title: Secrecy is toxic--building community right-to-know in Canada's largest municipality.
abstract: The regulation of toxic chemicals in Canada has undergone many twists and turns in the last 40 years. This paper describes the emergence of a new alliance, one which brought together people from a broad range of backgrounds to formulate common strategy to address the continuing use and dissemination of toxic chemicals, especially carcinogens. In just over a decade, Canada's largest municipality, Toronto, adopted a bylaw which introduced a comprehensive scheme for community right-to-know about toxic chemicals being used, released, and disposed-the first in the country. The bylaw represents the success of a network that integrated experience and expertise from community activism, environment, labour, public health, politics and cancer prevention.
authors: kingan@mcmaster.ca
authors: Andrew
authors: A
authors: King
mesh_terms: D026683:Advisory Committees; D002947:Cities; D003254:Consumer Advocacy; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D030881:Disclosure; D015386:Hazardous Substances; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000517:prevention & control; D016273:Occupational Exposure; D009864:Ontario; D011322:Primary Prevention
chemical_list: D015386:Hazardous Substances