ENV250Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Drinking Water Quality Standards, Environmental Health, Health Canada
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Lecture 11. 1 notes cleaner, greener, healthier part ii. Constitutional recognition of the right to a healthy environment leads to stronger environmental laws, improved implementation and enforcement of those laws, increased public participation in environmental decision making, greater access to justice, and improved environmental performance (p. 106) National strategy on environmental effects on human health. Environmental justice program or strategy: no mention of ej in any canadian law, regulation, or policy at the federal, provincial, or territorial level, 2015 private member bill in nova scotia, environmental racism act. No it did not pass: canada lags behind other countries, especially the us have a federal ej office and policy. The government needs more scientists: ability to evaluate the effectiveness of interventions, we need policy experts to evaluate whether the interventions are working and if we"re successful. Missing data on environmental hazards at addressing these hazards: think back to water discussion.
