What happens when a substance is CEPA “toxic”?
For substances that are determined to be “toxic” under CEPA and are added to the List of Toxic Substances in Schedule 1 of the Act, Environment Canada and Health Canada will propose at least one instrument to establish preventive or control actions for managing the substance and thereby reduce or eliminate its release into the environment. These instruments and tools may be used to control any aspect of the substance’s life cycle – from the design and development stage to its manufacture, use, storage, transport and ultimate disposal. For those substances deemed persistent and bioaccumulative and which result primarily from human activity, virtual elimination of their release to the environment is the objective.
