News from the Network: Human Health


Pesticide Alert – Roadside Herbicide Spraying, a Danger to Human Health and the Environment

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The Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides, Newfoundland and Labrador (CAP-NL) is alerting the general public to the risk of exposure to toxic pesticide being used to remove vegetation along roadsides throughout the province [Continue...]

Designing Lead Safe Yards and Vegetable Gardens

St. John's Safer Soil

On Saturday, May 12, Common Ground/St. John’s Safer Soil and LeadNL will host a free public workshop on ‘Designing Lead Safe Yards and Vegetable Gardens.’ [Continue...]

Gwynne Dyer to speak at Public Forum, April 1, 2012

The Future We Want - April 1, 2012

On Sunday April 1, a public forum on “The Future We Want” will be held at The Lantern, 35 Barnes Rd., St. John’s. Author and journalist Gwynne Dyer will give the keynote address at 7:30pm [Continue...]

Groups Applaud City’s Move to Re-activate Environmental Advisory Committee

Photo: Flickr.com/.JohnW

The Newfoundland and Labrador Environment Network (NLEN) and Northeast Avalon Atlantic Coastal Action Program (NAACAP) applaud recent news that St. John’s City Council [Continue...]

Whales in Menapause; Kids in Despair: Moving Beyond Environmental Gloom & Doom Towards Hope, Happiness, & Resiliency

Photo: flickr.com/Jim Nix/Nomadic Pursuits)

Corner Brook will host a talk by Dr. Elin Kelsey, an internationally acclaimed award winning author, consultant, academic, and a leading spokesperson for hope, resilience, and the environment. [Continue...]

Voting for the environment: Environment Network releases review of party policies

green ballot box

A review of party policies carried out by the Newfoundland and Labrador Environment Network (NLEN) indicates that environmental issues are receiving attention from all three parties this election. In late August, the Newfoundland and Labrador Environment Network sent a questionnaire to each of the parties requesting their positions on a number of issues… [Continue...]