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Cleaner, greener, healthier : a prescription for stronger Canadian environmental laws and policies

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  • Author: Boyd, David R.
    Contributor: Scholars Portal
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    2015
    Summary:

    Canadians are getting sick from toxins in the air, food, water, and consumer products. In Cleaner, Greener, Healthier, David R. Boyd sets out to remedy Canada's environmental health problems. He begins by assessing the environmental burden of disease, identifies its unequal distribution, and estimates the associated economic costs. He then compares Canada's environmental laws and policies with those in the US, Australia, and the EU, delivering a provocative diagnosis of the causes of Canada's second-rate standards. Finally, he prescribes legal remedies that will enable Canada to catch up with the world's environmental leaders while delivering substantial health and economic benefits.

    Contents:
    • part 1. Examination
    • 1. A neglected but vital issue
    • 2. Environmental influences on human health
    • 3. The environmental burden of disease
    • 4. Environmental injustices
    • 5. The economic costs of the environmental burden of disease
    • part 2. Diagnosis
    • 6. Environmental health law and policy : the big picture
    • 7. A comparative analysis of environmental health laws and policies
    • 8. Canada's failure to make polluters pay
    • 9. Why does Canada lag behind?
    • part 3. Prescription
    • 10. A preventive and precautionary approach
    • 11. Systemic changes in pursuit of sustainability
    • 12. The time for action is now.
    Original Publisher: Vancouver [British Columbia], UBC Press
    Language(s): English
    ISBN: 9780774830485