Dry Cleaning Resolution Have you made any eco-conscious New Year's resolutions? In 2009 why not resolve to choose a green dry cleaner? While Environment Canada has regulated the phasing out of wasteful, old-generation washing machines and the reduction of toxic dry cleaning emissions, the department has not yet assessed the success of its regulations.
Petro Problems in Cowboy Country When it comes to mega-profits from mega-oil, the province of Alberta was not careful enough about what it wished for. What it has been granted, along with the riches, is a nightmarish mess of pollution that it has not begun to address.
Diesel Danger Dutch researchers may have found a chemical link between diesel fumes and altered brain activity.
Hybrid Cars You've likely heard about the latest hybrid vehicles making their way onto dealer lots. These green machines are a popular option for environmentally conscious drivers wanting to do their part to lower vehicular emissions, and you're going to be hearing more about them.
Your Detox-Product Shopping List From the car fumes we breathe to the pesticide residues on our foods, toxic contaminants are, sadly, a daily reality. Your local health food store is your best source of the wide range of natural foods, herbs, and supplements needed to support natural detoxification.
Air Apparent A new generation of children with asthma calls for natural treatments. It is tragically common these days to see children-and adults-puffing onsmall blue puffers or wheezing for breath during exercise. Natural health supplements and herbs are simple nutritional additions to the diet that can help.
Breathe Easy, Take Antioxidants Antioxidant supplements may improve lung damage caused by ozone, reports James M. Samet, PhD of the US Environmental Protection Agency's National Health and Environmental Effects Research Lab in North Carolina.
Chemtrails Secret Confirmed It started in the winter of 1998. Sky-obscuring "chemtrails" have been observed by thousands of eyewitnesses--including pilots, police officers and former military personnel--over Canada, the USA, Britain, Australia and allied European nations.
The Real Story of Alberta Oil Industry Pollution My parents, Robert and Ethel Kerns, bought a farm in 1946 that is located outside a little town called Wimborne in Central Alberta. About 1967, Mom started raising purebred Arabian horses. Our first devastating experience with the gas/oil industry was the sulphur plant about five kilometres east of the farm.
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