US government looks at ways to reduce sunlight to the earth

The White House's Office of Science and Technology Policy has launched a five-year project to assess different methods of reducing the amount of sunlight that reaches the earth in order to combat 'climate change'. Such interventions are often referred to as solar geoengineering. The interventions that will be assessed include spraying aerosols or sulfur dioxide, which is already known to be harmful, into the atmosphere. In January an open letter, which has been signed by scientists, academics and citizens from around the globe, was published calling for a stop to solar geoengineering projects due to the unknown and potentially detrimental risks of such technologies not only to humans but all life on the planet.

New report exposes efforts to deregulate GMO technologies in the EU

'Behind the smokescreen: Vested interests of EU scientists lobbying for GMO deregulation' is a new report from The Greens/EFA in the European Parliament that seeks to expose the efforts of pro-GMO organisations to push the European Union into deregulating so called 'new' genomic techniques. The new report reveals the true extent to which the tentacles of vested interests have infiltrated key organisations and committees through the scientists receiving funding from interested parties. Thankfully, there's significant pushback against the attempts to deregulate GMO technologies in the EU from a group of international scientists and policy experts opposing the use of the term ‘precision breeding’, which is being used to describe gene editing techniques to disguise the true nature of the work. Their objections are based on the grounds that the term 'precision breeding' is ‘...technically and scientifically inaccurate and therefore misleads Parliament, regulators, and the public’ because gene editing is neither precise, nor is it breeding.

Scientists warn of harms to health from wireless headphones

More than 250 scientists from 44 countries, have now signed a petition created by the International EMF Scientist Appeal, which warns of the dangers of emissions from wireless devices to health. The petition has been sent to the United Nations (UN), World Health Organization, UNEP Environment Programme and UN member states. The warning given by the petition is particularly pertinent now with the increased use of wireless devices such as wireless headphones which sit in the ear and utilise a low-dose variable magnetic field to communicate. Scientists are concerned that such emissions could make the blood-brain barrier more permeable, allowing toxins and other molecules into the brain that shouldn't be there, leading to neurological damage. So, however convenient wireless headphones may seem perhaps it's time to go back to more traditional wired versions to protect your brain health.

US government continues to ignore scientific warnings about health harms from wireless radiation

The US government has repeatedly ignored scientific studies warning of the health harms associated with exposure to wireless radiation according to a new review published in Environmental Health. The authors of the review argue that current exposure thresholds used by the US government are outdated and no longer fit for purpose as they don't adequately allow for the exponential growth in mobile technology and devices, nor do they take account of systems such as 5G. The International Commission on the Biological Effects of Electromagnetic Fields (ICBE-EMF) is calling for an independent evaluation to establish new, lower limits to protect human health.

>>> Click here to watch a short video explaining the findings of the new review.

>>> Read the ICBE-EMF's press release