This just in...

To Market, to Market
A beginner's organic shopping guide

What's On Tap?
Drugs pollute our drinking water

Canada's Natural Health Products
Consumer demands drive the industry

Topics

Health
Environment
Nutrition
Organics
Beauty
Life & People

 

Articles by Michelle Hancock

Health The Environment Nutrition
Organics Beauty Life & People

Health

Canadas Natural Health Products
A consumer-driven industry

Adventures in Baby-making
Traditional Chinese medical style

Seniors Hooked on Drugs
The pill toll on our aging population

Drug Approval in Canada
A system with kinks

Canadian Drug Surveillance
A sick system?

Sutures Suspected of Contamination
Citizens group calls for awareness

Health Consumers Take to the Internet
Web browsing a popular remedy

Mind Over Cancer
Examining the biology of belief

Untapping Edema
One symptom for countless possible conditions

Young and Stressed
Stress isn`t just for corporate types

The Environment

Whats on Tap?
Drugs pollute our drinking water

Short on Water
Long on want

Electromagnetic Pollution
What you don`t see can hurt you

Consumers Want Labelling of GE Foods
But industry doesn`t

Is Your Cotton Tee a Chemical Weave?
Cotton ain`t all homegrown goodness

Our Toxic Nation
Canadians face a chemical burden

Is Your Lawn on Drugs?
That`s illegal!

Pesticide Bylaws
Sprouting up in a city near you

Purchasing Paint?
Might want to hold your nose

Schools Embrace Nature
A walk with the wild side

A Seedy Business
Corporate control of food production

Asbestos Interests
An unholy alliance
http://www.alive.com/1701a5a2.php

Electronic Waste
The next big junkyard

Nutrition

Playing it Safe
With Canada`s latest food guide

Modern Fruits and Veggies in a Nutritional Slump
Just ask Grandma

The Buzz on Fair Trade Coffee
When coffee becomes confusing

Recommended Dietary... What?
Assessing nutritional needs

The Many Sides of Soy
Some question the miracle bean

The Root of Longevity
Ginseng wonders

From Pasture to Plate
Shopping at farmers markets

How Sweet it Isn`t
The powerful sugar industry

Get into the Sushi Spirit
Canada`s love affair with fish

Water for Life
The fifth food group

Organics

To Market, to Market
A beginners organic shopping guide

Big Box Eyes Organics
The results of going mainstream

Organic wine
What nouveau decadence, or so you think

Canadian Organic Regulations
Progress at a price?

Beauty

Lip Service
How to prime that pucker

Life & People

Fairy Tales with Cynthia Good
Penguin Books` publisher and co-president speaks

Canada`s Newest Naturopathic College
An inside tour with students

Growing Doses of Acceptance for Complimentary Medicine
One woman`s powerful story of recovery

A New Breed of Doctors
Student medical society at UBC

UBC Farm
Vancouver`s largest working organic farm