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Whistleblower Tortured by New South Wales Government Medical Office

07-12-2006 09:38 | Health | Repression | Workers' Movements | World

Sydney public service dissidents have been fighting human rights abuses perpetrated at the government medical office for years. HealthQuest was allegedly cleaned up. but this year a worker who has made protected disclosures about HealthQuest in the past suffered reprisals when he was forced to attend HealthQuest for a fitness for part time work assessment. I copied this before the Medical Defence Association and government solicitors forced its removal from Sydney Indy.

The Business of World Hunger

30-11-2006 11:36 | Bio-technology | Ecology | Health | World

The Business of World Hunger

THC4MS 3 face jail for helping Multiple Sclerosis sufferers

29-11-2006 12:10 | Health | Social Struggles | World

Three medicinal cannabis activists have waited nearly two years to face trial for conspiring to supply cannabis chocolate to people with multiple sclerosis. They have been told they have no defence and yet refuse to accept they are guilty of anything other than helping seriously ill people by providing them with effective medicine for which there is still no legal alternative.

Rads Used to Kill Spy Same as are Legal in Cigarettes

29-11-2006 05:02 | Health | World

In order to properly read and hear the news on the topic of the Assassinated spy, it's helpful to know a little more about that Polonium 210. Officials, so concerned about our health, forgot to include this radiation source in their case against cigarettes. Perhaps they cared more for the economic health of the cig cartels, including ingredients suppliers and their insurers and investors.

Tesco GM rice removed from the shelves landed Tesco Poland stores?

According to Polish Chief Health Inspectorate GM rice of variety LL601 was
found in 6% (3 out of 48) of samples taken in the stores of three regions of
Poland: Pomerania, West Pomerania and Lower Silesia. The contaminated rice
came to Poland from US via France.

According to the spokeperson of Regional Health Inspectorate of Lower
Silesia- Elzbieta Peszko-Bilska rice of variety LL601 was found in the
supermarket chains Tesco and Auchan in this region. Polish authorities hasn't
found LL601 rice in Warsaw region although Greenpeace Poland testing done in
Germany of long rice showed three products contaminated: "Bosto"(Ebro
Puleva), "Britta" and "Halina".

Anarchist Roberto Catrino Lopez in Prison Hospital

22-11-2006 14:47 | Health | Repression | Social Struggles | World

On Wednesday 25th of October the anarchist prisoner Roberto Catrino Lopez started a hunger and thirst strike at the PI Lelystad (Dutch Prison), where he is kept, as a protest against his medical treatment.

Childhood Obesity and Neuropeptides

22-11-2006 00:54 | Health | World

In the past 13 years there has been a 3-fold increase in childhood obesity.
This rather sharp increase has been explained away as the consumer's
fault - no exercise, supersizing - but those arguments seem weak in the
light of what has been discovered recently.

global warming: worse than we think

18-11-2006 23:09 | Climate Chaos | Health | World

The causes of Climate Change became a real debate today rather than just a slinging match between the vested interests in the 'green' and oil lobbies.

Chemicals cause silent pandemic

10-11-2006 02:57 | Analysis | Ecology | Health | World

The combined evidence suggests that neurodevelopmental disorders caused by industrial chemicals has created a silent pandemic.

PHILIPPINES: Junk the Toxic Deal with Japan! Junk JPEPA!

With the battle shifting to the Upper House, AKBAYAN Partylist today trooped to the Senate to call for the junking of the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA). “Japan may have done it once, but we will not allow the dumping of toxic wastes in the country again”, the group said referring to the 1999 incident, when 122 containers declared as “recyclable paper” (which turned out to be clinical wastes) arrived at the Port of Manila.

Urgent action to protect babies in the Philippines

07-11-2006 14:12 | Globalisation | Health | Social Struggles | World

This is an alert sent to Baby Milk Action supporters announcing a campaign launched today to help protect babies and mothers in the Philippines from the aggressive marketing of baby foods. Efforts to regulate the baby food companies to stop breastfeeding from being undermined and to ensure breastmilk substitutes are used safely if necessary are being threatened by legal action from US companies and pressure on the President from the US Chamber of Commerce.

BtB press release: Stop nuclear weapons - stop climate change

Anti-nuclear campaigners return to warhead factory ahead of government White Paper. Work on new laser in full swing - blockade on 13 November 2006. Join us!

NHS Medical Data Base and Mental Health

02-11-2006 15:01 | Health | World

Government plans to put medical records on a national electronic data base are going ahead.

NHS'Spine'- threat to privacy of records etc.

Guardian Nov 1...
The NHS's centralised and computerised syetem 'Spine' poses a very real threat of breaches of confidentiality of health records and raises the spectre of other agencies getting a view too..

Community Speaks Out: War Crimes

01-11-2006 02:30 | Anti-militarism | Health | Repression | World

We just can't believe that the country would not support this, we say this for all Australia but we also say this for the International community and all those dead Iraqi people.

John Matthews Chair of Crest Nicholson “Please Help Us” – A Family Request

Stuck in the actuality of the third anniversary of their houseboat and home eviction, the Shalom Family from Wales made a special visit on 30th October, to Crest Nicholson’s brand new ‘Crest House’, in Chertsey, Surrey. The Family delivered a new letter of appeal, in perfect harmony with their cause for Social Justice, to Crest Plc Chairman John Matthews.

John Callcutt CBE CEO English Partnerhips How Do You Sleep At Night?

Presently the CEO of English Partnerships, (the 'National Regeneration Agency') Mr. John Callcutt CBE is today under 'open' enquiry from Marie Louise and Vincent Shalom from Wales, UK. A married couple with five children, Mr. Callcutt saw to it that they were evicted from their own home after his previous actions of direct negligence, whilst he served as CEO of Crest Nicholson Plc. Letter Follows:-

Tourists may be warned to stay away from Sydney

Fears that travel advisories such as those warning Britons and Canadians about race violence in Sydney last year will cause a massive loss of income for Australian tourism this summer season.

John Callcutt CBE ‘Shameless’ Dad Delivers Fresh Appeal English Partnerships

On 18th October, English Partnerships' (EP) ‘Annual Open Meeting’ took place at the British Museum in London. For ‘educational purposes’, Mr. Vince Shalom, Family Campaigner for ‘Social Justice’ (re-Crest Nicholson Plc), attended the meeting, but he was not permitted to ask questions during official question time, despite invitations from EP Chair, Baroness Margaret Ford of Cunninghame.

John Bridle of Asbestos Watchdog: "lies, illegal tests and self aggrandisement"?

18-10-2006 16:46 | Health | Social Struggles | Workers' Movements | World

Today, (18th October) Shari Vahl on BBC Radio 4’s You and Yours programme investigated a businessman called John Bridle. His company “Asbestos Watchdog” has claimed to be:

“The only UK organisation that can provide unbiased information about asbestos”

The BBC claim that two of the UK’s biggest house builders have been using an asbestos surveyor who is carrying out analysis which the Health and Safety Executive say is illegal.

World Health Newswire Archive

Whistleblower Tortured by New South Wales Government Medical Office

The Business of World Hunger

THC4MS 3 face jail for helping Multiple Sclerosis sufferers

Rads Used to Kill Spy Same as are Legal in Cigarettes

Tesco GM rice removed from the shelves landed Tesco Poland stores?

Anarchist Roberto Catrino Lopez in Prison Hospital

Childhood Obesity and Neuropeptides

global warming: worse than we think

Chemicals cause silent pandemic

PHILIPPINES: Junk the Toxic Deal with Japan! Junk JPEPA!

Urgent action to protect babies in the Philippines

BtB press release: Stop nuclear weapons - stop climate change

NHS Medical Data Base and Mental Health

NHS'Spine'- threat to privacy of records etc.

Community Speaks Out: War Crimes

John Matthews Chair of Crest Nicholson “Please Help Us” – A Family Request

John Callcutt CBE CEO English Partnerhips How Do You Sleep At Night?

Tourists may be warned to stay away from Sydney

John Callcutt CBE ‘Shameless’ Dad Delivers Fresh Appeal English Partnerships

John Bridle of Asbestos Watchdog: "lies, illegal tests and self aggrandisement"?

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