Leigh Matthews
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Writer | Vancouver |
English
About Leigh Matthews
Leigh Matthews is a novelist and science writer specializing in health and the environment and is Head of Research at LeafScore.com. Leigh graduated from the University of York, UK, with a First Class Honours Degree in Philosophy & English, followed by a Higher Diploma in Nutritional Therapy from the University of West London. She lives on the Sunshine Coast, BC, and is a long-time vegan with a particular interest in environmental justice, renewable energy, and food security.
Other countries are treating COVID patients with probiotics and vitamin D — why aren’t we?
China has been treating COVID-19 patients with probiotics since the pandemic began, and some British hospitals are having luck with high doses of vitamin D. Canada is studying whether probiotics, vitamin D and vitamin C may prove beneficial.
The glaring problem with Canada’s solar sector and how to fix it
Where do all these dead solar panels go, and what is Canada doing, if anything, to plan for the tsunami of e-waste to come?