PETITION TO BAN FORMALDEHYDE USE IN THE FUNERAL INDUSTRY/PÉTITION POUR INTERDIRE L’UTILISATION DU FORMALDÉHYDE DANS LE DOMAINE FUNÉRAIRE
- Target:
- Government of Canada
- Region:
- Canada
- Website:
- www.scmq-cdq.ca
PETITION TO BAN FORMALDEHYDE USE IN THE FUNERAL INDUSTRY
Did you know that formaldehyde is a known and documented carcinogen that has health and environmental impacts?
Did you know that formaldehyde is in some of our food, our clothing, our bedding, our upholstery, our furniture and many other household wares?
Did you know that formaldehyde is being banned from the funeral industry in the UK and is banned or recalled in various products in the United States (California, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Texas), Japan, Sweden, Australia, Brazil, and others?
Did you know that in the funeral industry there now exist safer alternatives to embalming with formaldehyde in preparing the body of the deceased for a viewing?
Did you know that Québec is the only province in Canada where embalming is legally required for the viewing of a deceased person?
If you would like to see limitations placed on the use of a very toxic product, please help us introduce legislation to ban formaldehyde use in the funeral industry in Canada.
Thank you from Community Deathcare Québec (CDQ), www.scmq-cdq.ca
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PÉTITION POUR INTERDIRE L’UTILISATION DU FORMALDÉHYDE DANS LE DOMAINE FUNÉRAIRE
Saviez-vous que le formaldéhyde est une substance cancérogène reconnue et documentée qui a des effets nocifs sur la santé et sur l’environnement?
Saviez-vous que le formaldéhyde se retrouve dans certains de nos aliments, notre linge, notre literie, nos meubles, les matériaux de rembourrage et bien d’autres articles ménagers?
Saviez-vous que le formaldéhyde est en voie d’être banni de l’industrie funéraire au Royaume Uni et a été rappelé ou interdit dans plusieurs produits aux États-Unis (Californie, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Texas), au Japon, en Suède, en Australie, et au Brésil, entre autres?
Saviez-vous qu’en milieu funéraire, il existe maintenant des alternatives plus sécuritaires à l’embaumement avec le formaldéhyde dans le but d’exposer une personne décédée?
Saviez-vous que le Québec est la seule province au Canada où l’embaumement est exigé par la loi afin de pouvoir exposer une personne décédée?
Si vous aimeriez voir la mise en place de certaines restrictions quant à l’utilisation d’un produit très toxique, aidez-nous à introduire une législation qui interdirait le formaldéhyde dans le domaine funéraire au Canada.
Merci, de la part du comité Soins communautaires de mort Québec (SCMQ), www.scmq-cdq.ca
http://scmq-cdq.ca/Resources_G_Embalming.html
http://scmq-cdq.ca/Resources_G_Embalming_Resources.html
Embalming is the treatment of a deceased individual to temporarily preserve the body and forestall decomposition which has been practiced throughout history by various cultures. Modern embalming is a semi-surgical process that replaces body fluids with embalming fluid which usually contains a combination of formaldehyde, glutaraldehyde, methanol, ethanol, phenol, and water, and may also contain dyes in order to simulate a life-like skin-tone. The process consists of draining the body of blood and replacing the blood by filling the veins and arteries with pink coloured chemicals, as well as emptying the fluids from the chest and abdomen and replacing them with sufficient preservatives to help delay decomposition.
Since embalming replaces body fluids with embalming fluid, which is a combination of various chemicals including formaldehyde, there are concerning environmental and health implications. After being embalmed, the bodies are then either buried or cremated, thereby leaching these chemicals into our land, waterways and atmosphere. Despite documented proof that formaldehyde and continuous contact with it is directly associated with various forms of cancer such as myeloid leukemia, its use continues. Formaldehyde (like so many chemicals used by industry) is a poison that affects the earth, all forms of life and potentially the food we eat and the water we drink that comes from the land and watersheds. It may also create a dangerous work environment for people in the funeral industry.
Fortunately, there are now several safer formaldehyde-free embalming fluids, including one made entirely of biodegradable ingredients, which recently earned the Green Burial Council seal of approval. If you are faced with the need to have someone embalmed who has recently died, for repatriation for example, ask the funeral home you are dealing with if they carry these products.
If you would like to see limitations placed on the use of a very toxic product, please help us introduce legislation to ban formaldehyde use in the funeral industry in Canada.
You can further help this campaign by sponsoring it
The PETITION TO BAN FORMALDEHYDE USE IN THE FUNERAL INDUSTRY/PÉTITION POUR INTERDIRE L’UTILISATION DU FORMALDÉHYDE DANS LE DOMAINE FUNÉRAIRE petition to Government of Canada was written by CDQ SCMQ and is in the category Funeral industry at GoPetition.