| 8/16/2007 New Product Labeling Required for European Exports or Product Shipments |
| If you are in the business of shipping / exporting to Europe, your product's labelling may need to change within the next 3½ years. |
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| 8/7/2007 Laser Printers Emit Indoor Pollution |
| Researchers See Potential Health Hazards for some Home and Office Laser Printers if Particle Concentrations Are High |
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| 7/19/2007 Right-to-Know to apply to small and medium business in Toronto |
| Toronto is close to developing a bylaw that would require smaller businesses to disclose their emissions of 25 dangerous air pollutants. |
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| 6/22/2007 Wal-Mart Canada and suppliers aim for five per cent packaging cuts |
| Wal-Mart Canada will introduce its new Packaging Scorecard program, which will assess suppliers' products on the basis of the sustainability of their packaging. |
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| 6/20/2007 Ontario Announces E-Waste Plan |
| Study Shows Less Than Two Percent Of Computers And Other IT Waste Are Properly Recycled |
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| 6/11/2007 Ontario Certificates of Approval Can be Challenged for Non-compliance |
| Ontario Certificates of Approval Can be Challenged for Non-compliance with MOE Statement of Environmental Values |
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| 3/6/2007 Hydroquinone on Notice |
| The substance hydroquinone was identified as a high priority for action as it was determined to have a high potential for exposure to individuals in Canada (GPE or IPE), and is considered to present a |
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| 2/19/2007 Alberta Dangerous Goods Regulations Extended |
| Set to expire December 31, 2006, the DGTHR amended. |
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| 2/19/2007 Ontario Diverts Hazardous and Special Wastes From Landfill |
| "Municipal hazardous" wastes include corrosive, flammable, ignitable, leachate toxic and toxic products, reactive wastes, and hazards and containers |
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| 2/19/2007 PROPOSED SIGNIFICANT NEW ACTIVITY NOTICES FOR 148 SUBSTANCES |
| Environment Canada issued draft screening assessments in December 2006 for 148 of the substances on the Domestic Substances List. |
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| 1/4/2007 Wal-Mart Puts Some Muscle Behind Power-Sipping Bulbs |
| As a way to cut energy use, it could not be simpler. Unscrew a light bulb that uses a lot of electricity and replace it with one that uses much less. |
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| 12/1/2006 New EPA Web site provides info on transborder shipments |
| The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is sponsoring a new Web site that provides assistance to anyone shipping regulated materials across borders. |
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| 11/22/2006 EPA to Regulate Nanoscale Silver Used In Washing Machines to Kill Bacteria |
| EPA has reversed course and decided to regulate the nanoscale silver used to kill bacteria in washing machines as a pesticide |
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| 10/12/2006 Amendments Proposed to Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations |
| The changes are technical but extensive. |
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| 10/12/2006 New Hazardous Waste Regulations Approved |
| the proposed regulations would introduce new definitions of hazardous waste and hazardous recyclable material and will replace references to "manifests" with references to "movement documents". |
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| 9/12/2006 Canadian Standards Association unveils workplace safety management standard |
| Canada currently ranks among the worst of the developed nations in occupational health and safety, with an average of almost three people a day dying as a result of workplace injuries and disease. |
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| 8/21/2006 Titanium Dioxide Classified as Possibly Carcinogenic to Humans |
| Titanium dioxide accounts for 70% of the total production volume of pigments worldwide. It is widely used to provide whiteness and opacity to products such as paints, plastics, papers, inks, foods, an |
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| 8/15/2006 New occupational exposure limits proposed in Ontario |
| Ontario is proposing to revise the occupational exposure limits for 14 substances, remove the current exposure limits (OELs) for 10 substances as per as recommneded by ACGIH. It will add OELs for two |
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| 8/13/2006 Contractor Training Responsibility |
| The employee of an outside contractor comes into your workplace to do a job. Who is responsible for assuring they are safe? |
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| 8/9/2006 Workplace Health and Safety Targeted Inspections |
| More than 99% of Alberta employers are performing well and complying with Workplace Health and Safety legislation. However, there are certain high-risk industries and employers who have demonstrated |
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| 8/5/2006 PMA Canada Exposition 2006 set for September |
| The PMA Canada Expo will feature more than 16 Breakout and General sessions along with 70 exihibiting firms |
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| 8/1/2006 Ontario IC&I recycling enforcement blitz |
| The industrial, commercial and institutional (IC&I)sector diverts only about divert only about 20 per cent of its waste, yet is two-thirds of the total waste stream. |
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| 7/31/2006 Proposed Amendments to Ontario Air Regulations |
| Following public consultations over the past 4 years, the MOE is proposing to amend O. Reg. 419/05: |
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| 7/12/2006 Surviving a Safety Inspection |
| "It is important for printing companies to use due dilegence, including reduction of VOCs", states Dr. Judy Zaczkowski, senior partner of Envision Compliance in the June issue of Sign Media Canada. |
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| 7/11/2006 Board Stops Order Requiring Hard Copy MSDS On Site |
| An Ontario Labour Relations Board (OLRB) panel has suspended an inspector's order that a company ensure "readily accessible" hard copies of MSDS" be available to employees |
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| 6/1/2006 Ontario gets tougher on ergonomics |
| The Ontario government has told its inspectors to beef up their inspections of injury reports and to look for ergonomics issues during their on-site visits. |
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| 3/27/2006 Ontario Adopts Voluntary Ergonomics Program to Protect Workers |
| Ergonomic injuries such as back pain and strained joints account for 42 percent of Ontario's lost-time injuries. |
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| 3/22/2006 Know Your Province's OHS Program Requirements |
| Not all provinces require OHS prgrams. |
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