Health
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Why Smart Meters Are Good for Utility Companies, Bad for Consumers
Proponents of smart meters say the devices promote energy conservation by providing detailed feedback to consumers about their habits, but critics say the technology can be harmful to health and it poses real privacy concerns. Continue reading
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Glyphosate, GMOs and Pesticides – Weekly Global News Bulletin 27 January 2023
Friday, 27 January 2023 — Sustainable Pulse New US Research Finds “Worrying” Evidence Linking Monsanto Weedkiller to Cancer New research by top US government scientists has found that people exposed to the widely used weed killing chemical glyphosate have biomarkers in their urine linked to the development of cancer and other diseases, The New Lede… Continue reading
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Drug regulation – How does it work?
Before laying into the drug regulators, and their inexorable move towards the dark side, I thought I should try to explain a bit more about who decides what drugs should be used, and for what conditions. Continue reading
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Global Breaking News on GMOs and Pesticides 2 December 2022
Friday, 2 December 2022 — Sustainable Pulse Editors’ picks New Figures Show Massive Decrease in Planting of GM Crops in European Union Figures for the area under MON810, the only transgenic GMO crop authorized for cultivation in the European Union, have just been published. And it’s a downward spiral: a third less than last year.… Continue reading
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Pesticide Action Network News – November 2022
This year marks the 60th anniversary of Silent Spring, one of the most important environmental books of the 20th century. We dedicate this November issue of Pesticide News to the book’s author, Rachel Carson, who wrote a ground-breaking, ecological alarm call that we are still rallying behind today. Continue reading
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Cleaning the Augean stables (Part I)
‘There seems to be no study too fragmented, no hypothesis too trivial, no literature citation too biased or too egotistical, no design too warped, no methodology too bungled, no presentation of results too inaccurate, too obscure, and too contradictory, no analysis too self-serving, no argument too circular, no conclusions too trifling or too unjustified, and… Continue reading
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Glyphosate, GMOs and Pesticides – Weekly Global News Bulletin 18 November 2022
Friday, 18 November 2022 — Sustainable Pulse Uncovered Mexican Study Confirms GM Soy Causes Harm to Pancreas In a new revelation reported by GMWatch this week, it has been found that a rat feeding study published in 2008 found that GM soy harms the pancreas, confirming earlier findings in mice. Source: GMWatch By Claire Robinson In… Continue reading
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Fossil Drugs: Antibiotics as the fossil fuels of medicine
The discovery of antibiotics was one of humanity’s greatest achievements. But we didn’t invent them. Long before humans, microorganisms in soil evolved these molecules. It was not until the mid-twentieth century, however, that these molecules were isolated by humans and mass-produced for medicine. Continue reading
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Glyphosate, GMOs and Pesticides – Weekly Global News Bulletin 11 November 2022
Friday, 11 November 2022 — Sustainable Pulse New Large Scale Biomonitoring Results Show Increasing Herbicide Exposure in Pregnant Women The average level of dicamba herbicide in the urine of pregnant women has increased more than 3-fold since 2017, the year widespread planting of dicamba-tolerant GMO crops began, Heartland Health Research Alliance (HHRA) reported on Tuesday.… Continue reading
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Glyphosate, GMOs and Pesticides – Weekly Global News Bulletin 28 October 2022
Friday, 28 October 2022 — Sustainable Pulse Indian Government Restricts Use of Glyphosate in Massive Blow to Agrichemical Lobby The Indian government has restricted the use of glyphosate-based herbicides due to the risks to human and animal health. On Tuesday the Agricultural Ministry stated in a notification that “the use of glyphosate is prohibited and… Continue reading
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Glyphosate, GMOs and Pesticides – Weekly Global News Bulletin 26 August 2022
Friday, 26 August 2022 — Sustainable Pulse Florida University Study Shows Glyphosate Causes Convulsions in Animals A recent report by the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found more than 80 percent of urine samples from children and adults in the U.S. contained the herbicide glyphosate. A study by Florida Atlantic University and Nova Southeastern… Continue reading
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Cuban vaccine against lung cancer makes its way in the United States
Cimavax-EGF, a Cuban therapeutic vaccine against lung cancer, conquers the scientific community and the population of the United States based on the achievements compiled in studies carried out. The vaccine was obtained after more than two decades of research and have shown satisfactory results in patients in advanced stages of lung cancer. Continue reading
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“Factual Chaos” at the WHO? Dr. Tedros: Monkeypox Outbreak Is “Among Men who have Sex with Men”
Something weird is happening at WHO headquarters in Geneva. On Saturday July 23, 2022, WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebressus held a press conference in which he declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) pertaining to the monkeypox virus. Continue reading
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Glyphosate, GMOs and Pesticides – Weekly Global News Bulletin 28 July 2022
Thursday, 28 July 2022 — Sustainable Pulse Glyphosate & Roundup: Poison In Our Daily Bread – Fork the System Podcast It’s not surprising that glyphosate, the so-called active ingredient in Bayer-Monsanto’s Roundup weedkiller, is found in foods made with glyphosate-tolerant GMO crops like corn, soy and canola. But why is glyphosate herbicide showing up in… Continue reading
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The crushing power of the pharmaceutical industry – a sorry tale
Here is a sorry tale about the power of the pharmaceutical industry to crush all dissent … dead. The key player is Dr. Aseem Malhotra, who some of you may know. He is a consultant cardiologist. Very bright, sparky, willing to take on the establishment when required. I get on well with him, we communicate… Continue reading
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Evidence Based Medicine – it was a good idea
Once upon a time I was a member of the General Practitioners Committee. A sub-committee of the British Medical Association that represents GPs. This was during a time when the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) system was being rolled out. There is hardly anyone working in the NHS, including almost all hospital doctors, who has… Continue reading
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Why do we have Experts?
The COVID19 pandemic has thrown an issue into sharp focus that I have been observing for many years now. What is an expert? The simple answer is someone who has expertise. Deep knowledge of a subject that has been gained by spending many years researching, reading, speaking to colleagues, and suchlike. Continue reading
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Global Breaking News on GMOs and Pesticides 10 February 2022
Thursday, 10 February 2022 — Sustainable Pulse Editors’ picks GMO Wheat in Argentina Suffers from Low Yields Developments in Argentina regarding genetically modified (GM) wheat show that however determined governments are to boost GMOs in agriculture, the inherent weaknesses of the technology undermine their efforts. Although the Argentine government approved it for planting and the… Continue reading
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Global Breaking News on GMOs and Pesticides 27 January 2022
Thursday, 27 January 2022 — Sustainable Pulse Editors’ picks Colombia Constitutional Court Suspends Re-Start of Glyphosate Aerial Fumigation Program Rights groups and politicians in Colombia have welcomed a decision by the country’s Constitutional Court, which ruled this week that the government failed to consult local communities over its plan to restart aerial fumigation of coca… Continue reading
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Bathed in Pesticides: The Narrative of Deception
The volume of pesticide use and exposure is occurring on a scale that is without precedent and world-historical in nature. Agrichemicals are now pervasive as they cycle through bodies and environments. The herbicide glyphosate has been a major factor in driving this increase in use. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 