In another example of junk science run amok, environmental alarmists are demanding that New York City speed up its plan to remove light fixtures and electrical equipment from schools due to possible exposure to PCB chemicals.
By Cyril BoynesA couple months ago, when its dog-sledding business lost customers, a Canadian company had a hundred of its dogs killed. The incident “shocked” and “angered” people. The employee who shot the dogs said he suffered “post traumatic stress” from killing them and wants compensation.Animal activists used the incident in campaigns against dog sled rides. “I don’t think society is willing to accept that animals should be killed just because they are surplus or don’t suit the purpose they were born for,” said one. “The magnitude of this atrocity is so shocking – our heads are reeling,” another said.Huskies are [...]
For years, the EPA has attempted to ratchet up regulations on any number of so-called “pollutants” without good scientific reason. Such appears to be the case again, according to the Canada Free Press, concerning the chemicals perchlorate and chromium.
Efforts to replace plastic shopping bags with those made of cloth are being promoted on environmental grounds. But are certain health and safety concerns being overlooked? Well according to the first-ever study on this matter by the Canadian-based Environment and Plastics Energy Council, the answer is “yes.” The study found that sixty-four percent of the reusable bags it examined contained worrisome levels of unhealthy bacteria, with more than thirty percent exceeding levels considered safe by government standards. Since the study also found forty percent of cloth bags contained yeast or mold that can lead to food poisoning, it may [...]
When it comes to healthy eating, artificial trans-fats have become the new bogeyman as they raise bad cholesterol levels and lower the good ones. But according to a new study in the journal Nutrition and Metabolism, replacing trans-fats with a safer alternative might not be so easy...
Should homeowners be able to use vinyl plumbing pipes? Well some have raised concerns about the health and environmental safety of vinyl pipes that actually led to bans in places like California and New York.