By the Prevent Cancer Now team

Justin Trudeau and his new Liberal team swept into Ottawa, with a cabinet full of well-qualified, fresh faces and energy to make big, important changes for improved science and evidence-based decision-making, leading to healthier Canadians. We’ll update you on our election wish-list.
We’re also bringing you updates on a wide variety of cancer prevention concerns:
- Pesticides
- does glyphosate cause cancer? the Roundup turn-around
- how duplicity in the US is leading to de-registration of a key pesticide for genetically engineered seeds
- Asbestos and the quest for scientific integrity
- Radiofrequency radiation (RFR) and doses in children’s brains
- Nuclear power
- PCN input – disaster planning in the Greater Toronto Area
- Pembroke is so polluted with tritium that it is a real-life laboratory
- Ontario’s new Waste-Free Ontario legislation
- As the Alberta Energy Regulator aims to improve, we share a poem from Northern Alberta
… and neither last nor least, recipes for scrumptious, healthy treats over the holidays!
HELP WITH OUR 2016 TO DO LIST
Prevent Cancer Now has a wish-list moving ahead too, and we need your help. Money is essential and greatly appreciated, and there are now more ways you can support cancer prevention education, research and advocacy!
- At the end of its useful time recycle your vehicle and benefit PCN.
- Shop Botanic Organic for healthy personal care products – treat yourself and loved ones to a perfect holiday gift!
- Order a copy of Cancer: 101 Solutions today – don’t delay! Amazon.com will share a small portion with us.
- Let’s exchange the gift of time! Email info@preventcancernow.ca for us to help you, and you to help us!
- We’ll give you help on issues close to your home and heart, and
- You can give back by volunteering energy and skills for science projects, events, fundraising – your imagination is the limit!
Prevent Cancer Now is on the ground, working so that what you breathe, eat, drink and use day-to-day is as safe as possible.
Also in the DECEMBER 2015 Issue of An Ounce Newsletter …
The Winds of Change – we’re just getting started! - An update on PCNs election wish-list
- Quick & Easy Holiday Baking Ideas, without the sugar overload!
- Canada has stopped mining and exporting asbestos but the battle to protect people from asbestos harm continues
- Is Concordia University fit to host “Future Earth,” given its refusal to address scientific and ethical violations in a pro-asbestos report it published?
- Children absorb higher doses of cell phone radiation than adults. Industry-linked publication should be retracted, claim independent scientists
- Pesticides Update 1 – EPA dumping “Enlist Duo” following Dow duplicity
- Pesticides Update 2 – Scientists strike back, rebutting EU glyphosate review
- Nuclear Update 1 – Emergency Planning for a large-scale nuclear accident in the Greater Toronto Area
- Nuclear Update 2 – Studies in Pembroke, Ontario yield worrisome new findings about Tritium
- As incineration projects fail nation-wide, proposed Waste-Free Ontario Act targets zero greenhouse gases in a post-incineration era
- A Poem From Northern Alberta
- PCN Shorts
Published: December 17, 2015
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