New international research has established a connection with a commonly used chemical and lowered IQ in children. In the past materials used in chesterfields, carpets, even clothes were impregnated with flame retardant polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs). These chemicals were banned… »
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“Sticky” synapses hinder memory and learning
Sometimes in order to learn new things, we have to forget old things, or at least “file them away in the back of our mind”. Synapses are the pathways between neurons and are routes for creating learning and memory. But… »
Health, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Experts change advice on feeding babies
Most Canadian mothers do not live with their extended families and are likely to turn to professionals for advice on how to feed their babies. Changes in scientific findings have led to changes in the recommendations made jointly by the… »
Canada and India’s new PM Narendra Modi – Trade, diaspora, and human rights
Monday’s (May 26) swearing in of Narendra Modi as the new Prime Minister of India, not only raises questions about the future in India, but also in Canada, both in the Indian diaspora, and in the larger Canadian mainstream eager… »
Health, Internet, Science & Technology
Genetic breakthrough helps predict autism
Researchers in Toronto have found a new way to predict autism very early in a child’s life which will help them get the early intervention so critical to improving their condition. Autism affects one in every 68 children, impairing their… »
International, Politics, Society
Ukraine’s new president facing growing violence
Ukraine has elected a new president even as fighting against alleged Ukrainian pro-Russian rebels continued around the Donesk airport. Lubomyr Luciuk (PhD) is a Ukrainian and military specialist in the Department of Political Science at the Royal Military College in… »
Environment & Animal Life, Health, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Windsor Hum discovered – cross border cooperation needed now
The Windsor Hum began in February 2011. Since that time a low-frequency rumble has haunted the citizens of south and west Windsor and the nearby community of LaSalle, on an intermittent but ongoing basis. Windsor is the Canadian border city… »
Environment & Animal Life, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
What tree rings tell us about climate in the Arctic
Eye on the Arctic brings you stories and newsmakers from across the North Tree rings in the Arctic hold important information about the northern environment. But the so called ‘divergence problem,’ that is the difference between temperatures measured by thermometers and… »
Police checks need to be checked: Canadian Civil Liberties Association
Police checks, which began as a sensible move to ensure the safety of children and vulnerable people in Canada, are becoming a standard employment practice with terrible results depending on where you live. Take the case of Chris, a young… »
Economy, International, Politics, Society
Backdoor to U.S. allows Canada’s military industry to avoid laws on exports to Iraq
Canada’s military industry, which normally would be subject to Canada’s laws on exports to such countries as Iraq, has a backdoor loophole to avoiding those laws through sales to the United States, according to the non-governmental organization Project Ploughshares. The… »
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