Naturopathic Source

Last week a coalition of various health organizations is speaking out to the Canadian government to take action removing toxins from air that have proven cancer-causing effects (ie. carcinogens). These groups include the following: Cancer Care Ontario, the Canadian Cancer Society, the Ontario Medical Association, the Ontario Federation of Labour and public health units across Ontario.

The group is looking at greater than 150 toxins in our air, food and the products we use; there is currently no strategy in place to remove these toxins from the air.

The report issued by this group also mentions that if no action is taken, cancer rates, especially childhood cancer rates, will continue to rise and will contribute to tens of thousands of new cancers each year.

Read the full article here.

I think it is important to note that all of these groups are very mainstream and rather conventional. When groups such as these say there is a problem, and start appealing to the government, you know the problem is big. And this is why it is important to take other measures in your life to reduce toxin exposure where ever you can (without becoming paranoid, because stress creates lots of toxins as well), to eat a healthy diet and to take care of your health in general. Just because you are not currently sick, does not unfortunately mean that you are healthy. The decline of health into sickness is generally a slow decline and does not happen overnight (even though to some people it may feel that way). And in order to determine whether or not your diet is healthy, I would strongly suggest having a consultation with a naturopath or nutritionist (or other qualified health care practitioner who has spent a good chunk of time studying diet); I have seen way too many patients who feel their diet is healthy, when there are really a lot of things lacking.

TC