Organic Logo
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency states:
As of June 30, 2009, the Organic Products Regulations require mandatory certification to the revised National Organic Standard for agricultural products represented as organic in international and inter-provincial trade, or that bear the federal organic agricultural product legend (or federal logo).
The following legislation govern organic products:
Canada Agricultural Products Act
Organic Products Regulations, 2009
Last Saturday’s Toronto Star reported on the practice of insurers assessing people’s insurance based on their credit score.
In turbulent times such as this, imagine losing your job and then finding out you might have to pay way more money for your insurance or not even be eligible for insurance.
ScienceNews Magazine of the Society for Science & the Public reported that BPA has even been found in carbonless copy papers such as cash-register and credit-card receipts.
The average cash register receipt that’s out there and uses the BPA technology will have 60 to 100 milligrams of free BPA.” By free, he explains, it’s not bound into a polymer, like the BPA in polycarbonatesR It’s just the individual molecules loose and ready for uptake.
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Halloween
Halloween is a fun time of year for everyone especially those with children. However, people should be aware of the numerous dangers posed by unsafe practices.
Click here for things to remember this Halloween.
Back in September I blogged about this. The Daily Express, a UK paper reported the following:
LONG-term mobile phone users could face a higher risk of developing cancer in later life, according to a decade-long study.
The report, to be published later this year, has reportedly found that heavy mobile use is linked to brain tumours.
The survey of 12,800 people in 13 countries has been overseen by the World Health Organisation.