Health
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Global Breaking News on GMOs and Pesticides 5 December 2018: Bayer Slashes Jobs!
Bayer, the German drugmaker that bought U.S. seed company Monsanto earlier this year, announced on Thursday the sale of a number of businesses, around 12,000 job cuts and 3.3 billion euros ($3.8 billion) in impairments, Reuters reported. Continue reading
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Senior MIT Scientist Warns 1 In 2 Children Will Have Autism by 2025
The overuse of Monsanto’s Roundup herbicide on our food is causing glyphosate toxicity and it is now being considered as the single most important factor in development of autism and other chronic disease. At a recent panel discussion about GMOs, a senior scientist has stated that one in two children will be autistic by 2025. Continue reading
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The blueprint for dismantling the NHS By Youssef El-Gingihy
Nostalgia won’t save the NHS from the encroachment of market forces – only a broad-based mass movement can do that. Continue reading
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British Government ‘Pledges’ Cheaper, Unlabelled, Gene-edited Food. “An Agricultural Revolution” Predicated on Genetic Engineering!
In July, after hearing scientific evidence that gene editing “causes many profound mutations and DNA damage”, the European Court of Justice ruled that food resulting from genome editing would be regarded as genetically modified, which is outlawed in Europe. Continue reading
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Brexit or no Brexit, life-changing medicines already aren’t getting through By Heidi Chow
Big Pharma is hurting the NHS at its core – here’s what we need to do, if we’re bold enough. Continue reading
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Herbicides undermine antibiotics, threaten medical care
Researchers in New Zealand have found that bacteria develop antibiotic resistance up to 100,000 times faster when exposed to the world’s most widely used herbicides, Roundup (glyphosate) and Kamba (dicamba) and antibiotics compared to without the herbicide. Continue reading
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GMO Propaganda and Neoliberalism vs Localisation and Agroecology By Colin Todhunter
What people communicate is a matter of choice. But what can be more revealing are the issues they choose to avoid. There are certain prominent pro-GMO activists who describe themselves as ‘science communicators’. They hit out at those who question their views or who have valid criticisms of GM technology and then play the role… Continue reading
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Google absorbs subsidiary with access to NHS patient data
TruePublica Editor: American behemoths such as Google, Facebook and other transnational corporations are now so big that ethics plays second fiddle to profit and legislators feel somehow emasculated to act in the public interest. Revolving doors obviously plays a role in the cesspit of modern day politics. These transnationals are breaking all the rules where… Continue reading
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Global Breaking News on GMOs and Pesticides 14 November 2018
14 November 2018 — Sustainable Pulse Editors’ picks New Study Finds Harmful Agricultural Pesticides in Rural New York State Homes Despite the existence of chemical-free methods to eradicate pests, Americans use more than a billion pounds of agricultural pesticides per year. These chemicals are mostly out of sight and out of mind to unsuspecting homeowners,… Continue reading
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It’s time to break up capitalism’s love affair with plastic By Amy Leather
A valuable invention is massively misused in the service of profit, producing unprecedented waste and pollution. How can we stop the plastic plague? Continue reading
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Bayer says cancer victims are “Nuisances”
There are about 8,700 lawsuits pending against Monsanto, by people who allege that exposure to Roundup weedkiller is responsible for their cancer. Continue reading
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European Parliament Group Finds Pesticides in Hair Samples Across Europe
148 hair samples were collected from six EU countries: Germany, Denmark, Wales, Italy, France and Belgium between the end of July and October 2018. The samples were then analysed for a selection of 30 pesticides including insecticides, fungicides and herbicides. Continue reading
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EU 5G Appeal – Scientists warn of potential serious health effects of 5G
In an appeal to the European Union, more than 180 scientists and doctors from 36 countries warn about the danger of 5G, which will lead to a massive increase in involuntary exposure to electromagnetic radiation. The scientists urge the EU to follow Resolution 1815 of the Council of Europe, asking for an independent task force… Continue reading
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The budget offers the NHS scraps – and fails to see off the privatisers By Kane Shaw
There was little on offer in yesterday’s budget to meaningfully help struggling hospitals, health and social care services. So it’s up to us to organise. Yesterday’s budget was a government playing to the gallery, desperately hoping to distract from its role in creating what promises to be the worse winter crisis since records began. Continue reading
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Over 90% of the world’s children breathe toxic air every day
Every day around 93% of the world’s children under the age of 15 years (1.8 billion children) breathe air that is so polluted it puts their health and development at serious risk. Tragically, many of them die: the World Health Organization estimates that in 2016, 600,000 children died from acute lower respiratory infections caused by… Continue reading
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UK: NHS subsidiary companies—tools for tax exemption and privatisation By Ben Trent
The destruction of the National Health Service (NHS) continues apace, with outsourcing one of the most effective methods of diverting public assets into private hands. At the start of the month, 250 NHS estates, procurement and facilities staff working at East Kent Hospitals had their jobs outsourced to a subsidiary company, 2together Support Solutions. This… Continue reading
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Upfront NHS charges one year on – 6 reasons why they harm us all By Ed Jones
When you’re expecting a baby the last thing you want to be thinking about is whether you can afford over £6,000 to go into hospital for the labour. For most people in England this isn’t yet a consideration but for the past year it has been the reality for many migrant women. Continue reading
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“National crisis” facing UK National Health Service as deficits grow By Ben Trent
In the latest quarterly report of NHS Improvement (NHSI), the combined forecast deficit of NHS trusts stands at a staggering £519 million. Continue reading
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A US-inspired reorganisation is about to hit the NHS – help fund the legal challenge By Jenny Shepherd
NHS plans due to take effect next spring could make general healthcare as difficult to access as mental healthcare already is – and lock future governments into long contracts with private firms, warn campaigners. Continue reading
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Global Breaking News on GMOs and Pesticides 28 September 2018
28 September 2018 — Sustainable Pulse Editors’ picks First Ever Glyphosate Strip Tests for Food and Water Enable Affordable Home Testing The first ever home-use strip tests for identifying glyphosate residues, have been released to the public on Wednesday. It is now possible for people everywhere to find out whether the world’s most used weed-killer… Continue reading
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