Zinc

The Additional Risk Characterization Document in Support of the Draft Screening Assessment for Zinc and its Compounds: Pulp and paper sector exposure and risk characterization was published. Available here.

Fact Sheets

Two new fact sheets were published: 1. Use of margins of exposure and risk quotients in risk assessment, and 2. Canadian exposure factors used in human health risk assessments. Available here.

Coal Tars

The Final Screening Assessment for Coal Tars and their Distillates was published. The Risk Management Approach for Coal Tars and their Distillates and the proposed order adding coal tars to Schedule 1 of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 were also...

Priority A (higher hazard) micro-organism

A notice of intent to amend the Domestic Substances List to vary the requirements under the Significant New Activity (SNAc) provisions of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 for Pseufomonas fluorescens ATCC 13525 was published for a 60-day public comment...