Why federal toxics law amendments need to address problems with carcinogens

By Joseph F. Castrilli and Fe de Leon ( May 16, 2022, 9:18 AM EDT) -- Arsenic has been known since the age of the Roman Empire as the king of poisons. In the modern era it is a known or suspected cancer-causing agent and listed as a toxic substance under Schedule 1 of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA). It is also symptomatic of Canada’s inability to curb emissions of a wide variety of such substances in the environment....