title: Good environmental policy leads to good public health policy: a lesson from the grassroots.
abstract: Canada's environmental laws--on paper--are strong and farsighted. With proper enforcement and monitoring programs in place, no one should be at risk from contamination, no ecosystem would be threatened, and no health official should need to make such choices. Unfortunately, these laws are not always enforced, and their laudable goals not always met.
authors.affiliation: Lake Ontario Waterkeeper, Toronto, ON.
authors.forename: Krystyn
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tully
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mattson
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D003256:Community Participation; D004782:Environmental Health / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D008119:Lobbying; D011050:Policy Making; D011634:Public Health