Some Facts About Dirty Electricity
“Dirty electricity” is being blamed by some for a host of symptoms from headaches, sleeplessness, and general pains to cancer and suicide. “Dirty electricity” is said to be caused by a variety of electrical devices, dimmer light switches, and compact fluorescent light...
Airport screening and backscatter x-ray scanners – should you be concerned?
There has been a lot of news in recent days about the new security measures in airports following the incident onboard Northwest Airlines flight 253 on Christmas Day 2009. As a result, some airports have started using new full body scanner technologies, such as...Protecting your family from radon gas
As Canadians, we all want the cleanest, safest, most secure home environment to live in and raise our families. One way to do this is to monitor our homes for the quality of the air we breathe. Radon gas is not something we hear about every day in Canada however,...
Ontario Lung Association warns of radon risks
As winter weather approaches and we move activities indoors, it’s a good time to think about the quality of the air in our homes. Radon is a colourless, odourless gas that is produced from the natural breakdown of uranium in rocks and soil. Radon can enter a...
