Plastic-bottled water ban on the horizon in Montreal?
Not long after announcing his city’s intention to ban single-use plastic bags by 2018, Montreal mayor Denis Coderre has indicated that banning plastic-bottled water may be next. Bottled water has long been decried for its heavy environmental footprint. Not only is it unnecessary where safe a…
View the post titled Plastic-bottled water ban on the horizon in Montreal?Ecojustice successfully defends drought restrictions against MOE/ Nestle
Congratulations to Ecojustice for successfully defending drought restrictions in a water taking permit against the combined forces of the Ministry of the Environment and the giant water bottler, Nestle Canada.
View the post titled Ecojustice successfully defends drought restrictions against MOE/ NestleWill Environmental Tribunal enforce public trust in water?
Ecojustice has intervened in an appeal before Ontario’s Environmental Review Tribunal, hoping that they will enforce a public trust in water resources. Nestle Canada Inc. (“Nestle”) runs Ontario’s largest water bottling operation. They pump groundwater from two different sets of wells …
View the post titled Will Environmental Tribunal enforce public trust in water?Provincial budget: environmental fees going up more
Here are some excerpts from last week’s Ontario provincial budget, promising further increases in fees relating to the environment. Contaminated sites fees, water taking charges, fees for environmental compliance approvals and for hazardous waste will all go up by almost $10 million. T…
View the post titled Provincial budget: environmental fees going up morePharmaceuticals, drinking water, and liability
The better our detection ability becomes, the more things we find in the water. One important group of those things is pharmaceuticals and their metabolites. Pharmaceuticals are specifically designed to affect the bodies, brains and behaviour of humans and other animals, at comparatively low…
View the post titled Pharmaceuticals, drinking water, and liabilityKeeping drugs out of our drinking water – an update
Leftover drugs should never be flushed down toilets or discarded with regular garbage. Consumers should return unused drugs to their pharmacies for incineration.
View the post titled Keeping drugs out of our drinking water – an updateWhat's in bottled water?
The major difference between bottled water and municipal tap water is that we know less about what is in bottled water.
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