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Country Music

Please stand and remove your cynicism

Bountiful Diversity

A leading Québécois scholar’s appreciative look at Canada’s biggest province

Rinkside Reading

What does hockey’s literature say about the sport?

Chris Turner

Chris Turner is an award-winning author and sustainability expert. His most recent book is The War on Science: Muzzled Scientists and Wilful Blindess in Stephen Harper’s Canada (Greystone, 2013). He lives in Calgary.

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Chemical Warfare

Sounding the alarm on that "new car smell," and other everyday poisons April 2014
Not long ago, my social networks filled with a fascinating little meme on the subject of chemicals and human health. In Facebook posts and Twitter links, a wide range of my contacts pointed to a series of infographics breaking down the exotic list of chemical compounds found in everyday, “all natural” foods like eggs and…