News in Review - December 2013 A Look Back at Science and Health 2013
The world of science and health in 2013 gave us a Canadian astronaut who became an international star, while rockets were launched to clean up debris in space. Meanwhile scientists debunked intelligence testing, declared climate change real, and grew meat in a test tube.
- 2013
- 00:18:01
- 13-14
- Added on: 01/06/2014
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The National Aboriginal Children Used as Test Subjects
Newly surfaced documents shine a light on experiments that were conducted on hundreds of aboriginal individuals, most of them young children, during and following World War II. Residential schools were the testing grounds for government scientists to observe the effects of several products on the malnurished bodies of aboriginal children without their consent or even their knowing.
- 2013
- 00:03:07
- 15-17
- Added on: 04/15/2014
News in Review - February 2014 Addiction and the Food Industry
There is science behind the manufacturing of the foods we eat — science that makes us crave more, eat more, want more. That science is being used every day by the food giants to keep us hooked. They use sugar, salt and liquid fat to make foods as addictive as narcotics. In this report, CBC health reporter Kelly Crowe investigates ...
- 2014
- 00:15:24
- 13-14
- Added on: 02/15/2014
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The Nature of Things Apocalypse Cow: The Mad Cow Story
A cautionary two-part tale about mad cow disease from how it began as a brain disorder of cattle to how it jumped to humans. The show maps the origin of the disease from when it first appeared in cattle in Britain in the 1980s to becoming an epidemic that has reached 80 countries and infected hundreds of people. Part One, ...
- 2004
- 01:30:20
- 13-14
- Added on: 06/14/2013
Marketplace Are you being served? / Coffee cups update
Are you being served?: Scanning your own groceries, booking your travel, printing your own tickets, selecting your own seats. It’s not just about convenience: we’re doing a lot of work ourselves that companies used to do for us. But while we’re doing the work, are we seeing the savings? - - Coffee cups update: Last fall, we revealed that cups ...
- 2016
- 00:21:28
- 13-14
- Added on: 08/23/2016
We are the Best Beef from Cochrane
Why Alberta's grasslands are the perfect place to raise cattle. Join chef Ricardo Larrivée for a day of feeding the herd on the lush and temperate grasslands of southern Alberta, as he learns where Canadian beef begins.
- 2017
- 00:03:05
- 9-12
- Added on: 07/28/2017
Marketplace Best before: How supermarkets sell you old food
We rely on best before dates to make sure food is fresh and we don’t get sick. But how reliable are they? Supermarket insiders tell all and share common tricks some grocery stores use to give your favourite foods a second life.
- 2015
- 00:22:22
- 13-14
- Added on: 01/19/2017
Marketplace Cafeteria Confidential
Been in a high school cafeteria lately? You might have noticed that a lot of the fare is greasy, high carb foods. In Toronto, one grade 11 high school student has had enough and, with the help of her friends, has decided she’s going to do something about it. Allison Ewell, the smart outspoken teen who's not only taking on her ...
- 2004
- 00:10:42
- 9-12
- Added on: 06/14/2013
Marketplace Calorie Confidential
Your neighbourhood casual-dining chain is serving meals positively loaded with fat and calories and sodium, in amounts far surpassing those usually found in fast food. Marketplace had nutritional analyses done on popular items from several chain restaurants. As Wendy Mesley reports, a single meal at one of these restaurants could actually contain more calories than most of us should eat in ...
- 2007
- 00:25:39
- 13-14
- Added on: 06/14/2013
Marketplace Canada’s Restaurant Secrets
When we're eating out, we expect the places that make our food to be as clean as possible. But almost two million of us get sick every year. What's happening behind the scenes? Marketplace goes undercover in some of your favourite chains to reveal Canada's Restaurant Secrets. They've pored over thousands of inspection reports from coffee shops, fast-food and family dining ...
- 2014
- 00:42:43
- 13-14
- Added on: 10/16/2014
