Environmental Health Tools – CBC’s Interactive Feature “The Toxic House”

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation reports on a body burden study conducted by Environmental Defense. Nothing really special here, just the usual themes – a wide range of chemical detected in the test subjects, regulatory agency skepticism over the small test population (a total of 11 subjects were tested), calls for eliminating chemical use and increased regulation. The only surprise was the cost for testing, $1,545 per subject; hey, where can I find that lab – that’s cheap.

Actually, what drew my attention to this story was the link to CBC’s program “The Nature of Things” interactive features – scroll to the bottom to find “The Toxic House”, a neat Macromedia Flash program, that provides a room-by-room tour educating homeowners about chemical exposures in the house. This is well worth checking out. I wonder if PBS has anything as imaginative.

Actually all of the Flash programs on this page look pretty interesting.

I found this story off of Fark; my attention was drawn to it by the caption, “Canadians' bodies are full of environmental toxins. Please try to limit your consumption of wild-caught Canadians to one or two servings per week”.