Thursday, March 27, 2008

News Release - Major Canadian health groups launch new campaign on environmental health

The Canadian Cancer Society, the Canadian Lung Association and the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada [on March 6] announced a new joint effort to increase public attention and political action on environmental health hazards.

The coalition calls on government to:

  • Fund public awareness and incentive programs to encourage consumer and industry action to reduce air pollution and mitigate air quality hazards, e.g. programs for increased conservation awareness, energy-saving retrofits on multi-unit residential buildings, and radon mitigation.
  • Increase dedicated federal investments in public transit in urban centres across the country.
  • Allocation of at least 7% of federal transportation infrastructure funds to active transportation infrastructure; e.g. bike paths, walking trails and sidewalks.

Link: http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/March2008/06/c9151.html

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