Monthly Archives: October 2015

On scare reporting of science and the risk of eating red meat

Posted on October 26, 2015 by Blair

My twitter feed went insane this morning following a news release from The Lancet about an article titled Carcinogenicity of consumption of red and processed meat. For anyone interested in toxicology, human health risk assessment or simply regular readers of … Continue reading →

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On inane criticism in the climate change debate – the Ridley affair

Posted on October 22, 2015 by Blair

I have been following the climate change debate for over a decade now and have been writing on the topic for several years. Even with that level of exposure, the inane level of personal criticisms thrown around in this debate … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on the new Liberal Government and the Environment

Posted on October 20, 2015 by Blair

Like many interested observers, I was shocked at the size of the Liberal victory in our Canadian election. I was confident in a Liberal minority but had no clue that the Liberals would end up with a majority. From an … Continue reading →

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On the Indifference of our School System to Parents and Teachers

Posted on October 9, 2015 by Blair

To date on this blog I have avoided discussing the school system. As many of my readers know I am the husband of a school teacher and have avoided writing on topics that would potentially affect my wife’s workplace but … Continue reading →

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More on the Trans-Pacific Partnership and the Environment

Posted on October 7, 2015 by Blair

As many of my blog readers know, I have a regular blog at the Huffington Post Canada. On that blog I post shorter versions/updates of my A Chemist in Langley posts and post “short takes” on recent issues in the … Continue reading →

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