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To subscribe, E-mail the words . . The IJC is a government body with responsibility for maintaining and restoring environmental quality in the Great Lakes. Past IJC reports have recommended policies that, taken together, define an entirely new approach to the problem of persistent toxic substances. The half-life of a substance is the time it takes for half of the substance to degrade, go away or disappear. The IJC was created in 1909 by the governments of Canada and the U.S. to oversee the Boundary Waters Treaty, which guides Great Lakes-related behavior of the two nations.