Environmental Contaminants - Reports and Publications

• Environmental Radiation
• Existing Substances
  • Priority Substances Assessment Program
• New Substances
• Vulnerable Populations

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• Our Health, Our Environment: A Snapshot of Environmental Health in Canada - 2012
• Environmental Contaminants Bureau Annual Report 2002-03
• Report on Health Canada's Achievements (2000-2004) Under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act of 1999 (CEPA 1999) in Support of Parliamentary Review
• Human Health Risk Assessment for Priority Substances
• Mercury - Your Health and the Environment
• Management Action Plan - Health Canada CEPA (1999) Achievements in Support of Parliamentary Review
• Review of Existing Literature on Quantifying and Valuing Human Health Risks Associated with Low Level Exposure to PCBs

Environmental Radiation

Technical Reports and Publications

• Assessment and Management of Cancer Risks from Radiological and Chemical Hazards
• Canadian Guidelines for Intervention During a Nuclear Emergency - 2003
• Canadian Guidelines for the Management of Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials
• Canadian Guidelines for the Restriction of Radioactively Contaminated Food and Water Following a Nuclear Emergency
• Recommendations on Dose Coefficients for Assessing Doses from Accidental Radionuclide Releases to the Environment

Federal Provincial Territorial Radiation Protection Committee (FPTRPC)

• Three Year Business Plan 2008 - 2010

Radon

• Radon - What you need to know (brochure)
•  Radon: A Guide for Canadian Homeowners

Existing Substances

• New - Overview of the Second Report on Human Biomonitoring of Environmental Chemicals in Canada (2013)
• New - Second Report on Human Biomonitoring of Environmental Chemicals in Canada (2013)
• Overview of the Report on Human Biomonitoring of Environmental Chemicals in Canada (2010)
• Report on Human Biomonitoring of Environmental Chemicals in Canada (2010)

Children and the Health Risk Assessment of Existing Substances

• Children and the Health Risk Assessment of Existing Substances under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999

Chrysotile Asbestos Expert Panel

To obtain an electronic copy of the Chrysotile Asbestos Expert Panel Report (1098 K), please contact panel@hc-sc.gc.ca.

Domestic Substances List Categorization

• A Study to Determine Currency of DSL Quantity Data for Use in Categorization of DSL Substances - August 2001
• Assessing Chemicals in Canada for Risk: Protecting the Health of Canadians and their Environment
• Invitation to Provide Information on Substances Being Considered in Priority Setting for Health-Related Components of the Categorization of the Domestic Substances List Under CEPA 1999
• Proposal for Priority Setting for Existing Substances on the Domestic Substances List under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999: Greatest Potential for Human Exposure
• Proposed Integrated Framework for the Health-related Components of Categorization of the Domestic Substances List under CEPA 1999
• Report on Workshop to Consider DSL Industrial Sector and Functional Use Codes as Indicators of Potential Human Exposure (May 30, 2001)
• Report on Workshop to Consider DSL Industrial Sector and Functional Use Codes as Indicators of Potential Human Exposure (October 18, 2002)

Priority Substances Assessment Program

• Health-Based Guidance Values for Substances on the Second Priority Substances List
• Health-Based Tolerable Daily Intakes/Concentrations and Tumorigenic Doses/Concentrations for Priority Substances
• Human Health Risk Assessment for Priority Substances
• First Priority Substances List (PSL1) Assessments
• Second Priority Substances List (PSL2) Assessments

Screening Assessment Reports

• Final Human Health State of the Science Report on Lead
• Lead Risk Management Strategy for Lead
• Summary of Overarching Public Comments received on the draft Human Health State of the Science Report on Lead and the Proposed Risk Management Strategy for Lead
• Public Comments on and Responses to Public Comments on the Draft Screening Health Assessment on PFOS, its Salts and its Precursors
• Public Comments on and Responses to Public Comments on the Draft Screening Health Assessment Report on PBDEs
• Screening Health Assessment of Existing Substances Under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999
• State of the Science Report for a Screening Health Assessment - 1,1-Biphenyl
• State of the Science Report for a Screening Health Assessment - 1,1-Dichloroethene
• State of the Science Report for a Screening Health Assessment - 1,2-Dibromoethane
• State of the Science Report for a Screening Health Assessment - Phenol, 2,2'-methylenebis[6-(1,1-dimethylethyl)-4-methyl-
• State of the Science Report for a Screening Health Assessment - 4,6-Dinitro-o-cresol ( DNOC)
• State of the Science Report for a Screening Health Assessment - Ethylbenzene
• State of the Science Report for a Screening Health Assessment - Hexachloroethane (HCE)
• State of the Science Report for a Screening Health Assessment - Quinoline
• State of the Science Report for a Screening Health Assessment - Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDEs)
• State of the Science Report for a Screening Health Assessment Report - 4,4'-Methylenebis(2-chlorobenzenamine) (MBOCA)
• State of the Science Report for Perfluorooctane Sulfonate, Its Salts and Its Precursors that Contain the C₈F₁₇SO₂ or C₈F₁₇SO₃ Moiety
• Summary of Health Canada's Approach to Pesticides in the Domestic Substances List Pilot Phase

New Substances

• Determination of "Toxic" for the Purposes of the New Substances Provisions (chemicals and polymers) under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act - Human Health Considerations

Vulnerable Populations

• National Strategic Framework on Children's Environmental Health

Fact Sheets

• Air Quality and Health
• Ethylbenzene and Health
• Lead and Health
• Mercury and Health
• Perfluorooctane Sulfonate (PFOS) and Health
• Pesticides and Health

Workshop Reports

• Health Professionals and Children's Health and the Environment
• Seniors' Health and the Environment