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Saskatchewan fights asbestos with registry

Source: Daily News | 2013-04-24
Saskatchewan is on its way to becoming the first Canadian province to make reporting of asbestos mandatory in public buildings.

BC HAZMAT Management founder a finalist in 2013 business award

Source: Daily News | 2013-02-20
British Columbia’s Greater Victoria Chamber of Commerce has announced that David Rogers of BC HAZMAT Management Ltd. is a finalist in its Business Person of the Year award for 2013.

Nett Technologies website gets redesign

Source: Daily News | 2012-12-19
Nett Technologies Inc. of Mississauga, Ontario unveiled its redesigned website earlier this week.

Brampton HazMat, fire crews battle aerosol warehouse blaze

Source: Daily News | 2012-12-19
A chemical storage warehouse in Brampton went up in flames on December 17 as firefighters and HazMat teams worked through the night to control a blaze of aerosol and gel products, including hair mousse, shoe cleaner and insect repellent.

Study finds breast cancer link in industrial, trade sectors

Source: Daily News | 2012-11-21
A new study published November 19, 2012 in the Environmental Health Journal shows that a number of blue-collar jobs with exposure to chemicals may be increasing some women’s risk for breast cancer.

Drug Lab Takedown

Source: Daily News | 2012-11-12
Decommissioning meth and ecstasy labs in Canada is a dangerous business.

Last chance to register for ISSE!

Source: Daily News | 2012-11-05
The clock is running out on Canada’s only expo dedicated to HazMat Management, Clean Technology, Site Remediation and Oil & Gas.

Formaldehyde found in California day care study

Source: Daily News | 2012-10-29
A study of environmental contaminants and exposures for California day care centers has revealed that the facilities often contained elevated levels of some contaminants, particularly formaldehyde, a respiratory irritant and carcinogen often...

Low blood sugar can be a workplace hazard

Source: Daily News | 2012-10-15
As the afternoon wears on, the assembly line keeps its pace, but time itself feels like it’s moving slower and slower. Decision-making is harder; risks are taken; shortcuts are found. It’s the mid-afternoon blood sugar crash, and as...

Diesel exhaust linked to cancer, says WHO

Source: Daily News | 2012-10-01
Some 804,000 Canadian workers face exposure to diesel exhaust fumes at work each year. Now, the Toronto-based Workers Health and Safety Centre (WHSC) has echoed the World Health Organization’s (WHO) warning that the fumes are linked to...

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The terms “remediation” and “dig-and-dump” are, for some, mutually exclusive. Just what are we “remedying” by excavating and dumping soil in a landfill?
By Theresa Phillips

thumb HazWastes lead new EPR regimes
Cradle-to-cradle manufacturing is the Holy Grail for advocates of sustainable manufacturing and packaging, and so-called extended producer responsibility (EPR) is the way to get there, according to them.
By Guy Crittenden

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