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Toxic wildfire smoke over Ontario: What workplaces are required to do
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Legislation & Government PolicyOur Favourites
WorkSafeBC urges employers to plan now for summer heat, smoke and UV risks
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OHS Law
PREMIUM Support worker in Ontario awarded benefits for second-hand smoke-aggravated airway disease
Premium Member Access Required This article is available to Safety News Canada Premium members. Subscribe for $99/year plus HST for concise, plain-language summaries of the court decisions, arbitration rulings, and …
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OpinionWorkplace Safety
Climate change could significantly worsen summer air quality in future decades
By Rebecca Kaarina Saari Across the world, air pollution is associated with more early deaths than any other environmental exposure, raising risks of dying from lung cancer, respiratory infection, heart… …
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Legislation & Government PolicyWorkplace Safety
Nova Scotia expands regulated air pollutants from 6 to 26 starting June 1
Nova Scotia is updating its Air Quality Regulations to cover 26 industrial air pollutants, up from six, with the new rules taking effect June 1. The province’s Environment and Climate… …
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By Brian Oliver and Peter J. Irga The fire at a major oil refinery in the Victorian city of Geelong has now reportedly been extinguished. But with thick smoke from… …
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Global Safety NewsOpinion
Scotland’s smoking ban turns 20 – it cut secondhand smoke exposure by 96%, but the job isn’t finished yet
By Sean Semple and Rachel O’Donnell At 6am on a quiet Sunday morning 20 years ago today, Scotland became the first UK nation to ban smoking in enclosed public spaces. …
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Global Safety NewsOpinion
In war‑torn Iran, air pollution from burning oil depots and bombed buildings unleashes invisible health threats
By Armin Sorooshian The waves of U.S. and Israeli bomb strikes in Tehran and Beirut, and Iran’s missile and drone attacks on neighboring countries in response, are damaging more than …
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By Vikram Niranjan When e-cigarettes first appeared around 2010, they were hailed as a breakthrough: nicotine delivery without the toxic tar and combustion byproducts of traditional cigarettes. Public health bodies …


