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EU fails to agree on glyphosate renewal
The European Parliament voted yesterday to ban household use of glyphosate immediately, stop the agricultural use of glyphosate by 2022 and make EU Commission risk assessments public. This came a day before a vote by the European Commission’s Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed on the renewal of the herbicide’s license for a further 10 years. Despite the concerns expressed by MEPs, the Committee, which met today were unable to agree on the license renewal with no clear majority either for or against. This means that a further vote will take place in due course. This is a clear indication that people power is winning out as EU citizens just don’t want glyphosate. It’s important for citizens to maintain pressure on their elected representatives.
Conduct proper vaccine safety science or face legal action
In the US the Informed Consent Network has written to the Health and Human Services (HHS) setting out the failure of HHS to conduct the proper science necessary to demonstrate vaccine safety as set out by the National Childhood Vaccine Act of 1986. The letter warns that should the HHS not take action to conduct appropriate studies, legal action will be taken to address these issues. If you agree that there is still a long way to go before health authorities have enough scientific evidence to state vaccines are ‘safe’, please sign our petition.
Just say NO – to antibiotics!
The problem of antibiotic resistance is no longer something in the future, it’s a reality today. In the UK alone it’s estimated 5,000 deaths are caused because antibiotics don’t work for some infections. Public Health England has launched the Keep Antibiotics Working campaign to encourage appropriate use of antibiotics. The campaign urges patients not to ask their doctors for antibiotics for everyday infections such as colds or flu and to take their doctor’s advice on when to use them and when to go home and rest. It is essential that more people are encouraged to take responsibility for their health and, in doing so, build natural immunity to reduce reliance on antibiotics. Without antibiotics that work, we will see a rise in unnecessary deaths from infection that have, up until now, been successfully treated.
Attacks on natural health continue in Australia
In yet another attack on the natural health industry, the Australian Government has announced it will scrap private health insurance rebates for a wide range of natural therapies following a recent review. Use of complementary medicine is substantial amongst Australians with many taking out private insurance for this purpose. Natural therapy groups in Australia are warning that this action is short-sighted and could backfire on the Government as people find it harder to afford to maintain their health naturally and look to the state (and mainstream medicine) for care.
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25 October 2017 at 7:17 pm
I think it is obvious now that governments are complicit in the activities of big pharma to undermine natural products. Why do they all fight so hard to suppress this information if it doesn't work ?
26 October 2017 at 10:51 am
Thank you Norman, it's a fair question. The regulators usually take refuge in the 'no scientific evidence' harbour, despite years (thousands in some cases) of clinical experience. It's also the reason why people need to be self-empowered and take their health back into their own hands.
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Meleni
26 October 2017 at 9:24 am
Antibiotics Campaign: The campaign urges patients not to ask their doctors for antibiotics. Well, the fact is that almost every patient I see in my practice (mostly autistic children and their families) is prescribed antibiotics for every little thing by their GP; they don't ask for it and usually tear the prescription up. All my older patients come with long lists of antibiotics and other medication they have been prescribed, often for a minor ailment but one drug's side-effects leads to another drug and so on. What a mess, what an utter disaster. My own campaign is education, education. ANH articles and campaigns are a great help. Thank you!
26 October 2017 at 11:14 am
Thank you Ursula. We agree, the situation is a mess and too many GPs still seem to be dishing out antibiotics like candy. Our hope, like yours, is that more education increases awareness sufficiently so that people feel empowered to just say no and demand something different. Natural approaches like diet and lifestyle modification, as you know, are the most powerful ways to influence and support the gut microbiome, which is really the seat of our immune power. Taking antibiotics for non-acute infections is a complete nonsense that keeps perpetuating the cycle of poor immune function, low-grade inflammation and recurring infections. We need a 'Just say No' to antibiotics campaign!
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Meleni
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