Canadians are living longer but not healthier – health among teenagers is especially worrying
From CBC article about the report:
Sixty-seven per cent of teenagers reported excellent health in 2005, down from 80 per cent in 1998, the report said. A growing number of teenagers reported difficulty with everyday functions including memory, thinking and mental wellbeing.
From CBC article about the report:
Sixty-seven per cent of teenagers reported excellent health in 2005, down from 80 per cent in 1998, the report said. A growing number of teenagers reported difficulty with everyday functions including memory, thinking and mental wellbeing.
First Report of the Institute of Wellbeing Released
http://www.ciw.ca/en/Home.aspx
If you've ever wondered How Canadians are REALLY doing, you're in the right place. A newly released report shows that: even in good economic times the lion's share of benefits go to the wealthy while the poor stay poor and the shrinking middle class muddles through; Canadians are living longer but not healthier – health among teenagers is especially worrying; but crime is down and social relationships in our communities are stronger. The report also shows that cuts or lack of improvements to government programs like welfare, Employment Insurance and publicly funded medical services are hurting Canadians.
Check out the First Report (PDF 4MB) for an easy to read overview of these and other important findings or download the full research reports for Living Standards, Healthy Populations and Community Vitality to learn more.
If you've ever wondered How Canadians are REALLY doing, you're in the right place. A newly released report shows that: even in good economic times the lion's share of benefits go to the wealthy while the poor stay poor and the shrinking middle class muddles through; Canadians are living longer but not healthier – health among teenagers is especially worrying; but crime is down and social relationships in our communities are stronger. The report also shows that cuts or lack of improvements to government programs like welfare, Employment Insurance and publicly funded medical services are hurting Canadians.
Check out the First Report (PDF 4MB) for an easy to read overview of these and other important findings or download the full research reports for Living Standards, Healthy Populations and Community Vitality to learn more.
Submitted by Linda Sepp
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http://www.narucmeetings.org/Presentations/BPL%20Master.ppt#256,1, NARUC
JOINT MEETING: ELECTRICITY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS BROADBAND OVER
POWERLINES
http://www.narucmeetings.org/Presentations/BPL%20Master.ppt#256,1, NARUC
JOINT MEETING: ELECTRICITY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS BROADBAND OVER
POWERLINES
Submitted by Joanne Evans
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Hi All
The story below gives you a good idea of what our bodies are being subjected to from various sources of electro magnetic radiation. To be able to capture this amount of energy from such a long distance, indicates the amount of dangerous radiation that is being poured into the environment.
Martin Weatherall
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Ambient electromagnetic radiation–emitted from Wi-Fi transmitters, cell-phone antennas, TV masts, and other sources–could be converted into enough electrical current to keep a battery topped up, says Markku Rouvala, a researcher ... Earlier this year, Joshua Smith at Intel and Alanson Sample at the University of Washington, in Seattle, developed a temperature-and-humidity sensor that draws its power from the signal emitted by a 1.0-megawatt TV antenna 4.1 kilometers away. ...
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