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EU protectionism discriminates against Chinese cuisine and bendy veg

23 July 2008

ANH brings you two stories that show EU madness at work: bans on Peking ducks in London's Chinatown and a push by Europe's big agri-business countries to stick with ridiculously tight laws on the size and shape of fruit and veg that result in massive wastage while we suffer a global food crisis. Did you choose these laws? 

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Three ways to die: putting together some of the jigsaw pieces

18 July 2008

It's not comfortable to have to accept that our 'leaders' may not have our best interests at heart and much easier to tune in to the boxes that adorn our living rooms and swallow what we are fed in the media. Victoria Hardy puts some of the key pieces of the bigger picture in her article Oh My! Three Fun Ways To Die.

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Kids: the new guinea pigs of Big Pharma

18 July 2008

Last week, we heard that doctors are being told to prescribe cholesterol-lowering drugs to kids as young as eight. Would you let this happen to your child? Has your doctor considered the causes of your kid's weight problem and how to manage them? What about off-label prescription risks? ANH reviews the madness and shows how kids are being used as guinea pigs.

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Global pharmaceutical industry at a crossroads

08 July 2008

A German market research company has just issued a report which confirms that the pharma industry has its back against the wall. A leading expert says the industry "does not have a vision of the future". We say—be diligent, be astute and be careful, as a cornered rat can be dangerous.

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MEP Kathy Sinnott blows whistle on EU internet surveillance plans

07 July 2008

Irish MEP Kathy Sinnott—who had campaigned for a 'no' vote in the recent Irish referendum on the Lisbon Treaty—has been a good friend and supporter of natural health. Now she explains how the new EU Telecoms Directive could force internet service providers to spy on the internet usage of all Europeans.

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Are you being heard? Eavesdropping and wiretapping in Europe and the USA

02 July 2008

Some Americans may feel they are cosy and safe, perhaps feeling a little sorry for the Swedes, Germans and other Europeans who are losing their rights to privacy seemingly by the minute. We show why warrantless wiretapping of all telephone and internet communications in the USA is inevitable—especially now George W is pressing so hard to get privacy data on Europeans! 

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Food industry must remain alert after Lisbon defeat

30 June 2008

European wheels continue to grind on, churning out directives and regulations seemingly regardless of the will of its people. Despite the very public rejection of the Lisbon Treaty by the Irish, its business as normal for the European Commission and this appears to be the message to the food industry too.

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Canadian's beat Bill C-51 — but watch the back door!

24 June 2008

A chess game is being played out by a global corporate-governmental machine which appears focused on preventing our free access to foods and natural products which are the life line to millions who choose these in place of patented drugs. The Canadian people have risen to the challenge and have fought off one Bill—only to be immediately confronted with another. 

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The hand of Pharma—US citizens have your say!

23 June 2008

Two drug companies - one big, one small - have revealed their hand. One wants to ban a natural vitamin because it interferes with its patents. The other wants to ban health claims for slimming products because it wants to eliminate competition against its anti-obesity drug. Both are subject to citizen's petitions in the US. Have your say if you care...

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Homeopaths get onto the front foot!

19 June 2008

Over a hundred homeopaths, scientists and journalists gathered yesterday at a conference at the University of Westminster in London to evaluate the scientific evidence on homeopathy. 

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Lisbon Treaty almost through the door whilst UK slumbers

18 June 2008

The EU's Lisbon Treaty faced its final UK parliamentary hurdle today in the House of Lords, without so much as a whisper from the UK public.  Is the UK really going to give its democratic rights away on a plate because the public can't be bothered to get off the sofa?

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