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We Tried 6 Eco-Friendly Dental Care Products The impact of dental products on the environment is nothing to smile about, but are plastic-free alternatives good for your teeth? We weigh in on what s worth your green. (Photo: Carmen Cheung) Brushing and flossing are essential to good health, but the impact of dental products on the environment is nothing to smile about. National Geographic estimates that we’re tossing 23 billion toothbrushes into the trash each year, which are washing up on coastalines along with other plastic waste, harming marine life and birds. Plastic-free alternatives are gaining popularity, but can products that are good for the planet also be good for your teeth? London, Ont., dentist Riham Qandil says it largely depends on individual oral health, so ask your dentist which could work for you. We put six options to the test and asked her to weigh in on which are worth your green. ....
MARION VAN DIJK/Stuff Haulashore Island, once part of the Boulder Bank, marks the entrance to Port Nelson and volunteers hope to make it a home for little penguins. (File photo) Nelson’s Haulashore Island could become a thriving little penguin habitat, with people able to watch the world’s smallest penguin return to the shore at dusk. The five-hectare island off Nelson s waterfront road has been the focus of renewed predator control efforts last year to protect the birdlife, thanks to a team of dedicated volunteers. The island is a major breeding site for pied shags and also home to the at-risk northern spotted skink. But it s the little penguin, often called the little blue penguin or kororā, that volunteers hope will return to nest there as they reduce the number of predators. ....