Health
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Biotech Companies Set to Be Given Legal Right in Decisions to Ban GM Crops in EU
A new GM law being discussed in Brussels this week could grant biotech companies, like Monsanto and Syngenta, unprecedented power over decisions on whether to ban genetically modified (GM) crops in Europe, according to Friends of the Earth Europe. Continue reading
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William Engdahl: ‘Russia puts GMO genie back in the bottle’
Russia has some of the most precious uncontaminated top soil on the planet and if it is rigorously controlled to stay GMO-free and free from chemicals its productivity would increase as Europe declines, geopolitical analyst William Engdahl told RT. Continue reading
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March Against Monsanto #3 Today! Live on Sustainable Pulse
March Against Monsanto: May 24 2014 will go down in history as the third time people from across the planet rose up against the global biotech giant Monsanto to try and stop them taking over the World’s food system. Following the previous two Marches Against Monsanto in 2013 the hope of organizers is for an… Continue reading
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Deadly consequences of continued production of industrial chemicals By Coral Wynter
There is an epidemic of diseases now sweeping the industrialised countries. These include obesity, diabetes type 2, high infertility rates affecting both men and women, high blood pressure, thyroid and central nervous system as well as cancers, mainly breast and prostate cancers. In addition to all of this, immune deficiencies. Continue reading
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CIA barred from using vaccinations as cover after dozens of doctors killed
The promise was made in a letter to the deans of 12 public health schools – who have criticized the Obama administration for using a vaccination effort as a cover for reconnaissance – and was written by the president’s top counterterrorism and homeland security advisor, Lisa Monaco. Continue reading
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Renationalisation of the rail services? Why not start with the NHS? By David Zigmond
Labour is flirting with the idea of renationalising the railways – but it should start by renationalising the NHS. Continue reading
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Video: Dr. Mercola Interviews Dr. Carman About GMO Dangers
Internationally renowned natural health expert and Mercola.com founder Dr. Joseph Mercola interviews Dr. Judy Carman about the dangers of eating genetically modified foods. Continue reading
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Public Health Experts Identify Militarism as Threat By David Swanson
“Since the end of World War II, there have been 248 armed conflicts in 153 locations around the world. The United States launched 201 overseas military operations between the end of World War II and 2001, and since then, others, including Afghanistan and Iraq. During the 20th century, 190 million deaths could be directly and… Continue reading
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The Dirty Details Behind the Attacks on Seralini’s Notorious GMO Rat Study by Paul Fassa
Remember the GMO rat study finding that rats fed GMOs developed tumors and died prematurely? After Seralini’s long term toxicity study results were publicized with displays of rats showing huge tumors, a tsunami of outrage from pro-GMO related scientists got favorable mainstream media (MSM) press. The hundreds of scientists who defended Seralini’s work were ignored.… Continue reading
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Labour turn spotlight on GP shortages By Caroline Molloy
Yesterday Miliband pledged a GP appointment for all within 48 hours, today Shadow Health Secretary Andy Burnham visits inner-city GP practices facing the axe. Continue reading
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We Must Face the Harm Caused by Imported GM Soybeans to 1.3 Billion Chinese People
The situation is shocking. China’s national health has deteriorated sharply in recent years. Although weather, water pollution and other factors also exist, the harm from GM soybeans can not be eliminated. Assuring absolute safety of the food supply is a firm policy of the state. On the massive issue of human health and life, we… Continue reading
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Monsanto, Syngenta and Bayer CropScience: The GMO Biotech Sector can’t win the Scientific Debate. Co-optation, Deception and Collusion By Colin Todhunter
British Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Secretary Owen Paterson is a staunch supporter of the GM sector (1). Despite criticisms of him being an industry puppet (2) and content to ignore the devastating, deleterious health, environmental, social and agricultural impacts of GMOs (3), both he and other officials like the EU’s chief science advisor Anne… Continue reading
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NHS Care.data safeguards jettisoned by govt. By Kelly Fiveash
Vital safeguards for protecting patients’ privacy when NHS England records are shared with companies were scrapped by peers on Wednesday night. A proposed tweak to the Care Bill, tabled by Lord Owen, would have brought in independent, statutory oversight to better protect the handling of patient information across the health service, following the care.data debacle. Continue reading
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The CIA Aided Polio’s Comeback–but Media Have Forgotten the Story By Julie Hollar
Polio had been battled to near-extinction after decades of effort, but this year the WHO confirmed 68 new cases and declared it an international public health emergency. Nearly 80 percent of those cases are in Pakistan. Continue reading
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Hospital closure clause – last chance to amend it this Wednesday By Becky Jarvis
38 Degrees are working with Baroness Finlay to amend the hospital closure clause in its final Lords debate to give some power back to local commissioners. Continue reading
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NHS: “The worst thing a UK government has done to its people in my lifetime” By Marcus Chown
I’m a science writer. I usually write about the big bang and parallel universes black holes. But I was born in the NHS, my wife is an NHS nurse and I can see that the NHS is rapidly disappearing down a black hole. The NHS is one of the fairest, most efficient and cost-effective healthcare… Continue reading
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UK Government and GM Industry Secret Collusion Exposed
“Members of the public will be shocked by the extent to which foreign GM companies have muscled their way in to Government departments, developing a cosy relationship with ministers” said Dr Helen Wallace, Director of GeneWatch UK. “Ministers and officials are not acting in the public interest but colluding with the industry to push ahead… Continue reading
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Chinese Ministry Newspaper: GM Soybeans Harm Health of China’s 1.3 Billion People
The Chinese ‘Science & Technology Abstracts Newspaper’ under the leadership of China’s State Science & Technology Ministry has published a paper that may deeply damage the Biotech industry worldwide. Continue reading
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Three crucial safeguards for medical records proposed by leading voices on care.data By Caroline Malloy
Public health professor Allyson Pollock has called on parliament to pass three crucial amendments in next week’s care.data debate to ensure public health, not commercial interest, is at the heart of the new NHS IT system. Continue reading
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Russia, GMO and the Geopolitics of Organic Food By Ulson Gunnar
Russia’s RT reported in an article titled, “Russia will not import GMO products – PM Medvedev,” that, “Russia will not import GMO products, the country’s Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said, adding that the nation has enough space and resources to produce organic food.” The article would quote Russia’s prime minister who stated specifically, “if the… Continue reading
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