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Health Canada has assessed the hazards associated with the use of children's upper outerwear with drawstrings. These products may pose a strangulation or vehicular dragging hazard to children.

This report describes the surveillance findings gathered by the Consumer Product Safety Program (CPSP) within Health Canada.

Health Canada has assessed the hazards associated with the use of decorative lighting strings. These products may pose an electric shock, burn, or fire hazard.

Health Canada has assessed the hazards associated with the use of free-standing clothing storage units. These products may pose a tip-over hazard to children.

Health Canada has assessed the hazards associated with the use of high chairs. These products may pose an entrapment or fall hazard to children.

The purpose of this Compliance Verification (CV) project was to verify industry's compliance of charcoal products to the requirements of the Charcoal Regulations.

Health Canada has assessed the hazards associated with the use of certain products containing small powerful magnets. These products may pose a magnet ingestion hazard to children.

Health Canada has assessed the hazards associated with the use of ski and snowboard helmets. These products may pose a risk of serious head injury when the user suffers an impact from a fall or collision with other boarders, skiers, obstacles, or objects.

Health Canada has assessed the hazards associated with the use of USB chargers. These products may pose an electric shock, burn, or fire hazard.

The purpose of this Compliance Verification (CV) project was to verify industry's compliance of utility lighters with the requirements of the Lighters Regulations.

Naturally occurring radioactive material (NORM) is radioactive material found in nature due to natural sources (such as radionuclides in the uranium and thorium decay chains). Since all material found in nature contains some level of NORM, exposure to NORM is normal.

This report describes the surveillance findings gathered by the Consumer Product Safety Program (CPSP) within Health Canada

The Drug Product Database (DPD) system captures information on Canadian human, veterinary and disinfectant products approved for use by Health Canada. To facilitate the use of the drug product data, multiple Drug Product files are available. Users can access the complete data set through the...

Tools and resources for the WHMIS guidance, policies, reports, classification and compliance tools and WHMIS logo

The Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) is Canada's hazard communication standard. Suppliers, employers and workers each have requirements under WHMIS.

The Guidance on the WHMIS supplier requirements provides information on the requirements of the HPA and the HPR to suppliers of hazardous products destined for Canadian workplaces.

Under the RCC, Canada collaborates with the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (U.S. OSHA) to ensure that the Canadian and U.S. requirements for hazard classification and communication for workplace hazardous products remain aligned to the greatest extent possible with each other...

Hazardous substance assessments are technical documents produced by Health Canada as educational and information resources for suppliers of hazardous products under the Hazardous Products Act (HPA) and its regulations.

Hazardous substance assessments are technical documents produced by Health Canada as educational and information resources for suppliers of hazardous products under the Hazardous Products Act (HPA) and its regulations.

Hazardous substance assessments are technical documents produced by Health Canada as educational and information resources for suppliers of hazardous products under the Hazardous Products Act (HPA) and its regulations.