environment and Climate Change Canada and Health Canada – Consultation Report on PFCAs
- Health Canada – Perfluorinated Chemicals in Food
Current-use Pesticides:
General Pesticides
- Environmental Protection Agency – Ingredients Used in Pesticide Products
- Environment and Climate Change Canada – National Pesticide Monitoring and Surveillance Network
- Environment and Climate Change Canada – Pesticides
- Environment and Climate Change Canada – Presence and Levels of Priority Pesticides in Selected Canadian Aquatic Ecosystems
- Environment and Climate Change Canada – The Regulation of Pesticides in Canada
- BC Ministry of Environment – Pesticides and Pest Management
- David Suzuki Foundation – Pesticide Use in Canada
Atrazine
- Environment and Climate Change Canada – Screening assessment of 6 pesticides
- Health Canada – Atrazine
- Office of the Auditor General – Concerns about the regulation of the herbicide atrazine and its potential impact on amphibian populations
- US Environmental Protection Agency – Atrazine
- Science News – Frogs: clues to how weed killer may feminize males
- CBC News – Weed killer causes male frogs to lay eggs
- Globe and Mail – Weed killer can turn male frogs into females, study finds
Endosulfan
- Science of the Total Environment – Endosulfan, a global pesticide
- Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (CCME) – Canadian Water Quality Guidelines: Endosulfan
- US Environmental Protection Agency – Endosulfan
- US Environmental Protection Agency – Endosulfan Phase-out
Wood Treatment Chemicals:
Wood Preservation Chemicals
- Environment and Climate Change Canada – Wood Preservation Sector
- Environment and Climate Change Canada – Creosote-Impregnated Waste Materials from Creosote Contaminated Sites
- Environment and Climate Change Canada – Recommendations for the Design and Operation of Wood Preservation Facilities
- Environment and Climate Change Canada – Guidance for Wood Preservation Facilities Reporting to the NPRI
- Fisheries and Oceans Canada – Guidelines to Protect Fish and Fish Habitat from Treated Wood used in Aquatic Environments in the Pacific Region
- Health Canada – Re-evaluation Decision: Heavy Duty Wood Preservatives
- Health Canada – Chromated Copper Arsenate (CCA) treated wood
- Health Canada – Creosote-Impregnated Wastes Materials – PSL 1
- Health Canada – Treated wood is not firewood
- Wood Preservation Canada – Registered Wood Preservatives in Canada
- Fraser River Action Plan Report – Evaluation of Leachate Quality from Pentachlorophenol, Creosote, and ACA Preserved Wood Products
- The Vancouver Sun – Volunteers call for ban on creosote pilings
- US Environmental Protection Agency – Chromated Copper Arsenate (CCA)
- US Environmental Protection Agency – Creosote
- Federal Register – Preliminary Risk Assessment for Pentachlorophenol, HCB, and Dioxin
Wood Protection or Anti-sapstain Chemicals
- FRAP – Assessing the Potential Impact of Antisapstain Chemicals, DDAC and IPBC, in the Fraser River
- Environment and Climate Change Canada – Toxicity of the Antisapstain Fungicides, DDAC and IPBC, to Fishes and Aquatic Invertebrates
- BC Laws – Antisapstain Chemical Waste Control Regulation
- Government of Canada – Guidelines for the Registration of Antisapstain Products
- Health Canada – Proposed Re-evaluation Proposal for Copper-8-quinolinolate
- Health Canada – Proposed Re-evaluation Proposal for Propiconazole
- Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (CCME) – Canadian Water Quality Guidelines for DDAC
- Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (CCME) – Canadian Water Quality Guidelines for IPBC
- BC Ministry of Environment – A Review of the Environmental Impact and Toxic Effects of DDAC
- US Environmental Protection Agency – Reregistration Eligibility Decision for Aliphatic Alkyl Quaternaries (DDAC)
Organotin and Copper-based Antifouling Compounds:
- Environment and Climate Change Canada – TBT Antifoulants
- Health Canada – Tributyltin (Re-evaluation decision)
- EPA-Reregistration Eligibility Decision for Tributyltin Compounds
- Georgia Strait Alliance – Alternative Antifouling Control
- International Maritime Organization – Antifouling Systems
Metals:
General
- Environment and Climate Change Canada – Heavy Metals
- Environment and Climate Change Canada – Heavy Metals: Main Emission Sources
Cadmium
- Environment and Climate Change Canada – PSL 1 Assessment Report for Cadmium
- Health Canada – Cadmium
- Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development – Fact sheet
- Statistics Canada – Lead, mercury and cadmium in Canadians
- BC Shellfish Growers Association – Cadmium Research on Cadmium in BC Shellfish
- BC Ministry of Health – Cadmium in BC Shellfish
- Simon Fraser University – Workshop on Cadmium in Shellfish from the Pacific Northwest
- US Environmental Protection Agency – Cadmium Compounds
- US Environmental Protection Agency – Cadmium in Drinking Water
- Environmental Health Perspectives Journal article – Cadmium Confusion: Do Consumers Need Protection
Chromium
- Environment and Climate Change Canada – Hexavalent Chromium Compounds
- Health Canada – Chromium
- Government of Canada – Hexavalent Chromium Compounds
- US Environmental Protection Agency – Chromium Compounds
- US Environmental Protection Agency – Chromium in Drinking Water: Recommendations
- US Environmental Protection Agency – Chromium in Drinking Water
Copper
- Health Canada – Copper Pesticides: Proposed Re-evaluation
- BC Ministry of Environment – Water Quality Criteria for Copper
- US Environmental Protection Agency – Lead and Copper Rule
- US Environmental Protection Agency – Copper in Drinking Water
- US Environmental Protection Agency – Copper Aquatic Life Criteria
Manganese
- Health Canada – Manganese
- Office of the Auditor General – MMT gasoline additive
- BC Ministry of Environment – Ambient Water Quality Guidelines for Manganese
- Environment News Service – Manganese in drinking water lowers childrens’ IQ
- US Environmental Protection Agency – Manganese compounds
- US Environmental Protection Agency – Manganese chemical summary
- US Environmental Protection Agency – Drinking Water Health Advisory for Manganese
- US Environmental Protection Agency – Gasoline Additive MMT
Mercury
- Environment and Climate Change Canada – The Status of Mercury in Canada (#2)
- Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment – Mercury
- Health Canada – Mercury and Human Health
- Government of Canada – Mercury and its Compounds
- Government Canada – Regulations respecting products containing certain substances listed in Schedule 1 of CEPA – Mercury
- Office of the Auditor General – Assessing mercury health risks and federal mercury management
- BC Ministry of Environment – Ambient Water Quality Guidelines for Mercury
- Health Link BC – Choose Fish Low in Mercury
- Health Link BC – Avoiding Mercury in Fish
- CMAJ – Lead and Mercury Exposures: Interpretation and Action
- US Environmental Protection Agency – Mercury
- US Environmental Protection Agency – What you need to know about mercury in fish and shellfish
- US Environmental Protection Agency – EPA Proposes First National Standard for Mercury Pollution from Power Plants
- US Food and Drug Administration – Mercury Levels in Commercial Fish and Shellfish
Nickel
- Environment and Climate Change Canada – Nickel and its Compounds
- Environment and Climate Change Canada – Screening Assessment Challenge for Nickel BHMB
- Government of Canada – Nickel BHMB
- Health Canada – Nickel and its Compounds: PSL 1
- US Environmental Protection Agency – Nickel Compounds
Silver
- BC Ministry of Environment – Ambient Water Quality Criteria for Silver
- US Environmental Protection Agency – Silver Nitrate Pesticide
- US Environmental Protection Agency – Nanomaterial Case Study (External Review Draft)
Zinc
- Environment and Climate Change Canada – Screening Assessment for the Challenge for Zinc BDBP
- BC Ministry of Environment – Ambient Water Quality Guidelines for Zinc
- Government of Canada – Zinc BDBP
- US Environmental Protection Service – Zinc and Compounds
- US Environmental Protection Service – Toxicological Review of Zinc and Compounds
Nitrogen-based Nutrients:
- Environment Canada – Nutrients and the Canadian Environment
- Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment – Framework for the Management of Nutrients in Nearshore Marine Systems
- Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment – Canadian Water Quality Guidelines for Nutrients
- Fraser Valley Soil Nutrient Study, 2005
- Fraser Valley Soil Nutrient Study, 2005 – Update
- BC Ministry of Agriculture and Food – Management and Nutrient Value of Manure
- BC Ministry of Agriculture and Food – Nutrient Management
- Government of Canada – Regulations on Phosphorus
- US Environmental Protection Agency – National Nutrient Strategy
- US Environmental Protection Agency – Nutrient Management and Fertilizer
- US Environmental Protection Agency – Nutrient Pollution
Wood Extractives:
- Developing Water Quality Guidelines for Chemicals of Concern from Pulp Mill Effluent
- Biological Degradation of Resin Acids in Wood Chips
- Fisheries and Oceans Canada – Mitigation of Fisheries Impacts from the Use and Disposal of Wood Residue in British Columbia and the Yukon
- Environment Canada – Screening Assessment for Resin and Rosin Acids
Bisphenol A
- Environment and Climate Change Canada – Questions and Answers on Bisphenol A
- Government of Canada – Bisphenol A Fact Sheet
- Environment and Climate Change Canada – Bisphenol A
- Health Canada – Bisphenol A
- Environmental Defense Fund – Banning Bisphenol A
- US Environmental Protection Agency – Bisphenol A Action Plan
- World Health Organization – Bisphenol A
Ethylene Glycol
- Environment and Climate Change Canada – Ethylene Glycol
- Environment and Climate Change Canada – Ethylene Glycol Monobutyl Ether
- Health Canada – Ethylene Glycol
- Government of Canada – Final Assessment Report on Ethylene Glycol
- Environment and Climate Change Canada/Health Canada – PSL Statement of Science Report on Ethylene Glycol
- US Environmental Protection Agency – Ethylene Glycol
- US Environmental Protection Agency – Ethylene Glycol Monobutyl Ether
Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products:
- Environment and Climate Change Canada – Pharmaceuticals and PPCPs
- Environment and Climate Change Canada – Pharmaceuticals in the Environment
- NWRI -Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products in the Canadian Environment
- Health Canada – Pharmaceuticals
- US Environmental Protection Agency – PPCPs
- US Environmental Protection Agency – Strategies for Addressing PPCPs in Water
- Radio Canada International – Drugs in drinking water
Phytoestrogens:
Endocrine Disrupting Compounds:
- Office of the Auditor General of Canada – Follow-up on the health and and environmental impact of endocrine disrupting chemicals in cosmetics
- Environment and Climate Change Canada – Endocrine Disruptors Update
- Environment and Climate Change Canada – Threats to Sources of Drinking Water and Aquatic Ecosystem Health in Canada
- Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety – Endocrine Disruptors
- Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety – Assessing the Risk and Extent of Endocrine Disruptors
- Water Matters website – What’s in your water
- National Institute of Environmental Health Studies – Endocrine Disruptors
- David Suzuki Foundation – Petition Concerning Endocrine Disruptors in Cosmetics
SOURCES OF CONTAMINANTS
General Source Information
- Poster – Understanding the sources and fate of PCBs and PBDEs in the Georgia Basin
- Environment and Climate Change Canada (FRAP) – Contaminant Sources
- Vancouver Sun – Map of Top Industrial Polluters in BC and Across Canada
Pulp and Paper Mills and Lumber Mills
- Environment and Climate Change Canada – Pulp and Paper Regulations
- Environment and Climate Change Canada – Environmental Effects Monitoring
- Environment and Climate Change Canada – National Assessment of Pulp and Paper Environmental Effects Monitoring Data: Findings Cycle 1 Through 3
- Government of Canada – Pulp and Paper: The Reduction of Toxic Effluents
- Government Canada (Canada Gazette) – Regulations Amending the Pulp and Paper Regulations
- BC Ministry of Environment – Pulp, Paper and Lumber
Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plants
- Environment and Climate Change Canada – Wastewater
- Environment and Climate Change Canada – Municipal Wastewater Status in Canada
- Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment – Municipal Wastewater Effluent in Canada
- Health Canada – Chlorinated Wastewater Effluents (PSL 1)
- Office of the Auditor General of Canada – Harbour Pollution and Sewage Treatment in Victoria, British Columbia
- BC Ministry of Environment – Sewage
- Environment and Climate Change Canada – Municipal Wastewater Status in Canada
- Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment – Canada-wide Strategy for the Management of Municipal Wastewater Effluent
- BC Ministry of Environment – Waste Management
- BC Ministry of Environment – Municipal Sewage Regulations
- Metro Vancouver – Wastewater Treatment
- Capital Regional District – Why Treat Wastewater?
Combined Sewer Overflows
- Environment and Climate Change Canada – Stormwater and Combined Sewer Overflow
- Environment and Climate Change Canada (FRAP) – Combined Sewer Overflow Inventory for Fraser River and Burrard Inlet
- BC Ministry of Environment – Liquid Waste Management Plans
- City of Vancouver – Sewer Separation
- City of New Westminster – New Westminster Combined Sewer System
- District of Oak Bay – Uplands Combined Sewer Separation
- US Environmental Protection Agency – Combined Sewer Overflows
Stormwater and Urban Runoff
- Environment and Climate Change Canada (FRAP) – Water pollution from urban stormwater runoff in the Brunette River Watershed, BC
- Department of Fisheries and Oceans – Moving from Stormwater Management to Rainwater Management
- Department of Fisheries and Oceans – DFO Urban Stormwater Guidelines
- BC Ministry of Agriculture and Lands – Stormwater Management Planning for Agricultural Facilities
- Metro Vancouver – Stormwater Management
- City of Victoria – Our Stormwater
- Capital Regional District – Stormwater Quality Monitoring and Reporting
- Capital Regional District – Regulating Stormwater Discharges
- District of Campbell River – Integrated Stormwater Management Plan
- Westcoast Environmental Law – Stormwater
- Journal of Water and Health – Waterborne pathogens in urban watersheds
- Water Quality Research Journal of Canada – Innovation in Stormwater Management in Canada:The Way Forward
Agricultural Runoff
- Environment and Climate Change Canada – Threats to Sources of Drinking Water and Aquatic Ecosystem Health in Canada
- BC Ministry of Environment – Water Quality: Agriculture
- BC Ministry of Environment – Agricultural Waste Control Regulation Review: Update
- BC Ministry of Environment – Regulating Anaerobic Digestion in the ALR
- BC Ministry of Agriculture and Food – Water Quality Evaluation of Agricultural Runoff in the Lower Fraser Valley
- BC Ministry of Agriculture – Environmental Farm Planning
- BC Ministry of Agriculture – Waste Management
Boating Activity
- The Canadian Power and Sail Squadron – The Enviroboater Guide
- Discover Boating – Boating Green
- Georgia Strait Alliance – Guide to Green Boating
- Georgia Strait Alliance – Clean Marine BC: Green Boating and Marina Eco-certification
- Georgia Strait Alliance – Alternate Fouling Contol Systems
On-Site Sewage Systems (Septic Systems)
- Capital Regional District – Septic Systems
- BC Ministry of Environment – Onsite Sewage Systems
- US Environmental Protection Service – Septic Systems
- Government of BC – Health Link BC – Maintenance and operation of sewage disposal systems
Atmospheric Deposition
- Environment and Climate Change Canada – Air Pollution Issues
- BC Ministry of Environment – Atmospheric Deposition
- US Environmental Protection Agency – Atmospheric Deposition Network
Aquaculture Facilities
- BC Ministry of Agriculture – Aquaculture
- BC Ministry of Agriculture – Land-based Finfish Aquaculture Waste Control Regulation
- Government of British Columbia – Aquaculture: Historical Information
- BC Ministry of Environment – Aquaculture
- Fisheries and Oceans Canada – Aquaculture in British Columbia
- Fisheries and Oceans Canada – Management and Regulations for Aquaculture
- Fisheries and Oceans Canada – BC Aquaculture Industry under Federal Regulation: Three Years in Review
- Fisheries and Oceans Canada – Canada-British Columbia Agreement on Aquaculture Management
- Pacific Fisheries Resource Conservation Council – Advisory: Wild Salmon and Aquaculture in British Columbia
- Georgia Strait Alliance – Regulating Salmon Aquaculture in BC: A Report Card
Contaminated Sites
- Government of Canada – Federal Contaminated Sites Action Plan
- Government of Canada – History of Federal Contaminated Sites
- Health Canada – Contaminated Sites
- Health Canada – Health Impacts of Site Remediation
- Government of Canada – A Federal Approach to Contaminated Sites
- Government of Canada – Contaminated Sites Portal
- CCME – Contaminated Sites
- Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development – Contaminated Sites
- BC Ministry of Environment – Contaminated Sites
- BC Management Act – Contaminated Sites Regulation
IMPACTS OF CONTAMINANTS
- FRAP report – Ecological impacts of contaminants in an urban watershed
- BC Ministry of Environment – Environmental Trends in British Columbia: Contaminants
- Fisheries and Oceans Canada – Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in British Columbia Harbour Seals and Killer Whales
- Fisheries and Oceans Canada: Trouble at the top of the food chain – Environmental contaminants and health risks in marine mammals – a white paper on research priorities for Fisheries and Oceans Canada
- Marine Pollution Bulletin – High PCBs in Free-ranging Pacific Killer Whales
- US Environmental Protection Agency – Puget Sound Georgia Basin Indicator Report – Toxics in Herring and Harbor Seals
- Puget Sound Partnership – Orca (killer whale)
- Washington Dept of Ecology – A toxics-focused biological observing system for Puget Sound
- Georgia Strait Alliance – Species at Risk Profile: Great Blue Heron
ISSUES AND CONCERNS
- PCBs and Human Health
- Mercury and Human Health
- Environment and Climate Change Canada Pesticide Monitoring
- Watershed Watch Salmon Society – Fraser Basin Live Map: An Interactive Salmon and Water Map
- Canadian Geographic – Protect Your Watershed (an interactive guide to taking action)
WHAT IS BEING DONE?
GOVERNMENT INITIATIVES
Federal Government Initiatives:
- Management of Toxic Chemicals
- Managing Pollution
- Air Pollution
- Wastewater
- Municipal Wastewater
- Contaminated Sites Remediation
- Groundwater Contamination
- Canadian Shellfish Sanitation Program
- Northern Contaminants Program
- Pesticide Management
- Contaminants in Food
Federal Legislation:
- Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA)
- Pest Control Products Act (PCPA)
- Canadian Environmental Assessment Act (CEAA)
- Migratory Birds Convention Act
- Fertilizers Act
Provincial Government Initiatives:
- Air Quality
- Industrial Waste
- Municipal Waste
- Pesticides
- Contaminated Sites Remediation
- Water Quality
- Water Stewardship – Abbotsford-Sumas International Task Force
Provincial Legislation:
Regional Government Initiatives:
Metro Vancouver
Fraser Valley Regional District
Nanaimo Regional District
City of Burnaby
City of Vancouver