Cleaner, greener, healthier : a prescription for stronger Canadian environmental laws and policies / David R. Boyd.
2015
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Title
Cleaner, greener, healthier : a prescription for stronger Canadian environmental laws and policies / David R. Boyd.
Published
Vancouver ; Toronto : UBC Press, [2015]
Copyright
©2015
Call Number
KE3619 .B687 2015
ISBN
9780774830461 (bound)
0774830468 (bound)
9780774830478 (softcover)
0774830476 (softcover)
9780774830485 (pdf)
0774830484 (pdf)
9780774830492 (epub)
0774830492 (epub)
0774830468 (bound)
9780774830478 (softcover)
0774830476 (softcover)
9780774830485 (pdf)
0774830484 (pdf)
9780774830492 (epub)
0774830492 (epub)
Description
xiv, 398 pages ; 24 cm.
System Control No.
(OCoLC)907657440
Summary
"Canadians are tired of getting sick from toxins in their air, food, water, and consumer products. In Cleaner, Greener, Healthier David Boyd sets out to remedy Canada's environmental health problems. He begins by assessing the environmental burden of disease, identifies its unequal distribution, and estimates the associated economic costs. He then compares Canada's environmental laws and policies with those in the US, Australia, and the EU, delivering a provocative diagnosis of the causes of Canada's second-rate standards. Finally, he prescribes a legal cure that will enable Canada to catch up with the world's environmental leaders--without harming the economy."-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
List of Tables
ix
Acknowledgments
xi
List of Abbreviations
xii
pt. 1
Examination -- The Surprising Magnitude of Environmental Health Problems in Canada
1.
Neglected but Vital Issue
3
2.
Environmental Influences on Human Health
18
3.
Environmental Burden of Disease
48
4.
Environmental Injustices
66
5.
Economic Costs of the Environmental Burden of Disease
86
pt. 2
Diagnosis -- Inadequate Environmental Health Laws and Policies
6.
Environmental Health Law and Policy: The Big Picture
103
7.
Comparative Analysis of Environmental Health Laws and Policies
129
8.
Canada's Failure to Make Polluters Pay
179
9.
Why Does Canada Lag Behind?
199
pt. 3
Prescription -- Catching Up with Environmental Health Leaders
10.
Preventive and Precautionary Approach
225
11.
Systemic Changes in Pursuit of Sustainability
268
12.
Time for Action Is Now
291
Notes
304
Index
386