Lab-grown meat’s bloody little secret
These test-tube cells need food to flourish, and researchers found that fetal bovine serum provided the special sauce.
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‘Oil spills of our time’: Experts sound alarm about plastic
Sri Lankan beaches buried in pellets are only the "tip of the iceberg" of environmental harm after analysis of nurdles from burning ship.
Feds reintroduce changes to Canada’s most important environmental law
The Liberals are again pushing for changes to Canada's cornerstone environmental law, as Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault announced Wednesday that a bill seeking to update the legislation was introduced in the Senate.
Our chemical habit is choking the Earth
Chemical companies have produced more chemicals — including plastics — than the planet can safely sustain without potentially crossing a planetary boundary and causing irreversible harm to the environment or human health, says a team of international researchers.
The plastics you throw away are poisoning the world's eggs
Eggs eaten by some of the world's poorest people are being poisoned by some of the world's richest.
Bees are dying from toxic chemicals and the feds won't save them
Despite acknowledging the dangers neonics, a common class of pesticides, pose, Canada is failing to protect bees and other pollinators, environmentalists say.
These 'everywhere chemicals' are threatening human fertility
In an interview with Yale e360, epidemiologist Shanna Swan talks about how falling sperm counts and other fertility problems are linked to chemicals in consumer products and explains why the Biden administration needs to follow Europe’s lead in restricting these substances.
Polluter bailouts and lobbying during Covid-19 pandemic
From tar sands oil to aviation, global business sectors have called for suspension of environmental protections
Testing backlog linked to shortage of chemicals needed for COVID-19 test
Regions across Canada are ramping up efforts to identify people with COVID-19 but some labs are facing a backlog due to diminishing supplies of essential chemicals needed for tests.
Ottawa easing some speed restrictions put in place after Saskatchewan derailment
Transport Minister Marc Garneau is easing speed restrictions placed on certain trains following a derailment in Saskatchewan earlier this month that spilled 1.2 million litres of crude oil and started a massive fire.
Hamilton scientists find way to recycle rubber from car tires
Scientists in Hamilton have found a way to dissolve the rubber used in car tires, which they say could eventually help keep what is typically a single-use item out of landfills.
Injunction sought as co-op, union in court over picketing at Regina refinery
A nearly three-week labour dispute between a Saskatchewan petroleum refinery and hundreds of its workers moved from the picket line into the courtroom Monday, with the company seeking an injunction against some of the union's activities.
One missing, after oil rig explodes on Louisiana lake
An oil rig explosion on a lake north of New Orleans, apparently caused when cleaning chemicals ignited, injured seven people and left authorities searching for another who was missing.