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ArticleEnvironmental monitoring and assessment2015

Assessment of public perception and environmental compliance at a pulp and paper facility: a Canadian case study.

Emma Hoffman, Meagan Bernier, Brenden Blotnicky, Peter G Golden, Jeffrey Janes, Allison Kader, Rachel Kovacs-Da Costa, Shauna Pettipas, Sarah Vermeulen, Tony R Walker

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Article in Environmental monitoring and assessment, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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7 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Emma HoffmanSchool for Resource and Environmental Studies, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, B3H 4R2, Canada.
Meagan BernierSchool for Resource and Environmental Studies, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, B3H 4R2, Canada.
Brenden BlotnickySchool for Resource and Environmental Studies, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, B3H 4R2, Canada.
Peter G GoldenFaculty of Engineering, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada.
Jeffrey JanesSchool for Resource and Environmental Studies, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, B3H 4R2, Canada.
Allison KaderSchool for Resource and Environmental Studies, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, B3H 4R2, Canada.
Rachel Kovacs-Da CostaDepartment of International Development Studies, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada.
Shauna PettipasSchool for Resource and Environmental Studies, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, B3H 4R2, Canada.
Sarah VermeulenSchool for Resource and Environmental Studies, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, B3H 4R2, Canada.
Tony R WalkerSchool for Resource and Environmental Studies, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, B3H 4R2, Canada. tonyrobertwalker@gmail.com.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Communities across Canada rely heavily on natural resources for their livelihoods. One such community in Pictou County, Nova Scotia, has both benefited and suffered, because of its proximity to a pulp and paper mill (currently owned by Northern Pulp). Since production began in 1967, there have been increasing impacts to the local environment and human health. Environmental reports funded by the mill were reviewed and compared against provincial and federal regulatory compliance standards. Reports contrasted starkly to societal perceptions of local impacts and independent studies. Most environmental monitoring reports funded by the mill indicate some levels of compliance in atmospheric and effluent emissions, but when compliance targets were not met, there was a lack of regulatory enforcement. After decades of local pollution impacts and lack of environmental compliance, corporate social responsibility initiatives need implementing for the mill to maintain its social licence to operate.

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PaperAir PollutantsEnvironmental MonitoringFinancing, OrganizedGovernment RegulationGuideline AdherenceIndustrial WasteManufacturing IndustryNova ScotiaWater PollutantsAir PollutantsIndustrial WasteWater PollutantsAtmospheric emissionsCommunity concernsEffluentsPulp and paperRegulatory compliance

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