August 2021

VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) - British Columbia lost 1,011 lives to drug toxicity between January and June of this year. The total is the highest on record in the first six months of a calendar year, according to the Chief Coroner of…

Sonia Furstenau Photo credit: Twitter Before Christ On Tuesday, Green Party Leader Sonia Furstenau made the following statement on Overdose Awareness Day as BC Coroner's Services reported at least 1,011 people died of suspected illicit…

As the United States grapples with the climate crisis, fossil fuels will slowly disappear from being the primary sources of energy. This is the good news. But the bad news is that the petrochemical industry is planning to increase the…

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - New medical report says doctors were "concerned" Ta'Neasha Chappell, an inmate at Jackson County Jail in Indiana, may have ingested fluids toxins found in antifreeze.According to medical records from the day of his…

Jonathan Boyd, West Virginia University School of Medicine researcher, studies inflammatory responses produced by exposure to chemical agents (Photo WVU) Many of us face occupational safety…

From VOA Learning English, here is the Health and Lifestyle report. More than half of cosmetics sold in the United States and Canada contain dangerous chemicals linked to serious health problems. A new study says these conditions…