Articles by Paul Henderson
THE BUGS ARE BACK IN TOWN
The mosquito — that annoying harbinger of warm weather — is back. And increasingly, the blood-sucking pests aren’t just taking our blood and leaving itchy bumps behind, they are also leaving viruses and spreading panic in an easily panicked... Read more »
ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
The time has come to un-plug. Canadians are the world’s worst per capita energy hogs. Sure, there are all kinds of excuses: It’s cold in the winter, hot in the summer, and the population is spread thinly over 10 million square kilometres. But... Read more »
ALTERNATIVE ENERGY – PART IV
This is the final part in a 4-part series on alternative energy.
Imagine a day when GTA residents can take their kids to Mississauga’s Lakeshore Promenade Park, play in the splash park, walk along the boardwalk and tell tales about four towering... Read more »
VACCINATION: THE CONTROVERSY Part 1
This is part 1 in a 3-part series on problems with vaccines and ways to boost immunity naturally
For those who would hope to reconcile the allopathic with the alternative medical community, no topic seems to be more destructive, more divisive,... Read more »
VACCINATIONS: THE CONTROVERSY Part 2
This is part 2 in a 3-part series on the short-term and long-term safety and efficacy of vaccines and ways to boost immunity naturally.
Very few studies have been done on the long-term effects of vaccinations. Some of those that have been done... Read more »
VACCINATIONS: THE CONTROVERSY
This is part 3 in a 3-part series on the short-term and long-term safety and efficacy of vaccines and ways to boost immunity naturally.
How do vaccination-addicted healthcare practitioners reconcile the fact that we now “need” something foreign to... Read more »
THE CORPORATION: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power
When I first saw the movie The Corporation and again when I subsequently read the book, what popped into my head was a quote from the comedian George Carlin: “When fascism comes to this country it won’t be wearing jackboots it’ll have sneakers... Read more »
EARTHWATCH • FARMED SALMON
Consumers today are armed like never before with the information that food producers and processors have been hiding, balking at, manipulating, and just plain lying about for decades. Yet most of us rarely ponder the source of our daily bread.
In... Read more »
Earthwatch — Does the End of Oil Mean the End of Suburbia?
“Users of conventional energy are, in a sense, the biggest welfare bums in town...which means every one of us, are all on the dole. It’s time to start paying our way.” — Thomas Homer-Dixon, author of The Ingenuity Gap
Most cities in North America... Read more »
Earthwatch — Ontario and Kyoto: Are we Leaders or Laggards?
What were you doing in 1990? The province of Ontario was chugging along emitting 181 million tonnes of greenhouse gases. While we don’t want to go back to the politics or the fashion of the 1980s, it sure would be nice to get our greenhouse gas... Read more »
Spring is Here – Get in the Raw!
Waves gently waft out of the kitchen — garlic sautéing in olive oil, a softly simmering marinara sauce, a loaf of freshly rising bread. Even for those eating a healthy balanced diet — whether vegetarian, vegan, or macrobiotic — the lure of... Read more »
Earthwatch - Pesticides and the Alternatives
After a particularly wintery winter, the season is finally here to frolick in the sun and play in the grass. For homeowners that means it’s time to rake, mulch, mow, plant, seed, feed and weed.
And for some, it’s time to spread the yard with... Read more »
Earthwatch – Drugs in the Water
Pour a glass of water from the tap to wash down your medication and that water may already have trace amounts of the drug you’re taking. Or maybe a different one.
Since 1998 when Swiss scientists looking for a herbicide in an alpine lake found... Read more »
Earthwatch – Saving the Planet One Meal at a Time
Forget, if you can, about pesticide residues on heavily-sprayed conventionally-grown crops. Forget the unproven benefits and the uncertain safety of genetically modified organisms. Forget about the overuse of antibiotics and hormones in... Read more »
Demystifying the Doctors
From a designation earned through rigorous education lasting years, to credentials bought over the Internet like a pair of socks, the word “doctor” is being used and misused in modern healthcare. Heck, Vitality is in the business of health and we... Read more »
Earthwatch – Gas Is Too Cheap!
While Canadians are fuming over gas prices that went through the roof, then came back down to settle in the attic, the Ontario Medical Association reports that smog will kill 5,800 Ontarians this year and cost the province almost a billion... Read more »
Earthwatch – A Giant Jolt for Wind and Solar
The alternative energy industry is about to get a huge boost in Ontario. If all goes as proponents hope, this province may end up the largest jurisdiction in North America allowing small producers of electricity to feed that power into the grid.
... Read more »
Earthwatch – The Good, The Bad, The Ugly
With December we wrap up the year that has been, and January ushers in the new. Looking back at that which has transpired and that which is on the horizon we can see both good news and bad news in environmental stories.
This issue we’ll take a... Read more »
Earthwatch – Raising Money with Fame
From the literati to the gliterati, the politico to the athletico, the World Wildlife Fund Canada is trying to cover all the bases in their latest campaign. The WWF are making an almost desperate attempt to get the country’s media to not only... Read more »
Seeds of Change - A Review
“We have to start to make technology work for us, rather than us working for technology,” says Doug Proven, a Saskatchewan farmer.
The technology Proven speaks of is genetically modified seed technology. And his concern is how farmers are getting... Read more »
Earthwatch – Genetically Modified Death
CREATING A DEVIL TO PROTECT US FROM THE MONSTER
Genetically modified organisms are nothing new. The controversy over the unproven long-term safety of these money-making, trademarked plants has never wavered, nor has the support for GMOs by the... Read more »
Earthwatch - Dirty Electricity
Kevin Byrne had such agonizing pain in his hips, his lower and mid-back, and up to his shoulders, that even sitting still and lying in bed was painful. At 47-years-old he was aching with the joints of a man twice his age.
“I felt like an... Read more »
Earthwatch - Thyme to Get Off the Grass
With Toronto’s new pesticide bylaw in place there is an increasing amount of information out there to help homeowners deal with their turf in an organic and earth-friendly way. The Organic Landscape Alliance can help, so can the City of Toronto.... Read more »
Farmer John’s Cookbook: The Real Dirt on Vegetables
When I met Farmer John at the opening night after-party of the Planet in Focus Film Festival in Toronto last year, he shook my hand, reached over and stuck a little pin on my shirt. It said “I ™ Farmer John.” Not something your average farmer... Read more »
Do Powerlines Near Homes and Schools Pose a Risk?
The precautionary principle be damned: kids can play all they want under power lines, according to some medical doctors in positions of power.
“It is Health Canada's position there is no compelling scientific evidence that Electromagnetic Fields... Read more »
