perfluorinated chemical | perfluorinated compound | PFC [Abbr.]

organic compound of phosphorus | organic phosphorous compound | organic phosphorus compound | organophosphorous compound | organophosphorus compound | organophosphorus substance

nitrogen compound | nitrogen product | nitrogen species | nitrogen substance | nitrogen-based compound | nitrogen-bearing compound | nitrogen-containing compound | nitrogenous compound | nitrogenous derivative

nitrogen species [ nitrogen substance | nitrogen compound | nitrogen-based compound | nitrogen-bearing compound | nitrogen-containing compound | nitrogenous compound ]

Perfluorinated Ion-Exchange Membrane Remission Order, 1992

tetrafluoromethane [ Arcton 0 | Arcton 14 | carbon fluoride | carbon tetrafluoride | CFC-14 | F 14 | FC 14 | fluorocarbon-14 | Freon-14 | halocarbon 14 | Halon 1.400 | Halon 14 | perfluoridocarbon | perfluorinated hydrocarbon | perfluorocarbon | perfluoromethane | perhalogenated fluorocarbon | R-14 | perfluorid ]

construct lathe compound | create lathe compound | build mill location | set up lathe compound

modeling compound | modeling plastic | impression compound | modeling composition | compound

sheet molding compound | SMC | sheet moulding compound | sheet moulded compound

pathogenic bacteria and viruses; naturally occurring but harmful substances like uranium or microcystins; emerging contaminants from industry like perfluorinated compounds; disinfection by-products or distribution impurities like chlorate, haloacetic acids, or bisphenol A.

(Return tabled) Question No. 845 Ms. Kirsty Duncan: With regard to children’s health and the environment: (a) what action has the government undertaken to integrate children’s environmental health into existing public health programs; (b) what specific action is the government undertaking to advocate for the consideration and assessment of hazardous environmental influences on children’s health and development, (i) in Canada, (ii) internationally; (c) what specific action is the government undertaking to raise the political profile of children’s environmental health, (i) locally, (ii) regionally, (iii) nationally; (d) in relation to its contaminated sites, (i) what specific action is the government undertaking to raise awareness about ch ...[+++]ildren’s environmental health, (ii) what are all contaminated sites where action has been taken to raise awareness, (iii) what was the risk; (iv) what was the action taken; (e) what are all government activities focused on children’s environmental health; (f) what are all existing government activities focused on prevention of environmental exposures aimed at protecting children's health; (g) what governmental action has been undertaken to prevent (i) pre-conception, prenatal, and childhood exposures, (ii) air, consumer products, food, soil/dust, water, and other physical environmental exposures, (iii) biological, chemical, and physical hazards; (h) how has the government taken children's vulnerabilities into account in developing environmental and health policies, regulations, and standards; (i) what targeted environmental and health policies, regulations, and standards have already been put in place to protect children's health, and what policies, regulations, and standards are currently under consideration; (j) what action is being undertaken by the government to measure the extent to which pregnant women and their babies are exposed to common environmental chemicals, and what health risks, if any, are associated with th ...

Perfluorinated compounds - and the failure of chemical legislation

Perfluorinated compounds have found numerous applications in consumer products and industrial applications due to their stability and repellent properties.