Read the full article by John Woodside (Canada’s National Observer)
“The federal government is catching flak from environmentalists who say Ottawa is walking back plans to protect the public from ‘forever chemicals.’
Instead of taking a precautionary approach, critics say, the government is allowing industry to slow-roll regulation.
‘The burden is always placed on us… to prove that these substances are harmful,’ says Cassie Barker, senior program manager for toxics with advocacy group Environmental Defence.
But the government says it is trying to avoid having its regulation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, commonly called PFAS, stripped away by a court challenge.”…