Greenpeace and human health: Greenpeace-sponsored health conferences reveal the link between human health and pollution

Article Abstract:

Greenpeace is directing its efforts toward eliminating the manufacture of toxic materials that induce human health problems. Chlorine-based chemicals such as DDT, PCBs and dioxins are accumulating in human bodies. Health conferences sponsored by Greenpeace highlight the link between chlorinated compounds and increasing health crises, such as breast cancers, immune suppression, cancers in the body, reproductive problems, and birth defects. Greenpeace is aware that the spatial dimensions of chemically induced health problems are not restricted to people living in polluted areas.

Health aspects, Influence, Social policy, Pollution, Health, Chlorine compounds, Greenpeace Foundation

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Ontario's chlorine ban

Article Abstract:

A new legislation banning the use of chlorine in the local pulp and paper industry has been adopted by the provincial administration in Ontario, Canada. All pulp mills in the province are expected to be chlorine-free by 2002. Such policy is in line with the 1992 recommendations by the International Joint Comm on the Great Lakes. International pressure to switch to chlorine-free paper has been gaining favorable results in Europe, especially in Germany. However, environmentalists are yet to witness the imposition of the use of chlorine-free paper in the US.

Canada, Laws, regulations and rules, Paper industry, Environmental policy, Chlorine

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