05-04-2005 16:58
BBC have bought McLibel!
(better late than never?)
it'll be screened on Weds 13th April - two days before McD's 50th b'day - on BBC4 at 9pm.
press release below to any journos/mailing lists.
Read more >>30-03-2005 22:22
"Gay Bowel Syndrome" must be deleted from MSN Encarta
Read more >>30-03-2005 15:38
St Modwens the destroyer, through a front company KPI and in collusion with the local council, has managed to trash Farnborough town centre. St Modwens is now proposing to do the same in collusion with the local council to the century old Queens Market at Upton Park in East London.
Read more >>27-03-2005 01:08
The Shalom Family Campaign for Justice, from Wales, recently targeted the Bank of Scotland, (a Crest Plc major shareholder, via HBOS), at the Birmingham NEC National Boat Caravan and Outdoor Show 2005.
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26-03-2005 03:02
This is an medical alert regarding Type II Magnetic Radiation. Research data available at website: One investigator has researched Type II Magnetic Flux Generators, and the magnetic radiation may have severely damaged his bodily functions... www.gmxxnet.com/4.html
Read more >>23-03-2005 19:31
Newham council intends to sell Queens Market (Upton Park) to private developers St Modwens. The "Friends of Queens Market" group is campaigning against the demolition of this thriving, multi-ethnic market and plans to demonstrate outside Newham Town Hall on Monday 11th April.
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23-03-2005 18:32
Third International Conference on the Impact of Environmental Factors
on Health. call for papers/ abstracts..
Read more >>21-03-2005 23:25
*** CORRECTION: The training is Friday evening through to all of Sunday, NOT Saturday to Monday as previously advertised ***
The medics group will be holding a 2 and a 1/2 day action medic training in London on the first weekend in April (the evening of Friday the 1st to Sunday the 3rd).
Read more >>21-03-2005 11:36
16-03-2005 15:08
Brain tissue is highly susceptible to oxidative damage due to its high utilization of oxygen and its poorly developed antioxidative defense mechanisms. Radiation or pro-oxidants interact with cells and tissues through secondary ionization mechanisms such as lipid peroxidation (LPO). LPO can be inhibited by antioxidants such as vitamins A, C, and E and the carotenoid beta-carotene. beta-Carotene, the provitamin A, plays an important radioprotective role due to its properties as a potent free radical scavenger, singlet oxygen quencher, and lipid antioxidant. Amaranthus gangeticus Linn., widely considered as a weed, has a high content of carotene, ascorbic acid, and folate and may prove an efficient antioxidant. To evaluate the antioxidative efficacy of Amaranthus, healthy Swiss albino mice from an inbred colony were treated with alcoholic extract of A. gangeticus leaves (AE) for 2 weeks, at 800 mg/kg body weight, before radiation exposure. Irradiated mice were examined and autopsied at intervals of 1, 3, 7, 15, and 30 days after exposure. Brain was removed by skull dissection, and various biochemical changes were sought. Radiation caused a maximum increase of 27% in LPO and a maximum decrease of 27.96% in protein content at day 7 in controls. However, in the experimental group the increase in LPO was 9.98% and the increase in protein content was 18.78% at day 7. By day 30 after irradiation, AE brought these values to near-normal levels. AE protected brain biochemical activity in this murine study and may prove beneficial for clinical use as a radioprotector.
Read more >>11-03-2005 15:20
At the ESF 2006 (probably in Greece) we want to organise an international meeting to discuss the situation of psychiatric patients in institutes. There are alternatives for seclusion: locking up patients in isolation cells. And putting patients outside society in separate institutes is discussable. We want to speak out about these issues, which have remained in silence for yet much too long.
Read more >>03-03-2005 12:03
The heroic Hillside Animal Sanctuary undercover team bravely risked their lives and a few limbs to covertly gather video evidence to expose barbaric animal cruelty, dangers to public health and illegal unlicensed practices in the biggest case of it’s kind in the UK.
Read more >>03-03-2005 11:55
A 35-year-old vegan animal carer has challenged Delia Smith and the entire Norwich Football Team to a race to prove who has more life.This follows a recent Norwich FC function Canary Director,cook Delia Smith said, "If the entire planet became vegan, we'd die. It's not practical.”
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27-02-2005 20:44
Photographs of the queue for the lobby of parliament outside Westminster
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27-02-2005 09:08
Abstinence and sexual fidelity have played virtually no role in the much-heralded decline of AIDS rates in the most closely studied region of Uganda, two researchers told a gathering of AIDS scientists here.
Read more >>24-02-2005 12:40
OutRage! backs fight for justice
A gay Muslim business manager is bringing a claim of racial victimisation and homophobic harassment against the London division one of the world’s biggest financial institutions, the German conglomerate, Deutsche Bank.
Read more >>14-02-2005 19:07
The Shalom Family from Wales who have been caught-up in a Crest Plc - Crest Nicholson Beauty-show, their subsequent houseboat eviction, and have lost possession of their entire worldly belongings, (even though it is alleged that Crest have permitted negligence,
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09-02-2005 12:49
Only one effect is taken into consideration by ICNIRP and the NRPB, that is the effect of heating on human tissues. This is a very important point because there is an enormous amount of peer-reviewed scientific literature showing often replicable biological effects that are likely to have serious health consequences, occurring at levels far below that which causes heating.
Read more >>30-01-2005 09:25
Cherie Blair was accused last night of "trading on her husband's name" after it was reported that she stood to earn a six-figure sum from a charity fund-raising tour of Australia.
Read more >>28-01-2005 20:43
Planning has begun for a May 2005 'National March to End AIDS' in Washington DC. Leading national AIDS groups including AIDSVote.org (www.AIDSVote.org) invite you to plan to participate in a national and international 'March to End AIDS' that will kick-off in mid-April 2005 and converge on Washington for four days of action, support and prayer on May 1, 2, 3, and 4.
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