Health Canada

UNICEF to Health Canada: Formula isn’t second best

February 7, 2011




Health Canada is currently in the process of updating its recommendations for infant feeding. As part of that process, Health Canada has solicited comments from stakeholders and the general public on its draft statement on Nutrition for Healthy Term Infants – Recommendations from Birth to Six Months through an online consultation. The update to their [...]

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Toy Recalls: Inside the Melissa & Doug and Imaginarium Recalls

December 1, 2009




Image credit: Z Recommends Health Canada has been busy issuing recalls of wood toys due to excess levels of Barium. These are toys from companies like Melissa & Doug, that concientious safety-minded parents have come to trust. It also includes toys from the Toys R Us Imaginarium brand. These are toys that are in many [...]

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Letter to the editor in response to: “Co-sleeping fears prevented call for parents to abandon defective cribs”

November 27, 2009




Dear Editor, I was dismayed but unfortunately not shocked by Sarah Schmidt’s article Co-sleeping fears prevented call for parents to abandon defective cribs. Governments across North America, including the federal and some provincial governments in Canada,  have been waging an ongoing war against co-sleeping. Unfortunately, this is not based on sound science. It is important [...]

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On vaccines, safety and doublespeak

November 18, 2009




I wrote previously about balancing the pros and cons of the H1N1 vaccine in making the best decision for your family. We decided to get vaccinated. However, I still think it can go either way and each family needs to make their own choice. Yesterday, the Government of Canada finally released its first report on [...]

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Safe or unsafe?

November 29, 2008




I’m starting to get annoyed at Health Canada (HC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) assessments that certain things are safe or unsafe for our infants or for the public at large. Both HC and the FDA say that trace amounts of melamine in infant formula is safe. The FDA contends that Bisphenol A [...]

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Avent sucks

June 15, 2008




My Avent Isis pump is officially going in the trash and I’m mad, annoyed, ticked, pissed…take your pick! Up until now, the pump that I had been using to pump at work for my kids is my Medela Pump in Style Advanced (PISA). It is a great double electric pump that is designed for working [...]

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