Lynda Collins
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About Lynda Collins
Lynda M Collins is a professor with the Centre for Environmental Law and Global Sustainability at the University of Ottawa, a past co-chair of Ontario's Toxic Reduction Scientific Expert Panel, and co-author (along with Heather McLeod-Kilmurray) of The Canadian Law of Toxic Torts.
Chemicals aren't people. They shouldn't be presumed innocent
Under existing law, those who want to restrict use of a chemical must prove harm to humans or the environment. This is fundamentally backwards.