How dangerous is BPA?
This is the first good evidence that BPA may be toxic to adults, not just babies.
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Energy from waste was anathema to Ontario regulators twenty years ago, but now they have changed their mind, due to better technology, a critical shortage of landfill space and strong demand for renewable sources of energy. One increasingly popular way is through biogas. Instead of burning the waste in messy incinerators with challenging air emissions,...
Continue reading the post titled Can garbage give us gas?Off-shore wind turbines: new rules
Off-shore wind turbines will likely have the best winds, but they also involve complex tradeoffs different from those that apply on land. The Renewable Energy Approvals (REA) regulation (O. Reg. 359/09) under the Environmental Protection Act therefore contemplates a special approvals regime for off-shore wind.[i] The Ministry of the Environment (MOE) has now released a...
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Continue reading the post titled Business LawDriving into the future: Privacy and insurance implications of self-driving cars
Back in the early 90s, shows like Transformers and Knight Rider shaped and invigorated the imagination of young kids by integrating well known cars with computerized, autonomous, and intelligent personalities. The cars drove themselves; both literally and in personality. Today this story, which invigorated the imaginations of these lawyers, is to a large extent no...
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Health Canada expands growing list of hand sanitizer recalls… What to know about Canada’s onion recall… Fresh imported peaches recalled due to salmonella If you search the term “recall” on a Canadian news website, chances are you will find a lengthy list of headlines like these. But despite how often product recalls occur, it’s not...
Continue reading the post titled Product recalls: Determining if you’re affected and if you have a legal claimBetterHelp’s unauthorized disclosure of private and personal health information to third-party advertisers, including Facebook
Siskinds LLP has filed a proposed privacy class action against BetterHelp, Inc. (“BetterHelp”) on behalf of all Canadians who registered a User Account on a BetterHelp platform before January 1, 2021. BetterHelp is the largest provider of online mental health services worldwide, including in Canada. The class action alleges that BetterHelp engaged in improper and...
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