Leading the headlines is an outbreak of Legionella disease
from an unknown source in Quebec City.
At least 3 deaths and 40 illnesses so far have been reported. Legionella is often airborne spread but associated
with water systems and humid environments such as humidifying and air conditioning systems. Legionella
in Quebec City Montreal
Gazette coverage. As of August 27th 8 deaths and 104 illnesses.
Only a few provinces have moved forward on requiring helmets
and licensing for off-road vehicles. It
was disheartening to learn of the personal tragedy of a public health icon in
Canada. Dr. David Swann who put his
career on the line for supporting greenhouse gas emissions, was fired as a
Medical Officer of Health and subsequently went on to run for, and remained in
the Alberta opposition, including a stint as leader of the opposition. Dr. Swann recently lost his nephew in an
off-road ATV incident. Calgary
Herald and ATV death How many more
tragedies do we count before off-road vehicles are treated as the dangerous
machines that they can be?
Anyone who follows vaccines closely will be familiar with
the notorious Dr. Andrew Wakefield. In
essence a lobbyist for the parents of autistic children who believed that the
autism was caused by the MMR vaccine.
Fifteen years later, hundreds of millions of dollars in scientific
studies, innumerable expert panels, and the myth persists as proof it is harder to disprove something that to enshrine something as fact. Wakefield recently lost a libel action
against the BMJ http://www.bmj.com/content/345/bmj.e5328
. The action was lost on a legal point,
the court had no jurisdiction over the British defendants. It has resulted in resurfacing the myth and resurrection
of the controversy.
This site has spoken several times to the negative
consequences of the switch from Oxycotin with minimal supports in place DrPHealth
February 2012 . Sure enough, more evidence
of destructive consequences of the ill planned change comes in evidence of
migration to heroine in several communities Oxycotin
replaced by heroin
Health Canada is pushing the radon issue again, and
thankfully as it does not reach the radars of many Canadians. With reduced tobacco use, radon has inched
its way up to claim 16% of the lung cancer market . radon
and lung cancer
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