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A statement from a coalition of international, regional, and local NGOs urging the 18th session of the Human Right Council to renew the mandate of the Special Procedure on the adverse effects of the management, movement, dumping and disposal of hazardous substances and wastes on the enjoyment of human rights for another three years.

This case study describes a fictitious company, MultiPaint, Inc. (MPI), which faces a crisis when toxic contamination is discovered at its idle downtown manufacturing site. Despite a recent marketing campaign emphasizing environmental safety, the company must navigate legal, financial, and public relations challenges while evaluating five distinct options for the contaminated property.

This fact sheet by the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment describes the health and environmental risks associated with tailings ponds in the Canadian oilsands (tarsands) industry in northern Alberta, highlighting unusually high cancer rates in local Indigenous communities and the failure of industry and government to report toxic spills.