Environment

Extreme heat is here to stay. Canada must adapt.

The extreme heat wave that recently boiled Canada is just a preview of what the future holds in store. It's high time we began preparing for dangerous heat in the future. Here are some ways we can start.

Planetary health: The missing priority in CIHR’s new strategic plan

The government agency CIHR released two documents meant to address issues important to the health of Canadians and direct research toward them. But both are unforgivably ignorant of the importance of the ecological determinants of health.

Pollution reduction: an all-inclusive vaccine

Almost 9 million deaths worldwide are attributed to the effects of air pollution on diseases such as diabetes, stroke, lung disease and heart disease. Now, there is increasing evidence of the relationship between air pollution and COVID-19.

Building healthy communities – the social dimension

There is a fifth horseman of the Apocalypse – and it is us

Healthcare’s alarming carbon footprint can no longer be ignored

In failing nature, governments fail us. Remember that as B.C. votes

Medical conferences must face virtual reality

We must stop using taxpayers’ money to fund pollution

Transit in crisis: A call for bold action

Preventing a second wave is dirty work: COVID and wastewater

Now is the time for hospitals to divest from fossil fuels

Climate change is fuelling vegetarian and vegan diets in youth

Can wastewater monitoring help inform future drug prevention strategies?

Is climate change helping to spread mosquito-borne disease?

Scientific meetings damage the environment, and we should drastically curtail them

Does switching to daylight saving time increase the risk of heart attack?

Why is Canada so behind in research on climate change and health?

What are the health impacts of forest fires?

Unused medications: To flush or not to flush?