Tag: Research
PFAS News Roundup: Ohio train derailment likely spilled PFAS and other chemicals across 16 states, including most Great Lakes | Great Lakes Now
Chemicals like perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) were likely spilled after the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. A new study analyzing rain and snow samples from northern Wisconsin to North Carolina and Maine found the highest levels of pH and certain compounds recorded over the last 10 years. This study proves that the various chemicals spilled did not just negatively impact local residents but spread across 540,000 square miles through 16 other states — which includes a third of the U.S.
London doctors test new transplant technique in Canadian first
A team of London doctors have delivered a Canadian medical first, using a new transplant technique that may save more lives and increase the number of viable available to other patients.
Dream Lottery winners left stunned by windfalls: ‘Wow’
Londoner Michael Denman on Thursday became the lucky winner of the grand prize of the Dream Lottery in support of London hospitals
Neil Young out, Bryan Adams in at Rock The Park finale
Neil Young is out, Bryan Adams is in. Rock the Park, London’s big summer rock music festival, is dropping iconic Canadian rocker Neil Young from its four-night outdoor concert series next month because of illness in his band Crazy Horse and replacing him with fellow Canadian rocker Bryan Adams, organizers announced late Wednesday. Young, who […]
Canada Day celebrations include activities, nod to Indigenous Peoples
Canada Day events are talking place in the Owen Sound area over the coming days, while Meaford will be celebrating Canada’s 157th birthday and its own 150th together. The four-day, free Sound Waterfront Festival this weekend in Owen Sound will be capped with Canada Day celebrations on Monday, July 1. Canada Day window flags for […]
Temporary overdose prevention sites eyed in Oxford, Elgin
With approval of supervised drug use sites paused by the provincial government, an area health unitâs top doctor is exploring alternative options to address an increase in opioid-related deaths since the COVID-19 pandemic.
Gateway welcomes Western medical students
GODERICH – The Gateway Centre of Excellence in Rural Health (CERH) welcomed four students from Western University’s Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry on May 29. The day was part of a week-long visit the medical students spent in rural areas to tour the local hospital and explore rural medicine. At Gateway CERH’s office, this […]
10 per cent cut to city councillors’ expense limit proposed: ‘Small savings’
Here’s something you don’t see every day â a politician looking for their expense limit to be cut. That’s a suggestion being lofted by Ward 11 Coun. Elizabeth Peloza for a Monday committee meeting, to shave 10 per cent or $1,500 off of the $15,000 limit for council’s regular constituency expenses. City councillors are entitled […]
Kidney donation won’t cause long-term health woes: London-led study
Donating a kidney does not lead to any negative long-term health problems, a just-published international study led by London researchers has found. The research found that there was little difference in rates of high blood pressure, kidney function or other physical or mental health function between donors and healthy people after seven years. The study […]
Oldest Western University grad now four degrees into retirement
Hooked on learning, 77-year-old Paul Hansen – who’s getting his PhD – says it was “a little bit scary” at first going to school with teens.