Health
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Monsanto Tribunal: Report from The Hague
We assembled to hear the opinions of the five judges who presided over the International Monsanto Tribunal. After taking six months to review the testimony of 28 witnesses who testified during the two-day citizens’ tribunal held in The Hague last October, the judges were ready to report on their 53-page Advisory Opinion. Continue reading
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What does the NHS do with your data?
Although the Government has yet to issue the necessary CAG Regulations; or ‘one strike and you’re out’ sanctions for data misuse or abuse; has failed to close the “promotion of health” (i.e. Pharma marketing) and commercial re-use loophole; still hasn’t put the National Data Guardian on a proper statutory footing, let alone responded to the… Continue reading
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Roundup: Evidence EPA Colluded With Monsanto to Dismiss Cancer Concerns Grows Stronger
Glyphosate — the active ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup and other herbicides — is the most widely used agricultural chemical in the world, and testing suggests a large portion of the global population now has glyphosate in their system. Continue reading
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medConfidential Bulletin, 24th March 2017
We are entering a period where a lot of things are happening – and are likely to happen – in quick succession, so we wanted to provide a perspective and some context that we hope will help explain at least some of what is going on. Continue reading
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The Case Against Sugar — New Book Reveals the Details of How the World Got Addicted to Sugar
In his book, Taubes makes a strong argument that excess sugar is the foundational cause of diabetes, obesity and most chronic degenerative diseases, including Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. Continue reading
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The NHS Opt-out is worthless!
Over 1.2 million people, just like you, opted out of their hospital records being sold. The opt out has begun to work, but NHS confirms hospital records are still being sold. Continue reading
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This is in your food
Under corporate pressure, the EU is set to adopt meaningless “guidelines” that will mean dangerously high levels of a substance called acrylamide in our food. Even the EU’s own food safety experts say this substance could damage our DNA and increase the risk of cancer. Continue reading
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NHS Hospitals in Crisis!
Exposed: hospital beds across England are dangerously full. And now Jeremy Hunt’s plans for our NHS mean thousands more hospital beds could be cut. Asthma attacks, bad falls, or car accidents could put any of us in need of a hospital bed – and the idea of turning up to an overcrowded hospital in an… Continue reading
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Monsanto Celebrates Approval of New Dicamba Herbicide and Fights Dirty to Silence Cancer Scientists
22 November 2016 — Dr Mercola The U.S. EPA has approved Monsanto’s new weed killer, XtendiMax, which goes along with its Roundup Ready Xtend cotton and soybeans — GE plants designed to tolerate both glyphosate and dicamba With this approval, use of dicamba on cotton and soy fields is expected to jump from less than… Continue reading
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The NHS is hanging by a thread
Jeremy Hunt doesn’t want you to watch this video – it proves the NHS is hanging on a thread. Millions of us are reading this email today. And if we all watch the video and share it with our friends and family, we’ll get the word out: Continue reading
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Unless we move fast, local NHS bosses say that one in three A&Es in England could close
1 November 2016 — 38 Degrees Unless we move fast, local NHS bosses say that one in three A&Es in England could close. It’s part of Jeremy Hunt’s plan to make big cuts, closures and changes to our NHS without our say. [1] It doesn’t matter where you live – we all need emergency care… Continue reading
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Councillors must look before they leap into secret NHS cuts plans By John Lister
Theresa May has not taken kindly to the NHS boss’s belated admission that he had originally asked for considerably more than £8billion “extra” for the NHS (even as that £8bn figure was itself criticised as “misleading” by Sarah Wollaston MP, who points out the true amount given to the NHS is considerably less than the… Continue reading
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Making the NHS a “hostile environment” for migrants demeans our country By Erin Dexter
Three years have passed since Theresa May, then home secretary, committed to creating a “hostile environment” for so-called “illegal” migrants in the UK. Since then the UK has reinforced and multiplied its inland borders, making border guards of teachers, landlords, and healthcare workers. Continue reading
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The NHS – is it all about the money, money, money? By Paul Hobday
As Jeremy Hunt and Simon Stevens appear before the Health Select Committee in an emergency session on NHS finances, Paul Hobday explains why ‘where’s the money coming from’ is the wrong question. Continue reading
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The Tories just tried to sneak out the biggest EVER privatisation of the NHS By Steve Topple
The Conservative government has quietly announced one of the biggest sell-offs in the entire history of the NHS. On Friday 14 October, the government’s website released details of nine NHS contracts that are up for sale. And they are worth a staggering £7.9bn; 7.3% of the total NHS budget. Continue reading
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Leaked EU documents show that big corporations have seized control of our food safety regulations
It’s a dream come true for the industry giants. In the coming days, the European Commissioner for Health will consider the draft proposal. And even after Brexit, these rules could set the baseline for future UK regulation, too. But a public outcry across Europe for real, legal limits that protect people (not profits!) can still… Continue reading
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Big Food and the Politics of Diabesity By Dan Hind
The UK is in the midst of a public health crisis. According to the NHS’ most recent Health Survey for England 24% of men and 27% of women are obese; 41 percent of men and 31 percent of women are overweight. Obesity has increased markedly over the last twenty years. In 1996 only about 15… Continue reading
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The NHS is ‘Hanging by a Thread’
If things go Jeremy Hunt’s way, he’ll get the ball rolling on his plans next month. [2] But we’ve got a plan to push them into the spotlight. If enough of us chip in, we can make a powerful documentary to expose the real impact of his NHS cuts – and then get everyone in… Continue reading
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The NHS under Threat!
NHS hospitals don’t have enough money to survive. That was the stark warning from NHS leaders this weekend. And now it’s reported that an influential group of MPs might call a special inquiry into the state of the NHS. And that they’re making the decision tomorrow. Continue reading
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Expose Jeremy Hunt’s Secret Plans for the NHS
These plans are huge and complicated. Together we’ve started to shed light on them. But we just don’t know enough yet. If we want to have our say on our local NHS services before it’s too late, we need to see every detail. Continue reading
