EC - Virtual Elimination List
Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA) - Environmental Registry - Virtual Elimination List
The Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA 1999) mandates the Ministers of the Environment and of Health to compile a list to be known as the Virtual Elimination List. This list contains substances that are determined to be "toxic" according to CEPA, and also, persistent, bioaccumulative, anthropogenic, and which are not naturally occurring radionuclides or naturally occurring inorganic substances. These substances shall be proposed for implementation of virtual elimination under Section 65 (3) of CEPA 1999.
The Ministers must specify the level of quantification for each substance on the List and, having done so, must prescribe the quantity or concentration of the substance that may be released into the environment either alone or in combination with any other substance from any source or type of source.
This information was compiled from Environment Canada's website about the Virtual Elimination List.
See also:
- The CEPA Toxic Substances List in Pharos.