Better health safety guidelines imperative before exposing public to 5G
– by Frank Clegg and Margaret Friesen – Health Canada’s track record is poor with respect to timely responses to many agents that have proven harmful to Canadians. These include…
5G mobile telephony: a primer
– by Carl Katz – 5G mobile telephony is without a doubt the most hyped mobile phone technology since its inception in the 1980s. As a result, public awareness of…
Plant-based diets can reverse chronic disease
NUTRISPEAK by Vesanto Melina with Agathe Mathieu People burdened with a chronic illness may think their condition will be a lifelong companion. Yet science is giving strong indications that simple…
Greta Thunberg’s address to the UN
This is all wrong. I shouldn’t be standing here. I should be back in school on the other side of the ocean. Yet you all come to me for hope?…
Climate crisis also an opportunity
– by Peter G. Prontzos – Political Ecology: System Change Not Climate Change Dimitrios Roussopoulos Black Rose Books, 2019 When more than 97 percent of meteorologists, the federal Conservative party,…
Aging in great health
NUTRISPEAK by Vesanto Melina Getting older – showing it and feeling it – involves a build-up of toxic metabolites. These include reactive oxygen molecules (free radicals), and advanced glycation end-products…
Redefining protein quality
NUTRISPEAK by Vesanto Melina A new paper published by the American Society for Nutrition makes the case for modernizing the definition of protein quality. This is a welcome development. The…
Synthetic turf – not supported by science as a safe solution
– by Marlene Cummings – At Vancouver’s Trillium Park, just a short walk west from the calming vegetable plots, trees and wildflowers of Strathcona and Cottonwood Community Gardens, stand two…
Essential iron – from plants
NUTRISPEAK by Vesanto Melina, Alessia Vaz & Sophia Jhajj A common misconception holds that people on plant-based diets are more likely to develop iron deficiency anemia. In fact, it has…
Monsanto argues Roundup victim should receive less money because of imminent death
– by Dr. Joseph Mercola – In August 2018, a California jury found Monsanto (now owned by Bayer AG) negligent in the case of a man suffering from the effects…