Air quality is a major challenge globally and is the single greatest environmental risk to human health. More than 90 per cent of the world’s population lives in areas that exceed the World Health Organization guideline for healthy air. In North America, Canada and the United States of America have …
from mad cow to mad fish. It is not the disease by another name; instead it is a "brand new disease' according to Donald Low, head of the department of microbiology at Mount Sinai and Princess Margret hospitals in Ottawa. This is passed on to the humans from the fish …
troubled by fiscal constraints to operate their water systems, local authorities in Canada are opening their doors to foreign expertise to bail them out. Private water companies from France, us and uk are all making a beeline for Canada in the hope of profiting from ventures there. One such private …
winter ice, which severely disrupts shipping in colder climes, may no longer pose a problem. A Canadian marine engineer, Per Andersen, claims that he has found a technique to control ice formation. His wave generator projector could prevent sea water from freezing, by producing artificial waves ( New Scientist , …
an anti-auto movement in Canada has the people humming. The campaign was recently launched to wean more Canadians from the polluting automobile and encourage them to take to the eco-friendly bicycle. The other objective was to cheer up battle-weary environmentalists who were fighting drastic budget cuts on the environmental departments, …
with problems of the disposal of plutonium reaching alarming heights in us and Russia, Canada has offered to help in its recycling. Both us and Russia have stocks of tonnes of the highly toxic fuel removed from unused weapons. Canada, out of the nuclear arms race for over 30 years …
The British pharmaceutical giant Glaxo Wellcome has got itself entangled in another suit ( Down To Earth , Vol 5, No 6). This time, the fight is against Emory University of Atlanta, US, over the patent on its AIDS drug, Epivir, also known as 3TC. The drug had been patented …
IN A move that has raised eyebrows among animal rights activists, Canada called off the seal hunt on its east coast a few weeks ago. The opponents of the hunt suspect that the decision was taken because hunters had exceeded their quotas. The official explanation is that hunters had shot …
Anticipating a repetition of the devastation of its East Coast fishing over the recent years, Canada said in late March that it would reduce West Coast salmon fishing by half, as the industry faces one of the poorest salmon seasons in a generation. For years, the number of salmon returning …
The US government has just given The Canadians a well-deserved kick on their pants. It has forced Canada not just to cut subsidies to its domestic lumber industry but also accept effective quotas on lumber shipments to the US. The US argued that the Canadian lumber industry is unfairly subsidised, …
A rare sudden spell of snow - nearly 12 inches - in central Mexico, has driven millions of Monarch butterflies, which have their winter sojourn in Mexico, to a cold death. The distinct orange and black insects fly every year from their summer haunts in Canada across the expanse of …
Ottawa's tobacco industry in Canada can once again woo the public by flaunting it's ware. For seven years, tobacco manufacturers were restricted from indulging in promotional campaigns, thanks to the 1988 Tobacco Products Control Act which put a blanket ban on advertising. But the Supreme Court of Canada is convinced …
AFTER developing an unusual wind turbine with no external blades, Sambrabec Inc., in Canada is all set to develop a new scaled up version. The much acclaimed Catavent 500 w self-regulating, ducted wind turbine developed by Louis Beaulieu, is being scaled up to 150 KW which could mean a significant …
SPARKS are flying as yet anotber fish war gains momentum in the Pacific Ocean; the protagonists this time are Canada and Alaska. Canada's feisty fisheries minister, Brian Tobin, has taken strong offence to Alaska's refusal to fall in line with Canadian proposals for conserving dwindling stocks of the Pacific salmon. …
Canadian researchers have identified the first species of toilet-trained fish - pikes select secluded areas to deposit their faeces to safeguard against being detected by their prey (New Scientist, Vol 146, No 1976). When pikes attack fat-head minnows, the victims release an alarm pheromone that alerts other minnows to keep …
A storm is brewing again in the international waters off Canada. Just 2 weeks after burying the hatchet with Canada (Down To Earth, Vol 4, No 1), Spanish authorities have ordered one of their vessels back to port for using illegal nets. According to an agriculture ministry spokesman, the Spanish …
HIGHBROW colleges can seek to catalyse changes in the communities they are rooted in. The Association of Canadian Community Colleges (ACCC) is a national voluntary membership organisation based at Ontario in Canada. The accc acts as an interface between colleges and institutes to the government and industry. The accc is …
