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Health Impacts
Ontario
Medical Association released a report on the Illness
Cost of Pollution in June of 2005 which
includes 2005 – 2026 health and economic damage estimates.
The Ontario College of Physicians released The Health Impacts of
Urban Sprawl Information Series, Volume
One – Air Pollution.
In June 2005 Toronto Public Health released a summary report on Influence
of Weather and Air Pollution On Mortality in Toronto. The report describes the key findings of a major study that
investigated the combined and independent impacts of extreme weather
(hot/cold) and air pollution on human acute mortality.
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Events, Workshops, and Conferences
Energy Workshops –
Association of Municipalities of Ontario,
Barrie:
March 4th and
5th, 2008. Click
here for more information.
Earth Hour - Cities such as Chicago,
Tel Aviv, Manila, Copenhagen, Melbourne, Brisbane and Toronto all will
be turning off their lights for an hour in the name of fighting global
warming on 29 March 2008 at 8pm. Click here
to sign up yourself or your municipality!
Energy Matters Summit – April 1
– 2 2008, Click
here for more information
Start
planning for April! April is Earth
Month and April 22nd is Earth
Day! Have tree planting events with residents; a no-car day or a
pedestrians-only downtown.
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