Will the Government of Canada impose Virtual Elimination and/or prohibitions on all PBiT substances? If so, what is the incentive for industry to respond to the Challenge Questionnaire?
Under CEPA 1999, when a screening assessment of a substance determines that a substance is toxic under the Act, and the substance is persistent and bioaccumulative in accordance with the Persistence and Bioaccumulation Regulations, predominantly anthropogenic, and is not a naturally occurring radionuclide or naturally occurring inorganic substance, the Ministers of the Environment and Health shall recommend the substance for addition to the List of Toxic Substances in Schedule 1 of CEPA 1999 and propose the implementation of Virtual Elimination under the Act. Under CEPA 1999, Virtual Elimination is the reduction of a toxic substance released to the environment to a quantity or concentration below that which can be accurately measured.Responses from industry to the Challenge Questionnaire will inform the Government of business activities involving substances on the Challenge and of management practices that industry may currently have in place with regard to these substances. This infor
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