"I hate plastics. We should get rid of them.鈥� So began an email I received. The correspondent went on to talk about how plastics are a plague on the environment, how they contain chemicals that...
I鈥檓 not a huge fan of automobile racing, but I do admit to catching a bit of the fever when the Formula One cars roll into town. There is something captivating about these machines, capable of...
Molds can sometimes grow to an impressive size. A story has been making the rounds in Montreal about a large piece of mold聽being found in a sample of Oasis juice. You would think from the press...
鈥淏otanicals鈥� are dietary supplements derived from plant sources that have purported health benefits. Echinacea for the common cold, St. John鈥檚 Wort for depression, ginkgo biloba for memory...
As we get ready for winter here and watch news reports of unseasonable plummeting temperatures in some parts of North America, it is hard to be concerned about global warming. But climate change is...
Shrek the friendly ogre delighted audiences in the 2010 movie hit 鈥淪hrek Forever After.鈥� But for fast food giant McDonald鈥檚, Shrek turned out to be a nightmare. As a cross promotional feature, the...
Wood burning stoves are a health hazard. Period. Not debatable. To understand, we first have to examine what combustion is all about. When cellulose and lignin, the major components of wood, burn...
Since World War I, the U.S. Armed Forces have routinely discarded conventional explosives, radiological waste and chemical weapons in the oceans. When this was publicly revealed by the Department...
Vanilla is the most popular flavor in North America. But it is not that often that one gets the chance to taste the 鈥渞eal stuff鈥�. The flavor made from the beans of the vanilla orchid is expensive....
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