A Canadian government commissioned review made wide-ranging recommendations, including concluding “it is necessary to take action in the following key areas: To raise the profile of the primary prevention of the environmental and occupational exposures as a priority issue within provincial cancer control agencies/programs; To disclose the presence, use and release of classified carcinogens, as a necessary prerequisite to primary prevention in workplaces, the environment and the home; To develop further legislation, regulation and policy, as required for primary prevention; To focus efforts nationally and provincially more specifically on primary prevention of exposures to occupational and environmental carcinogens; To establish the elimination, when possible, and minimization of exposure at all times for Group 1 and 2A carcinogens as an objective for primary stakeholders and governments; To exploit opportunities for inter-sectoral collaboration in order to maximize our effectiveness and focus activity on primary prevention strategies.”

Prevention of Occupational and Environmental Cancers in Canada: A Best Practices Review and Recommendations, National Committee on Environmental and Occupational Exposures Primary Prevention Action Group, Canadian Strategy for Cancer Control, May 2006.