In April 2009, the Ontario government followed Toronto's lead and passed the Cosmetic Pesticides Ban as an amendment to the Ontario Pesticides Act.

On December 3rd, 2008, Toronto City Council voted for a precedent setting toxics disclosure policy.

But Franz Hartman, executive director of the TEA, says after diverting all we can, composting, recycling and using extended producer responsibility programs, “what do you have left to burn?”

In 2006, TEA launched the Secrecy is Toxic website as an online engagement tool for the Community Right to Know campaign. The website enabled community members to raise concerns and investigate unidentified sources of toxic chemicals used and released by small businesses.