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Explainer: What is Gender-Based Analysis Plus ...

WHEN is a strong advocate for the use of GBA+ when government initiatives are being developed, implemented or evaluated because GBA+ provides an intersectional feminist lens through which inequities can be identified and addressed.

Explainer: What is Gender-Based Analysis Plus (GBA+)?
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Those scented candles you love are not healthy

As October brings with it Breast Cancer Awareness Month, many of us are thinking about ways to embrace the season by engaging with overall wellness. Scented candles frequently find their way into our homes this time of year, but could be leading us down a path of potential adverse health effects.

Those scented candles you love are not healthy
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World Environment Day: It’s time to ...

Today is World Environment Day and this year’s theme is #BeatPlasticPollution.

With human health at risk, government must do better at getting plastics off the shelves and out of healthcare settings where possible. With the recent success of a modernized Canadian Environmental Protection Act that will – for the first time in federal law – include the right to a healthy environment, reducing plastics is not only possible but a right to be acknowledged for the sake of human and planetary health. But action cannot stop there. 

World Environment Day: It’s time to #BeatPlasticPollution

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Clean Air at Home

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Considering our ice cold winters and snowstorms, it is no wonder that Canadians spend more than 90% of their time indoors. But are we really aware of our indoor air quality and the harmful toxins that exist within our homes? Not to mention, the health risks that can occur from being exposed to these agents?

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Fashion is Toxic, but What's the Haulternative?

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The fashion industry is the second largest global polluter for overall impacts after oil. It is the second most chemical dependent industry. 8000 chemicals turn raw materials into textile. These toxic chemicals pollute 5,640,000 Olympic sized swimming pools of water per year.

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Small Changes Make a Big Difference: The Importance of Non-Toxic Products to Our Health & the Organic Solution

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Sapna Singh, a member of “Nature’s Tale” outlined her process in discovering the importance of non-toxic products to our health and the small steps that she has taken, in order to make a greater impact when it comes to determining an organic solution.

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How to Detox Household Products

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Toxic chemicals exist all around us, whether it is in the cleaning products we store in our bathroom cabinets, our everyday cosmetics/personal care products, the furniture we sit and relax on each evening or even in the food we enjoy consuming. Although these toxic substances are not always visible to the naked eye, they are present everywhere and can have damaging effects to our health. 

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Proper Assessment of Toxicant Exposures and How They Relate to Your Health

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Dr. Siu and Dr. Elgez are a part of EnviroMed, a clinic that specializes in Environmental Medicine. Their mission is to educate their patients and the community regarding the connection between the state of the Environment and human health.