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They recommend that the principles of environmental justice, non-regression, and intergenerational equity be incorporated as administrative duties in Section 2 of the Act to give them \"greater force and create consistency and continuity of purpose throughout the Act.\"","ai_generated":true,"unit":"capeca-000103#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The briefing highlights the need to protect vulnerable populations from toxic substances, citing that endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) increase breast cancer risks for women and girls during specific biological windows. It notes that intersectional discrimination can lead Black and other racialized women to use beauty products containing harmful EDCs to \"comply with white beauty norms.\"","ai_generated":true,"unit":"capeca-000103#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The coalition recommends introducing mandatory labelling for hazardous substances in consumer products to uphold the \"consumers' right to know\" and facilitate the choice of healthier alternatives, arguing that current lack of transparency is an \"environmental justice issue.\"","ai_generated":true,"unit":"capeca-000103#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The document identifies significant delays in the current CEPA process, noting that some draft screening assessments, such as for hydrogen sulfide (published September 2017) and naphthenic acids (published August 2018), remain unfinalized. 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