Campaign Publications: Toxins

03/24/2009 - 17:00

If you like fishing or camping, the laws that are enacted to protect our parks, forests, rivers and wildlife are important to you too. In fact, we all depend on the environment for everything from clean air, pure water and greenhouse gas storage to recreation, nature appreciation and inspiration for arts and culture. That’s why the laws and regulations that are in place to protect our environment impact your life in a thousand different ways every day.

We own the clean drinking water and beautiful wilderness landscapes that sustain our bodies and spirit as well as our wildlife and our tourism industry. Even our agricultural lands, which tend to be in private hands, are protected for the common good within the Agricultural Land Reserve. But what about the future? If we could create a future we all want, what would it look like?

01/19/2008 - 01:00

The declining health of Lake Winnipeg is no secret to Manitobans. Disturbing and frequent reports in the media tell of excess nutrients flowing into the lake, creating colossal algae blooms that suffocate other aquatic life. But Lake Winnipeg is under attack from another, unseen threat-toxins...Read this educational report

04/16/2006 - 17:00

The 2006 update of the popular Turning the Tide paper, again co-published with LEAS, contains a wealth of very practical information. This is a citizen's primer on protecting you, your family, and the environment...Read this educational report

03/01/2005 - 17:00

Co-published with the Labour Environmental Alliance Society, this paper looks at the effects on human health and the marine environment of some of the most common toxins used in Canada. It also proposes some of the key actions that are needed to turn the tide on toxins...Read this educational report