Health
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“Organic is the future”
Vandana Shiva, a pioneer of organic farming in India, is incensed by the 2019 draft law to compulsorily register all seeds used by farmers. On a wintry afternoon, at her farm Navdanya in the Himalayan foothills, the noted ecologist spoke on the future of the organic farming movement in India. Excerpts: Continue reading
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Novel Coronavirus Defies Conspiracy Theories As Data Shows Its Coming Decline
There are first signs that the novel Cor[on]avirus (nCorV19) epidemic will come to an end within a month or so. An analysis from the Chinese media house Caixin provides the newest numbers Continue reading
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China’s Virus Response Has Been ‘Breathtaking’ 31 January 2020
President Xi Jinping formally told WHO head Tedros Ghebreyesus, at their meeting in Beijing earlier this week, that the coronavirus epidemic “is a devil and we cannot allow the devil to hide.” Continue reading
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Cuba is Testing Products Against Cancer, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Disease
The Cuban government has announced that it is testing new medical products against a range of chronic illnesses, including cancer, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease. The Caribbean country has become a hotspot for pharmaceutical research, having already developed techniques that eliminate the transmission of HIV and syphilis between mothers and children. It was not revealed which… Continue reading
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Monsanto/Bayer News Links 30 January 2020
30 January 2020 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back EPA Reapproves Glyphosate, Claims Pesticide Poses No Human Health Threat https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2020/01/30/epa-reapproves-glyphosate-claims-pesticide-poses-no-human-health-threat?cd-origin=rss Kellogg’s will phase out pre-harvest glyphosate use https://www.gmwatch.org/en/news/latest-news/19298-kellogg-s-will-phase-out-pre-harvest-glyphosate-use Continue reading
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China’s New Coronavirus: An Examination of the Facts 29 January 2020
The Western mass media have discussed the new corona virus that began in the city of Wuhan in Central China but, apart from repetitive small details and the inevitable China-bashing, not much light has been shed on the circumstances. My initial commentary here is composed from a medley of nearly 100 Western news reports, primarily… Continue reading
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5 Million Cases Worldwide, 650,000 Deaths Annually: The Seasonal Flu Virus is a “Serious Concern”, But the Wuhan Coronavirus Grabs the Headlines
The common flu virus will infect millions across the globe. It can be easily spread and will especially strike the young and the elderly. But this is not what has been described as the Wuhan virus. The common flu is far deadlier. This is not to downplay the Wuhan coronavirus flu, or to give it… Continue reading
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Coronavirus Update: Following the money 25 January 2020
Most of the mainstream media are doing that, saying the number of countries rather than the number of people. I suppose because it carries the implication that, somehow, everyone in all those 11 countries is under some kind of imminent threat. Continue reading
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5G News Links 25 January 2020
25 January 2020 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back January 25 is Stop 5G Global Protest Day! 240 Events in 36 Countries! Find Out Where You Can Participate http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ActivistPost/~3/S-oEyRv9VvA/january-25-is-stop-5g-global-protest-day-240-events-in-36-countries-find-out-where-you-can-participate.html Continue reading
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REALITY CHECK: Coronavirus fear porn 26 deaths is NOT a “global health emergency”, so why is everyone pretending otherwise?
China is shutting down, or so we’re being told. Cities are on lockdown. Disney land is closed. New Year is cancelled. Every day, China closes down more theatres or other more public spaces in their desperate attempts to thwart the spread of this terrible coronavirus. Continue reading
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FIRST GLOBAL DAY OF PROTEST AGAINST 5G GATHERS MOMENTUM
A Global Day of Protest against 5G was just an idea three months ago. At this writing, more than 205 events in more than 195 cities in 32 countries are being planned for Saturday, January 25. Continue reading
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Gone Fishing? No Fish but Plenty of Pesticides and a Public Health Crisis
There is mounting evidence that a healthy soil microbiome protects plants from pests and diseases. One of the greatest natural assets that humankind has is soil. But when you drench it with proprietary synthetic chemicals or continuously monocrop as part of a corporate-controlled industrial farming system, you can kill essential microbes, upset soil balance and end up feeding… Continue reading
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Syngenta says media has ‘overstated’ the science on insect declines
Pesticide giant Syngenta has said that the media is “overstating the science that clearly exists” on insect declines. Continue reading
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Big Pharma: Dangling Life Over the Dying
9 January 2020 — New Eastern Outlook (Gunnar Ulson – NEO) – There are very few who have yet to come to the realization that Western pharmaceutical corporations and the health care systems they have created, control, manipulate and exploit represent not only a particular pinnacle of corruption, but also threaten rather than preserve the health… Continue reading
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Collapse of UK National Health Service threatened as Johnson government readies further onslaught
The National Health Service (NHS) faces collapse after decades of underfunding, staffing cuts and privatisation. Even before the onset of the NHS’s now-annual “winter crisis,” a heightened expression of a year-round crisis, senior doctors’ representatives warned that the health service was “on its knees.” Continue reading
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Fake “Farmer Willi” part of an international fake parade
Five thousand tractors caused severe disruption in Berlin last week as farmers protested against the German government’s environmental protection policies. These include plans to limit the use of fertiliser in order to tackle nitrate pollution in groundwater, and to phase out glyphosate by 2023 to protect biodiversity. Continue reading
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Interview: The Mount Sinai Scandal Shows Everything Wrong with US Healthcare
A recently released report on horrifying conditions in one of New York City’s major hospitals revealed the way that profit-driven understaffing and overcrowding lead to patient death and deplorable conditions for healthcare workers. The Mount Sinai Hospital scandal is just one example of the dismal quality of care under capitalism. Continue reading
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5G News Links 23 December 2019
23 December 2019 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back The Health and Environmental Dangers of 5G Technology. A Lethal Multi-Trillion Dollar Operation https://www.globalresearch.ca/the-health-and-environmental-dangers-of-5g-technology-a-lethal-multi-trillion-dollar-operation/5698398 Multiple Deaths Among UK Ambulance Workers. Could 5G-enabled “Smart” Ambulances Be Playing a Role? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ActivistPost/~3/W9x6cFa_U2Y/multiple-deaths-among-uk-ambulance-workers-could-5g-enabled-smart-ambulances-be-playing-a-role.html Continue reading
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Sustainable Pulse: Global Breaking News on GMOs and Pesticides
20 December 2019 — Sustainable Pulse Editors’ picks The Future of Wheat Farming is Glyphosate Residue Free – Exclusive Interview with Axis Farms Sustainable Pulse interview with Axis Farms’ Partner, Mark Sanders, discussing the future of wheat farming in Canada and why they decided it is important to certify their harvest as Glyphosate Residue Free.… Continue reading
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The Dirty War on the NHS – ITV
15 December 2019 — John Pilger Today, Tuesday 17 December, John Pilger’s film about the threat the NHS will be shown on ITV – full details below. Continue reading
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