POL250Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Environmental Policy, Premiership Of Stephen Harper
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* drinking water in mississauga has 11. 5 ug/l of chlorine. *risk assessment= estimation by experts of the magnitude or risk posed to public health of environment. *risk management = evaluation of costs and benefits. * environmental law passed through the house and senate. *specifies that new substances manufactured or imported into canada must undergo government led human health and environmental assessments. * if a substance is found to have the potential to pose risks to the environment or human health, control measures may be put in place before it is allowed into the canadian marketplace. * if the risks are judged to be too great, or if it is determined that they cannot be adequately managed, the substance may be prohibited in canada. * the government of canada assesses approximately 600 substances new to the canadian marketplace each year. * a policy created by the harper government.
