ChemTRAC Grants

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• Feasibility Study Report of Mercury Reduction from Crematoria
• Pocket Guide to Non-Toxic Dry Cleaning
• Removing the Stain – Getting Cancer-Causing Chemicals Out of Your Clothes
• Toronto Toxic Reduction Tool Kit (PDF)
  
  Tool Kit Summary:
• Tool KIT #1
  Your New Environmental Reporting and Disclosure Bylaw
  A quick introduction to the City of Toronto’s Environmental Reporting and Disclosure Bylaw that requires Toronto companies to report their use and release of 25 chemicals
• Tool KIT #2
  The “Toxic Twenty-Five” Priority Substances
  A description of the 25 substances that includes the sources, their health effects, uses and the workers that might be exposed to them
• Tool KIT #3
  Reporting Companies
  An explanation of the types of industries and businesses that must report under the Environmental Reporting and Disclosure Bylaw and their timetables for reporting
• Tool KIT #4
  Model Companies Show How Pollution Prevention Works
  Examples of companies in different sectors that have successfully changed their practices from pollution to pollution prevention
• Tool KIT #5
  How to Research Chemicals Using ChemTRAC
  A step-by-step guide to accessing information and data submitted by companies under the Environmental Reporting and Disclosure Bylaw
• Tool KIT #6
  Reducing Pollutants in Your Neighbourhood
  Suggested ways in which the Environmental Reporting and Disclosure Bylaw may be used to influence neighbouring companies to reduce or eliminate their pollutants
• Tool KIT #7
  Auditing Your Workplace
  Suggested ways in which the Environmental Reporting and Disclosure Bylaw may be used by workers to identify chemicals and to reduce or eliminate pollutants in the workplace
• Tool KIT #8
  Getting the Toxic Twenty-Five Out of Your Home
  A walk-through the rooms of a typical home identifying products that may contain the 25 toxic chemicals covered by the Environmental Reporting and Disclosure Bylaw and making recommendations for alternatives