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World Health Organization recommends that no more than 5 percent of your caloric intake – that is, 25 grams – should come from sugar
/1 Comment/in Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillI often drive by 198 New Toronto St. in south Etobicoke where Lantic Sugar is located. The first link in the sentence above gives you a Google Street view of the location. The second link gives you an overview describing how sugar is refined. Whenever I drive by the Lantic Sugar plant, I think of […]
Air pollution in south Etobicoke is part of a regional problem; City official recommends public transit advocacy
/0 Comments/in Jane's Walk, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillAs a person who loves to drive, I was thoroughly intrigued to learn about the recent study of air pollution in south Etobicoke. Cars and trucks: What can be done? With regard to cars and trucks, some of the text from Tamara Shephard’s Jan. 16, 2014 Etobicoke Guardian article, discussed in a recent post, stays […]
South Etobicoke Local Air Quality Study has identified an increased risk of cancer in the community due to air pollution
/0 Comments/in Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillA Toronto Environmental Alliance (TEA) overview of the study can be found here. A caption related to the map on the right, from a Jan. 16, 2014 Etobicoke Guardian article by Tamara Shephard entitled “Air quality study finds traffic emissions are driving pollution in south Etobicoke,” reads: Carcinogen concentration Courtesy/CITY OF TORONTO Eight of 19 […]
Mobile phones kill more drivers than booze does, police say, sparking long weekend crackdown (Aug. 30, 2013 Globe and Mail)
/0 Comments/in Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillUpdates A Jan. 30, 2014 Globe and Mail article is entitled: “Distracted driving now deadlier than impaired driving.” A Feb. 4, 2014 CBC article is entitled: “Cellphone use behind the wheel could be stopped with technology.” The subhead reads: “Distracted driving’s potential to kill or injure others needs preventive policy now, Canadian doctors say.” An […]
Peter Hall’s (2002) intellectual history of twentieth-century urban planning
/in Newsletter/by Jaan PillPeter Hall focuses, in Cities of tomorrow: An intellectual history of urban planning and design in the twentieth century, third edition (2002), on the power of ideas. Hall is also author of London voices, London lives: Tales from a working capital (2007), in which Londoners speaks of their lives in their own voices. In his […]