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Proud to share that Leah Temper, CAPE's Health & Economic Policy Director, co-authored a new study in @pnas.org highlighting how grassroots and Indigenous-led movements against polluting industries are a powerful, under-recognized force for global conservation. loom.ly/BkWx03Q
Social movements are transformative agents for biodiversity conservation | PNAS
Civil society has long been a catalyst for social change by reshaping structures, influencing values, and challenging power dynamics; however, its ...
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January 28, 2026 at 6:35 PM
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Join our friends at @cape-acme.bsky.social and CACOR for a film screening of CLIMATE IN THERAPY and panel discussion.

January 28th at 7pmEST
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"Climate in Therapy" FREE Film Screening
Join the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE) & the Canadian Association for the Club of Rome (CACOR) in Ottawa, ON for a screening of the award wining film "Climate In Therap...
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January 25, 2026 at 3:44 PM
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In 2024, PCN Board Member and Veteran, Erin Zimmerman testified on her experience with early-onset Parkinson’s & enviro contamination exposures from working and living on Canadian bases.

Need for: 1) Shift the Burden of Proof to Gov't and 2) Direct Ministerial Accountability bit.ly/4b3wHb3
Fire Codes: What Veterans Need From Parliament This Session — espritdecorps
Veterans could see real progress this parliamentary session if accountability replaces endless study. Shifting the burden of proof to government and enforcing ministerial outcome reporting would turn ...
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January 20, 2026 at 6:09 PM
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Please visit PCN's website for additional information on asbestos cement drinking water pipes: preventcancernow.ca/where-are-ca... 2/2
Where are Canada’s asbestos cement drinking water pipes? Check the data for where you live - Prevent Cancer Now
Does your community have asbestos cement in aging drinking water pipes? Statistics Canada's first national inventory shows almost 13,700 km of these pipes nationally.
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December 29, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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For more than a decade, [PCN Board Member], Julian Branch has worried about asbestos in his drinking water. In south Regina, ~95% of the pipes are made from asbestos cement....[P]rogress on replacing these pipes & acknowledgment of potential harms has been slow-moving. bit.ly/4sj7jnU 1/2
Asbestos is banned in Canada. Why is it in our drinking water?
For more than a decade, Julian Branch has worried about the asbestos coming out of his tap, and with good reason: where he lives, in south Regina, about 95 per cent of the pipes are made from asbestos...
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December 29, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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Wrapping up 2025, Prevent Cancer Now reflects on successes and next steps to follow the science and stop cancer before it starts. Learn more and consider making a donation: bit.ly/4qvKZ8W
December 29, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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The article ⬇️ was published today in the National Observer.
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Asbestos is banned in Canada. Why is it in our drinking water?
For more than a decade, Julian Branch has worried about the asbestos coming out of his tap, and with good reason: where he lives, in south Regina, about 95 per cent of the pipes are made from asbestos...
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December 29, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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For more than a decade, [PCN Board Member], Julian Branch has worried about asbestos in his drinking water. In south Regina, ~95% of the pipes are made from asbestos cement....[P]rogress on replacing these pipes & acknowledgment of potential harms has been slow-moving. bit.ly/4sj7jnU 1/2
Asbestos is banned in Canada. Why is it in our drinking water?
For more than a decade, Julian Branch has worried about the asbestos coming out of his tap, and with good reason: where he lives, in south Regina, about 95 per cent of the pipes are made from asbestos...
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December 29, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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Pesticides Coalition - We join civil society and academic organizations in urging the federal gov't to halt plans to weaken Canada’s pesticide process which will reduce protections for farmers, public health, and the environment.

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December 18, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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Prevent Cancer Now joins 72 other organizations in letter to the Prime Minister of Canada and federal ministers of Environment and Climate Change and Energy and Natural Resources calling for oversight of nuclear waste projects.
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December 18, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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Eliminating safeguards designed to protect people from toxic chemicals including #PFAS does not make people healthy. The current administration has stacked #EPA with industry insiders who are doing the chemical lobby's bidding.

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MAHA Activists Urge Trump to Fire His E.P.A. Administrator
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December 8, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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Prevent Cancer Now Board Member, Julian Branch (@jwbranch.bsky.social) is an award winning journalist. Learn more about asbestos cement water pipes and Canadian drinking water. bit.ly/4pJoj4p
December 4, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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Industry interference overturned proposed pesticides restrictions. Will Health Canada act on compelling evidence of cancers in humans? bit.ly/48un9mp
December 4, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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Click the link below if you are interested in knowing more about asbestos in water.
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#health
#ACpipes

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CACOR Live - Julian Branch on Asbestos in Drinking Water
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November 21, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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🌍 Join Us TODAY @ 1 PM for the 2nd session of our National Forum! Featuring experts who will elevate understanding of data linking #pesticides to #breastcancer, #prostate & testicular #cancer, #infertility, & #pediatric cancer, as well as the impacts of #biosolids. 🔗 Register: ow.ly/fprf50Xxvjr
Register for the 42nd National Forum Series! Second session starts on December 4 @ 1 PM ET!
>> Thanks for joining the 42nd National Forum Series launch on Oct 29! Second session starts on December 4! If not already registered, click here! Registration covers all sessions of the 2025 Forum!
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December 4, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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Let’s break down the Regina numbers. 531 km in 2005. Exact same amount in 2021. Suddenly down to 500 km in Dec.,
2022. That’s remarkable, if true. Especially since the city has acknowledged it is having difficulty meeting its target of replacing 10 km per year.
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October 3, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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50-60 yrs to replace the (at least) 500 km of old asbestos cement water pipe in Regina. How come it is a priority, and causes cancer in Kenya, and not in Regina?
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October 4, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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Except during one of the 2,477 asbestos cement water pipe breaks in Regina between 2010-2022 (pls check) Coating is worthless.
Published tdy in UK. 👇🏼
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September 25, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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Please read the NRC studies I sent. In 2003, the City of Regina paid $5-million for them. Health Canada maintains that it’s okay to drink asbestos. I sit on the board of @preventcancernow.bsky.social
It strongly disagrees with that position.

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Drinking asbestos is safe? Health Canada’s new study can’t see why not - Prevent Cancer Now
Health Canada commissioned a flawed study that purportedly confirmed that there is no "consistent, convincing evidence' that drinking asbestos causes cancer.
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September 26, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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I couldn’t be there in person, but as a federal NDP leadership candidate I would like to hear/see your plan to replace the 13.7-thousand km of old
asbestos cement water pipes in Canada. BTW, Edmonton has 1,044 km.
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State to replace ageing water pipes in Tetu over health concerns
Scientists believe asbestos when used in roofing and piping could be a possible link to gastrointestinal cancers in humans.
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September 29, 2025 at 3:51 AM
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At least 13.7-thousand km
of old asbestos cement water
pipes in Canada. Pls feel free
to look at your community. Pls
demand change.
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Where are Canada’s asbestos cement drinking water pipes? Check the data for where you live - Prevent Cancer Now
Does your community have asbestos cement in aging drinking water pipes? Statistics Canada's first national inventory shows almost 13,700 km of these pipes nationally.
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October 3, 2025 at 2:16 AM
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Are Asbestos Cement pipes in your community? PCN calls for action following the release of Stats Can data that 13.7 thousand km delivering water to Canadians as of 2022.

See if there are Asbestos Cement pipes in your community and learn more: bit.ly/3KqBmsq
October 3, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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Sign and share the House of Commons petition for mandatory labelling of #GMOs. Demand transparency and choice. Sign e-6768 at www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en... Show your concern over genetically engineered (genetically modified) foods, unlabelled in grocery stores. More info: cban.ca/labelling
September 17, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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PM Carney: We can build a better nation with renewables. Scratch new U.S. nuclear off your major projects list.

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U.S. Nuclear Reactors will NOT Build a Strong Canada
PM Carney: We can build a better nation with renewables. Scratch new U.S. nuclear off your major projects list.
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September 17, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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Because old asbestos cement water pipes are breaking in record numbers, I implore you to read the piece below, which was published earlier this week. Please. Thank you. @saskboy.bsky.social
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The Hazard of Ingested Asbestos
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September 4, 2025 at 1:07 PM