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World Environment Day: It’s time to #BeatPlasticPollution

Are you concerned about the cuts to environmental programming the City of Toronto is considering? WE ARE!

The Toronto Environment office is at risk - programs such as Community Environment Days, waste diversion programs, urban agriculture programs, tree planting and the Live Green program.

  • READ the consultant's report that recommends the cuts (summarized as opportunities on page 5 and 6).

  • FIND your local councillor and contact them today.  Leave a voice message or send a quick email to let them know you think this programming is important.

  • Tell 5 friends to do the same!

Women's Healthy Environments Network (WHEN) would like you to add your voice to the City of Toronto's debate about the future of environmental programming and whether it should be sacraficed to reduce the city budget.

WHEN is a non-profit, charitable organization that works with communities on prevention initiatives addressing environmental links to health.  To learn more about WHEN, click here.

 

 

Are you getting Pink-Washed??

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, but each year it seems to be a month washed in more and more pink, and increasingly from companies and groups that claim to be leaders in eradicating breast cancer and yet promote or engage in the activities that may be contributing to the rising rates of the disease! Seventy to eighty percent of women with breast cancer have none of the "official" risk factors: family history (5-10%), hormonal and reproductive factors and a high fat diet. However, breast cancer rates are increasing all over the world and may be but the tip of the iceberg of other environmentally linked diseases.

Finding a cure is an important part of the solution, but we'd like to remind you that Taking Action for Prevention is also very important.

  • Check out the record of the companies that are branding their goods in pink.  Do your own research in to what a company stands for, and what their environmental record may be.

  • Read labels or use the Skin Deep guide to see if there are known or suspected carcinogens buried in that ingredient list of your favorite "pink" product.

  • Get informed.  Read Pink Ribbons, Inc. - Breast Cancer and the Politics of Philanthropy by Samantha King which reveals the truths behind cause-related marketing.

  • Start your own discussion.  Use our film, Exposure: Environmental Links to Breast Cancer to learn about the implications of our contaminated world on the health of women.   Host a screening in your own home, or join us at our screening this month.

  • Make your voice heard!  Let your government know that you think consumers should be told what's in the products they use and that known toxins should be eliminated from use.

WHEN is a non-profit, charitable organization that works with communities on prevention initiatives addressing environmental links to health. To learn more about WHEN, click here.

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Back to school!

Take Action For Prevention by adding these 3 environmental health considerations to your new Fall routine...

  • Consider how you, and especially children, use cell phones.  Limit exposure of cell phones to children entirely.  Store cell phones away from the body, and use headphones when you are on a call.

  • Take Action locally, and rally for improved air quality around your local school.  Use WHEN's Air Quality Action Guide to raise awareness and help to enforce local anti-idling Toronto bylaws.