Notes

1. Campbell M. Role of health professionals in protecting children from environmental risks:  A commentary. Can J Pub Health 1998; 89 Suppl1: S63-72. (Available in PDF format.)
2. Ibid.
3. Solomon GM and T Schettler. Environment and health: 6. Endocrine disruption and potential human health implications. CMAJ 2000;163:1471-76. (Back Issues, Issue November 28, 2000.)
4. Campbell, 1998. op cit. p. S67.
5. Ibid.
6. Sanborn MD, Scott EAF. Environmental health concerns in urban and rural family practice. Can Fam Phys 1998;44:1466-1472.
7. Health and Welfare Canada. An investigation of the attitudes of Canadians on issues related to health and the environment. Ottawa: Decima Research. 1992.
8. Health Canada. Health-Risk Perception in Canada. 1993.
9. Sanborn MD and Scott EAF. Environmental health concerns in urban and rural family practice. Can Fam Phys 1998;44:1466-1472.
10. Schettler T,  Solomon G, Valenti M and Huddle A. Chap 11. Reflections and Recommendations. Generations at Risk: Reproductive Health and the Environment. MIT Press; 1999. p.312.
11. By Dr Hiko Tamashiro, Office of Global and Integrated Environmental Health, World Health Organization (WHO) and based on the 1997 WHO report entitled “Health and Environment in Sustainable Development: Five Years after the Earth Summit.”
12. Levy SB. The challenge of antibiotic resistance. Sci Am 1998; 278(3):46-53.
13. Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound Health Unit. The Investigative Report of the Walkerton Outbreak of Waterborne Gastroenteristis. May – June, 2000. Released: October 10, 2000
14. Upshur, REG. Plastimet Fire. The Environmental Health Newsletter, McMaster Institute of Environment and Health. 1997;Fall/Winter.
15. Sanborn & Scott, 1998. op cit.
16. Campbell, 1998. op cit.
17. See for example: coverage in the Hamilton Spectator, March 2001,“Get the lead out of our lives” and  “Suspect lead jewelry sold locally” and Sobel HL, Lurie P, Wolfe SM. Research Letters Lead Exposure from Candles JAMA 2000;284(2):180.
18. Schettler T. Physicians as Public Health Advocates. The Networker. Issue on Science and Advocacy. Volume 4(3): July 1999. The Science and Environmental Health Network.
19. See also CAPE’s Position Statement on Synthetic Pesticides and Pesticides: Making the Right Choice for the Protection of Health and the Environment, Report of the House of Commons Standing Committee on the Environment and Sustainable Development.
20. Environment and Health Program. Physicians for Social Responsibility.
21. Stein J. Why physicians don’t speak out. The Networker. Issue on Science and Advocacy. Volume 4(3): July 1999. The Science and Environmental Health Network.

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