Therefore, be it resolved that Great Lakes United promote the goals of Health Care
Without Harm and the Canadian Coalition for Green Health Care.

Therefore, be it resolved that Great Lakes United, wherever possible, source food and farm products locally, with a preference for organically grown products.
Be it further resolved that Great Lakes United, wherever possible, sign on to sustainable food and food system policies. Be it further resolved that Great Lakes United urge and support its network to do the
same.

Great Lakes United urges the governments of Canada and the United States to: Assess all vectors of ANS introductions, including intentional and unintentional, into the Great Lakes and determine the relative risk of each vector. Develop an action plan to prioritize and prevent ANS introductions from all vectors with set implementation deadlines. Develop mandatory federal enforcement programs for implementation of the action plan insuring provisions for citizen suit. Set criteria and standards for ballast water treatment and management that are subject to guaranteed periodic review and revision and that effectively reduce transfers of invasive organisms into and within the Great Lakes. Create and implement a thorough and effective screening process to ensure all policies, treatments and technologies are environmentally sound (as defined in the National Invasive Species Act).

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Great Lakes United calls on the U.S. Congress to immediately stop the Great Lakes Navigation System review, and calls on the Canadian Government to withhold financial or administrative support to the said study.

Notes from a presentation at Great Lakes United's 2001 workshop, "Extended Producer Responsibility and the Automotive Industry". In this presentation the end-of-life impacts of vehicles is assessed

Notes from a presentation at Great Lakes United's 2001 workshop, "Extended Producer Responsibility and the Automotive Industry". In this presentation the impacts of mercury pollution from car recycling is explored.

Notes from a presentation at Great Lakes United's 2001 workshop, "Extended Producer Responsibility and the Automotive Industry". In this presentation the barriers and benefits to EPR regulations in North American are explored.

Notes from a presentation at Great Lakes United's 2001 workshop, "Extended Producer Responsibility and the Automotive Industry". In this presentation the possibilities for EPR adoption are explored.

The United States had a record 210 million automobiles on the road in 1999, up 15 million from 1994, and the total for all of North America in 1996 was more than 235 million. Each year, some 12 million of these vehicles are retired from useful life. Many of the materials used in their production create problems along the way, either in the vehicleÕs manufacture, use or end-of-life. This report examines the historic and continuing use of the highly toxic metal mercury in automobiles and estimates its releases to the environment from end-of-life vehicle (ELV) processing. The report will show that emissions from vehicle recycling and disposal processes are one of the largest sources of mercury contamination to the environment. The report also examines strategies for cleaner production and proposes key policy solutions to eliminate mercury hazards from both new and existing vehicles. 

Fish advisories are warnings to the public from state health departments and federal agencies that eating certain fish poses a danger to health because of chemical contamination. They provide graphic public testimony to the risks chemical contamination poses to local and regional ecosystems. The Great Lakes region of the United States contains a disproportionate share of the nation’s fish advisories. While the states bordering the Great Lakes account for 27 percent of the nation’s people, they are home to 75 percent of the nation’s fish advisories and 72 percent of all of the nation’s fish advisories due to POPs contamination. Fully 100 percent of the Great Lakes waters and their connecting waters are under advisories.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT:(1) Great Lakes United rcspcctfi~llyrc quests Canada's Minister of the Environment to appoint an independent panel to review the re-start of the Pickering "A" nuclear station; and (2) Great Lakes United respectfully requests the Environment Minister to instruct the panel to reconsider the scope of the review, and to include amongst other issues the review of a severe accident with loss of containment, alternative means of generating electricity, and an economic evaluation of the re-start proposal and its alternatives.