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Earth Day

Exposure to harmful toxins continues to damage the health of workers in a wide range of occupations. Conservative estimates point to tens of thousands of Ontario workers suffering ill health each year with thousands more dying from diseases caused by these exposures. Workers are not the only victims though..

Many of these same toxins end up in the air we breathe, the water we drink and the food we eat. This is having a devastating effect on human and ecological health. Many believe the rising levels of childhood cancer we've seen over the past few decades are directly linked with environmental toxins.

The Workers Health & Safety Centre understands the critical relationship between healthy workplaces and a healthy environment. For this reason, the Workers Health & Safety Centre is involved with and promotes a range of initiatives aimed at empowering workers and others with the skills and motivation needed to eliminate harmful toxins from our workplaces and our environment. For instance, we've partnered with the Canadian Auto Workers Union on a unique "Earth Day in the Schools" program that reaches tens of thousands of elementary and secondary students each year. Our "Day of Mourning in the Schools" program conducted in concert with the United Steelworkers Union also makes the link between worker and community health.

Further, we've updated many of our training programs encouraging participants to engage in discussions about "extended producer responsibility" and "clean production" initiatives along with just transition of workers employed in polluting industries to cleaner, greener jobs. Some of our most popular video productions address these issues as well. While they support specific training programs, these videos are excellent tools for building community awareness. Many of these initiatives are also discussed in Workers Health & Safety Centre publications and are available on this web site.

• Earth Day in the Schools
• Day of Mourning in the Schools
• Environmental Links
• WHSC Supporting Videos