Health Canada GPE proposal - ENGO comment

Comments on Health Canada’s “Proposal for Priority Setting For Existing Substances on the Domestic Substances List Under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999: GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR HUMAN EXPOSURE” Prepared by: Susan Sang, World Wildlife Fund Canada 245 Eglinton Avenue East, Suite 410,Toronto, Ontario M4P 3J1 Tel: (416) 489-4567 ext. 7260 Fax: (416) 489-3611 Email: ssang@wwf.canada.org Fe de Leon, Canadian Environmental Law Association 130 Spadina Ave nue Suite. 301,Toronto, ON M5V 2L4 Tel.: 416-960-2284 ext. 223 Fax: 416-960-9392 Email: deleonf@lao.on.ca Kapil Khatter, Canadian Association for Physicians on the Environment 130 Spadina Avenue Suite. 301,Toronto, ON M5V 2L4 Tel: 416-306-2273 Fax: 416-960-9392 Email: kapil@sympatico.ca March 31, 2004Table of Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.............................................................................................. 2 BACKGROUND ............................................................................................................... 5 POSITIVE DEVELOPMENT. 6 OVERARCHING THEMES............................................................................................ 7 PUBLIC CONSULTATION PROCESS.................... 7 PRECAUTIONARY APPROACH........................... 7 CONSIDERATION OF CHILDREN'S HEALTH IN GPE FRAMEWORK..................................... 8 CLASS APPROACH VERSUS ...