The Mission of the Environmental Health Association of Québec (EHAQ) is the protection of the environment and human health directed towards the individual and the collective by creating awareness, support and education of the population on the protection of the environment from toxic products and pesticides. The objectives are:

• To promote ecological solutions and least toxic strategies to preserve our environment for future generations.
• Educate the population on environmental sensitivities and ways to minimize exposures to known and suspected toxic substances (toxic products, pesticides, etc) and to promote least toxic strategies to help prevent environmental sensitivities.
• Support of people who have environmental sensitivities (Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS), Electro Magnetic Sensitivity (EMS), Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME) and Fibromyalgia (FM)) by providing information and services to help improve quality of life.
• Collaborate in Research and Knowledge Translation addressing links between environmental exposures and health; Research in all aspects of environmental health and environmental sensitivities including underlying mechanisms; diagnostic and treatment methods for environmental sensitivities; and impacts of toxics use reduction.