David Suzuki Foundation in partnership with the Canadian Lung Association

Join the growing movement for fragrance-free homes and workplaces! Removing unnecessary scented products from where you live and work can be beneficial for your health, the health of those around you, and the environment. Read on for tips on how to go fragrance-free at work and at home.

For the past few decades, companies and advertisers have done an impressive job of casting a romantic light on perfumes and colognes.…

Book club members will have the opportunity to ask Gillian Deacon, author of There's Lead in Your Lipstick their questions about health, toxins and beauty. Send your questions to bookclub@davidsuzuki.org - Gill's responses will be published on the book club website later this month.

About Gillian and her latest book
Each morning we spritz, soak, and slather ourselves in 127 different chemicals, many of which are toxic. Each time we draw a bubble bath for a child, lather foaming cream for a…

By Dr. Anne Steinemann

This special issue of Doc's Talk is in collaboration with the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics

They're everywhere: air fresheners, scented soaps, hand sanitizers, laundry detergents, dryer sheets, and cleaning supplies. They emit numerous chemicals, including some classified as toxic or hazardous, and even some with no exposure level that is considered safe.

But you may not know about these hazards. Our laws do not require all ingredients in fragranced consumer products to…

It's not uncommon to hear David Suzuki say, I am fish. What he means is that humans aren't much different from the living, breathing species that come from the sea. This is a good thing to remember when choosing your food. Enjoying seafood sustainably means acknowledging the animal's unique role in nature, understanding how it got from the water to your plate, and managing how much of it we consume.

Our Top 10 sustainable seafood guide is a great place to start. It helps you find the best…

"Sustainable seafood options do exist. And it's up to all of us to ensure our fisheries are managed in a sustainable fashion so we can maintain the bounty of Canada's seafood industry." David Suzuki

Choosing sustainable seafood is a simple and effective way you can help promote healthy oceans (as well as healthy humans). Whether you are dining in a restaurant, shopping in a grocery store or buying directly from a fisher, asking for sustainable seafood will support healthier oceans for…

Earlier this year, the David Suzuki Foundation invited Canadians to pull back the shower curtain and participate in an online survey about toxic ingredients in common personal care products like soaps, shampoos and cosmetics. Here are the key findings from the survey and recommendations for cleaning up these products and strengthening Canada's laws to better protect human health and the environment.

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Hi Book Club members,
As The Legacy releases across Canada, our pre-eminent environmentalist will be at events in cities and towns across the country.

In these appearances, David Suzuki reflects on the massive changes in the world within his living memory - from explosive population growth, to massive technological developments, to the establishment of a global economy. Ultimately, he expresses his faith in human beings' capacity for innovation and he urges us all to dream of a better world…

Not sure if you've heard, but this month the David Suzuki Foundation is celebrating its twentieth anniversary. A special eco-friendly fundraising gala will be held at Toronto's Four Seasons Hotel on Friday September 10th in honour of the occasion. The Live Your Legacy gala will take place the night before the theatrical release of Force of Nature, a documentary about David's life and work.

There are 19,500 species of wild bees in the world - and Jason Gibbs, under the supervision of Keeping…

Medicinal Properties of Honey

Honey is an acid product, with a pH of between 3.2 and 4.5, which is low enough to inhibit the growth of many animal pathogens. It is also antibacterial because of its ability to attract water: the water molecules become bound up with the sugar molecules in honey, making them unavailable for microorganisms and thus denying microbes the water they need to survive. Some of the plant-derived components in honey are known to have antibacterial properties, and the…