RCEN - Chemicals Management Plan

Resources, Learning Tools and Links

This page provides a selection of resources and links to information on chemicals management policies and initiatives, as well as learning tools created to help groups to respond to the Chemicals Management Plan and related processes.

If you would like to share a relevant document, website or other material, please forward it to Sarah Heiberg , RCEN National Caucus Coordinator.

Resources & Learning Tools:

Glossary of terms and acronyms from the Government of Canada’s CMP Program, produced by Boreal Translations & Environmental Defence (ED)

CMP Tracking tool, produced by ED

CMP & Capacity Building Project Framework Document , produced by RCEN

CEPA Criteria and Definitions Document, produced by ED

Screening Health Assessment of Existing Substances under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (1999), by Health Canada

Cosmetics Hotlist Information, produced by ED

Fact Sheets & Frequently Asked Questions, produced by Government of Canada

Getting Involved in the CMP

Reports, Presentations & Other Useful Documents:

NGO report from the CMP Information Session Teleconference, produced by ED (February 18, 2009)

Environment Canada Presentation: “Using Analogue and Category Approaches in Challenge Ecological Screening Assessment Reports” (February 18, 2009)

Environmental NGO Report on EC-HC CMP Stakeholder Workshop on Risk Assessment, produced by IICPH & CSM (April 23, 2009)

Health NGO Report on EC-HC CMP Stakeholder Workshop on Risk Assessment, produced by LDAC (April 23, 2009)

Environment Canada presentation – “Screening Assessment of Substances under CEPA 1999” (April 23, 2009)

Technical Question Teleconference Report, produced by ED (April 29, 2009)

Health Canada’s Screening Assessment Overview

Health Canada’s Comparison of Screening and Priority Substances List Health Assessments (Original document on HC website)

The Green Screen for Safer Chemicals and the Substitution Principle, by Clean Production Action

Why We Need Green Chemistry, by Clean Production Action

Why Promote Green Chemistry, by Clean Production Action

Green Chemistry: A new approach to pollution prevention in the Great Lakes, by Great Lakes Green Chemistry Network

A Presentation on the RCEN CMP Capacity Building Project

RCEN CMP Capacity Building Project Evaluation (2008-2009)

RCEN CMP Capacity Building Project Evaluation (2009-2010)

Links:

Canada	International
Environment Canada's NPRI	IPEN
Canadian Partnership on Children’s Health and the Environment	SAICM
	PRIO database
	REACH - EU regulations
	The Collaborative on Health and the Environment

All contributions remain the property of the authors, and the opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect the views of the RCEN.

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Resources, Learning Tools and Links

RCEN and Environmental Defence gratefully acknowledge the financial support of Health Canada on this project.