We can no longer take clean air for granted! Take action and you too can make a difference

1) Stay informed!

2) Learn not to burn!

3) Use clean burning stoves!

4) Become part of your CHOKED COMMUNITY!

WRITE TO GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND POLLUTING COMPANIES!

By forwarding your concerns to those responsible, you help effect change.

Premier the Hon. Gordon Campbell
Room 156
Parliament Buildings
Victoria, BC V8V 1X4
Phone: 250 387-1715
Fax: 250 387-0087
email the Premier

The Hon. Bill Barisoff
Minister of Water, Land and Air Protection
Room 151, Parliament Buildings
Victoria, BC
V8V 1X4
Phone: 250 356-6611
Fax: 250 356-8294
email the Minister

Jim Hofweber
Regional Waste Manager
Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection
Bag 5000
Smithers, B.C. V0J 2N0
Phone: 250-847-7551
email Jim

The Hon. Colin Hansen
Minister of Health Services
Room 337, Parliament Buildings
Victoria, BC V8V 1X4
Phone: 250 953-3547
Fax: 250 356-9587
email the Minister


Dennis MacKay, MLA
Room 201
Parliament Buildings
Victoria, BC V8V 1X4
Phone: 250 356-9574
Fax: 250 387-8596
email Dennis MacKay

Hon. Michael de Jong
Minister of Forests
Room 128
Parliament Buildings
Victoria, BC V8V 1X4
Phone: 250 387-6240
Fax: 250 387-1040
email the Minister

The Hon. David Anderson
Minister of Environment
House of Commons
Parliament Buildings
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0A6
Telephone: (613) 996-2358
Fax: (613) 952-1458
email David Anderson

Prime Minister The Right Hon. Paul Martin
House of Commons
Parliament Buildings
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0A6
Telephone: (613) 992-4284
Fax: (613) 992-4291
email the Prime Minister

LINKS

BC Ministry of Environment web page About health effects of particulates
http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/ske/skeair/pm10/pm10rx.html

National air quality site
http://cleanair.ca

Air Quality Unit BC Environment Skeena Region
http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/ske/skeair/index.html

Web site explaining health effects of particulate pollution NO ROOM TO BREATHE: Health Effects of Criteria Air Pollutants from Power Plants by Jefferson H Dickey, MD
http://www.igc.org/psr/nrtb_new-rpt.htm

British Columbia Medical Association
www.bcma.org

The David Suzuki Foundation
www.davidsuzuki.org

Environment Canada
www.ec.gc.ca

National Pollutant Release Inventory
www.ec.gc.ca/pdb/npri/index.html

British Columbia Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks
www.gov.bc.ca/elp/

British Columbia Environmental Network
www.bcen.bc.ca

Canadian Environmental Network
www.cen-rce.org

Canadian Center for pollution prevention
c2p2.sarnia.com

OTHER RESOURCES

A good book about particulate pollution:

Particles in our air : concentrations and health effects / edited by Richard Wilson and John D. Spengler. [Cambridge, Mass.] : Harvard School of Public Health ; distributed by Harvard University Press,
c1996.v, 259 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.ISBN: 0-674-24077-4

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