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The Air Quality Assessment Section of Health Canada undertook a health risk assessment of sulphur dioxide (SO2) in order to update the available information on adverse effects...

Single Use N95 respirators are disposable filtering face pieces covering the mouth, nose and chin that capture airborne particles from the air on the filter. They are considered...

The purpose of this Cyclical Enforcement (CE) project was to verify industry's compliance of children's sleepwear with specific requirements of the Children's Sleepwear...

This Regulatory Directive outlines Health Canada's Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) policy on the regulation of formulants contained in pest control products (Part I)....

Many drugs are being evaluated in Canada and around the world as potential treatments for COVID-19. Health Canada has authorized several of these for use in Canada. You can...

Manufacturers of Class I to IV devices and importers of Class I devices must report shortages to Health Canada for medical devices that belong to a category included on the List...

Health Canada has assessed the hazards associated with the use of decorative lighting strings. These products may pose an electric shock, burn, or fire hazard.

Plastic pollution is considered to be plastic that is discarded, disposed of, or abandoned in the environment. In an environmental context, plastics are often categorized by...

The Fixed Point Surveillance (FPS) network monitors public radiation dose due to radioactive materials in the atmosphere. The FPS network is used primarily to measure the...

The maximum acceptable concentration (MAC) for terbufos in drinking water is 0.001 mg/L (1 µg/L).

This List of Permitted Emulsifying, Gelling, Stabilizing or Thickening Agents sets out authorized food additives used to form or maintain a uniform emulsion of two or more...

Safety Code 26.

The general approach employed is as comprehensive as the available information allows and is comparative in nature, i.e., the impacts of biodiesel blends are compared to those...

An aesthetic objective of ≤500 mg/L has been established for total dissolved solids (TDS) in drinking water. At higher levels, excessive hardness, unpalatability, mineral...

The purpose of this compliance verification project was to verify industry's compliance of portable firepots with the requirements of the Consumer Chemicals and Containers...

List of Recognized Standards for Medical Devices

These substances were identified for action under the Chemicals Management Plan (CMP).

To help label designers and the food and packaging industry meet format specifications, we created a compendium of templates. The templates are the actual-size graphic...

Extreme heat involves high temperatures and can pose health risks. Over the next 30 years, the number of extremely hot days in a year is expected to more than double in some...

This guidance document provides information to help product licence applicants determine the evidence (type and amount of data) to be provided to support the safety (risk) and...