Historically, the Ontario Medical Association (OMA) has taken a strong stand advocating reductions in air pollution in Ontario as an essential means to improve public health. Beginning in 1967, the Ontario Medical Association Council endorsed a program of air pollution control in Ontario which included the establishment of monitoring stations and regulation of emissions from industry and vehicular traffic (15). Shortly thereafter, the government enacted the Air Pollution Control Act encompassing a number of the recommendations from the OMA. This initiative established the principle of preventative health care through improvements in environmental quality. The OMA has continued in these early footsteps and in.
