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Advanced Breast Cancer in Young Women More Common

People’s Pharmacy, February 28, 2013 A new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association [JAMA, Feb. 27, 2013– the abstract is reproduced below] suggests that advanced breast cancer is...

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Chinese Children May Have Made Your iPhone

After an annual internal audit carried out as part of its Supplier Responsibility Report, Apple has discovered that one of its Chinese suppliers employed 74 workers under 16 years old. The child labor...

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Second Chance for Baby Orangutan Found on Palm Oil Plantation

So much of the orangutan’s natural habitat has been converted into palm oil plantations. “It is frustrating that these companies cause so much damage and are responsible for the displacement of so many...

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Rising Sea Levels Could Spark Largest Migration of Displaced People in History

Beru, part of Kiribati, one of the first Pacific island nations expected todisappear as a result of climate changeThe Hungry Tide, 26 February 2013This Saturday March 2 is the Warrior Day of Action...

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Wireless Communication: Report on Meeting of Stakeholder Group at European...

WEEP News has sent a report on the meeting of  the Stakeholder Group at the European Union Commission in Brussels written by Eileen O’Connor, Director, EM Radiation Research Trust...

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Save our Pollinators !

http://www.facebook.com/Truebook.org(via Paul Doyon)

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Radiofrequency Identification (RFID) Tags Are Turning Schools into Electronic...

In this video, Dr. Katherine Albrecht, consumer privacy advocate and spokesperson against radio-frequency identification (RFID) talks about Texas schools imposing wearing of RFID tags of its students...

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Commissioner Responsible for European Union's Digital Agenda Highlights...

Neelie Kroes, the Commissioner responsible for the European Union’s (EU) Digital Agenda may back up threats to intervene in telecoms regulation because of inherent national and local interests which...

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Transgenic Viral Gene in Commercialized Genetically Modified Crops and Foods...

When we first posted the article, «Virus Gene Hiding in Genetically Modified Crops Could Be Poisonous to Humans » on the identification of a transgenic viral gene in many commercialized GM crops and...

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Horror Care: How Private Health Care in the United States is Shortening Lives...

The private health care system in the United States has failed Americans. It is by far the most expensive system in the developed world. 50 million Americans cannot afford the price of health...

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Swiss Overwhelmingly Vote to Curb Executive Pay

Thomas Minder (center) sponsored theinitiative to curb executive pay.by Andrea Germanos, staff writer, Common Dreams, 3 March 2013"Fat cat initiative" reins in corporate pay On Sunday [3 March 2013],...

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Animals are Smart !

8 Smart Species Challenge How We Think of Animals by Piper Hoffman, care2.com, 24 February 2013Animals are smarter than we thought.This matters not just because it’s cool and fascinating. It matters...

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Switzerland: More Than 80,000 Signatures for the Protection of Bees

Beekeepers carry hives on Thursday in Bern during a delivery to the Swiss Chancellery of a petition containing 80,103 signatures collected by Greenpeace. The petition asked the Swiss government to...

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Loss of Wild Pollinators Serious Threat to Crop Yields

Loss of wild pollinators serious threat to crop yields, study finds par Damian Carrington, The Guardian, 28 February 2013 (see also "UK's national 'inaction' plan on pesticides betrays bees")Wild bees...

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Nothing Fake About Sensitivity to Electromagnetic Fields

"More and more people are becoming sensitized to electromagnetic fields and can barely exist in modern society because of the proliferation of antennas and wireless devices... Many are professionals —...

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Israeli Cell Phone Company Will Pay 400,000 NIS (~US$100,000) to Cancer Victim

(Post re-issued after article published in Haaretz) :Partner Communications, which operates in Israel under the Orange brand name, has reached a settlement with a customer who claims he contracted...

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BBC Report on Electrohypersensitivity

This is an excellent BBC news report filmed in the southern region of the United Kingdom on the impact of electromagnetic radiation, Wi-Fi and mobile phones on health and the prevalence of...

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Legal Acknowledgement of Electrohypersensitivity in Australia

Legal acknowledgement of the condition of EHS in Australia Next-Up, 28 February 2013Judgment of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal of Australia: Dr Alexander McDonald and Comcare For the first time in...

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Two Incidents of Pilots Fainting in Flight on Alaska Airlines

This “comment” is written by Dr. Todd Curtis, licensed pilot and Founder of AirSafe.com. He was a flight test engineer in the U.S. Air Force, and while an airline safety engineer at Boeing, was...

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Rate of Advanced Breast Cancer for U.S. Women Aged 25 to 39 Has Nearly...

Dr. Rebecca Johnson was diagnosedwith breast cancer at age 27.  She isthe author of the recent JAMA study.Breast cancer among young women increasing by Monte Morin, Los Angeles Times, 26 February...

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