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To Promote Healthing Living BC Greens Will
- Enforce existing laws for industrial pollution, increase pollution fines, and create a graduated pollution tax that increases with the amount of pollution
- Legislate a province-wide ban on the use of cosmetic pesticides for residential, institutional and business properties, remove chemical pesticides from retail sales and work with the agriculture and forestry industries to reduce and eliminate pesticide use
- Implement Right-to-Know Product labeling legislation, requiring a clear hazard symbol on products that contain carcinogens
- Eliminate the import and use of products containing the most toxic substances, including carcinogens, endocrine-disrupters and persistent organic pollutants (POPs). This list will include Polybrominated Diphenyl Ether (PBDE), a toxic chemical used in many household products as a flame retardant.
- Increase tobacco taxes
- Reinstate and expand Medical Service Plan (MSP) coverage to include preventative treatments such as chiropractic, physiotherapy, eye exams, massage therapy and routine physical exams
- Expand MSP coverage for preventative measures such as counselling for addictions, weight control and stress reduction
- Institute a junk food tax
- Reduce exposure to electro-magnetic fields generated by wireless networks, cell phone towers and electrical transmission systems