Health Action Magazine - Environmental Issues

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I never thought the words "You have loose soil!" would be so exciting, but they made me wiggle with anticipation. With Grant Watson of Grant's Gourmet Gardens as project...

The rising price of foods, such as wheat and rice, in Canada may be the wake-up call we need to realize that our family farmers and our food supply are in danger of...

(June 24 2008) TORONTO - The richest 10 percent of Canadians create a bigger ecological footprint - a whopping 66 percent higher - than the average Canadian household, says a...

Despite declines in most provinces, realized net income for Canadian farmers rebounded in 2007 after falling sharply the two previous years. The impact of rising grain and...

While diversion of all waste materials is on the rise, the Canadian compost pile is growing particularly rapidly, according to a new study. From 2000 to 2004, composting...

The scientific evidence is mounting to support the verdict that genetically engineered foods are harmful to health and the environment, according to writer Jeffrey Smith. A...

There is an "Eat Local" movement arising around the world and it is gaining momentum. Proponents claim that eating food that is grown or produced within a 150-kilometre...

Man has always had a fascination with the birds and the bees, traditionally linked to reproduction and food. Now the fascination is turning to concern, if not horror. Why?...

1. Meat consumption Producing a quarter pound of hamburger requires 100 gallons of water and 1.2 pounds of grain. It takes 7 pounds of grain to produce one pound of...

Recently, I traveled around China for three weeks visiting Beijing, Xian, Chongqing, Shanghai, Hong Kong and the Yantze. I do not think our civilization has ever experienced...

Are you planting lasagna this year? No, not the famous Italian entrée, but the soon-to-be-famous gardening technique. Those who've tried lasagna gardening say it saves work,...

Concerned about pesticides in your food? Toxins in your cosmetics? Chemicals in your cleaning products? If ever there was a book to help people identify toxic ingredients in...

Everyone's got an opinion on genetically modified (GM) foods, but when the Vancouver Coast Health Authority--the largest health agency in BC--weighs in on the side of...

The recent approval of genetically modified (GM) sugar beets in Canada leaves a bad taste in the mouth of anti-GM campaigners. Sugar beets provide about half of our sugar...

The bumble bees hated me, or so I thought in the early days of volunteering on an organic farm. They dive bombed me when I worked the potato patch next to their hive on the...

February 12, 2008 - Media Release Two years before the opening of the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, a new spotlight is being shone on the Games' environmental footprint....

Imagine going to the grocery store to find that a third of the products have temporarily disappeared-staples that you depend on. You could get by for a while, but what if...

By the year 2012, incandescent light bulbs will be banned in Canada. Natural Resources Minister Gary Lunn said the ban would reduce greenhouse gas emissions by more than six...

By the time the average North American child is toilet trained he or she may use as many as 5,000 diapers. If those diapers are disposable, each baby contributes about one...

We have Al Gore to thank for increasing the mainstream public's awareness about the urgency of climate change with his documentary film, An Inconvenient Truth. It's also...

Beautiful VanDusen Botanical Gardens was the site of Vancouver's first annual Heirloom Seed Swap on March 16th, 1990. The landmark event was sponsored by HANS in cooperation...

While many scientists are steering their interests towards a new technology called biotechnology, and stock markets are soaring to hail this new technology as some kind of...

The petition below was initiated by Dr. Shiv Chopra. This former Health Canada scientist's efforts in the 1990s stopped bovine growth hormone (BGH), a toxic chemical designed...

NDP MLA Gregor Robertson recently made headline news about a future bill that mandates the disclosure and sets limits for toxic substances in food and personal care products....

The number of Canadian households using pesticides on their lawns and gardens has edged down, especially in Quebec, but two-thirds of households use polluting gas-powered...

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