Canada Funds Toxics Research.On 11 July 2000, Canadian health and environment officials announced that $13.5 million would be invested in the Toxic Substances Research Initiative (TSRI TSRI The Scripps Research Institute TSRI Taiwan Sugar Research Institute ) in FY 2001. The TRSI TRSI Tristar Red Sector Inc supports toxicology research by funding collaborative projects in five categories: urban air quality and human exposure to airborne pollutants pollutants see environmental pollution. , cumulative effects of toxic substances, endocrine-disrupting chemicals, persistent, organic pollutants, and metals in the environment. The TRSI renewed 77 ongoing projects and approved 20 new studies for FY 2001, including one on the effects of ozone on the health of children with asthma and another on the presence of pharmaceuticals in surface waters of the Great Lakes basin The Great Lakes Basin consists of the Great Lakes and the surrounding lands of the states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin in the United States, and the provinces of Ontario and Quebec in Canada, whose direct runoff and and how these drugs affect fish. |
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