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Environment Canada and Health and Welfare Canada (1993) Guidelines for the Notification and Testing of New Substances Chemicals and Polymers. Pursuant to the New Substances Notification Regulations of Canadian Environmental Protection Act. Environment Canada, Conservation and Protection, and Health and Welfare Canada, Health Protection Branch, Ottawa, Ontario. 

In Canada, Environment Canada, which was created in 1971, is the organization responsible for environmental regulation and protection. Environment Canada is divided into five Regional Offices Ontario, Atlantic, Prairie and Northern Region, Quebec, and Pacific and Yukon. Its environmental services are administered through the Canadian Environment Protection Act (CEPA) which includes the Air Quality Act, the Canadian Water Act, the Ocean Dumping Act, the Environment Contaminant Act, and the Department of the Environment Act. CEPA was recently amended (September 1999), placing more emphasis on pollution prevention and toxic substances. It also provides an increased enforcement authority and resources to carry out necessary research and development activities. 

In the early 1990s, the National Institutes for Health and the U5. Department of Energy [2] undertook a study of nuclear navy civilian and military personnel who had received radiation in their work environment (all well below the upper limits allowed by the existing regulations) and found that those receiving radiation were healthier than their counter parts who did not receive radiation (for instance, office workers). Similar studies of radiation workers for Ontario Hydro (which operates most of the Canadian Nuclear Power plants) [3] and for the nuclear workers in the United Kingdom [4] showed similar results. In all of these studies, there was a clear trend of longer and healthier lives for those workers exposed to low levels of radiation compared to the workers not exposed to radiation. 

Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations, Canadian Government Publishing Centre, Supply and Services Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada KIA OS9. 

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