This week’s meeting of Nether Edge and Sharrow Sustainable Transformation concentrated on the issue of the effects on human health of Glyphosate. Glyphosate is the most commonly used herbicide in the world, widely used in farms, gardens and streets as a weedkiller. It is readily available in many different brands and formulations, the most wellContinueContinue reading “New research shows Glyphosate is carcinogenic, even in small quantities, previously thought to be safe.”
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Cradle to Grave: The Health Toll of Fossil Fuels and the Imperative for a Just Transition
by Dr Karine Nohr Whilst practising as a doctor, the imperative to provide evidence for any intervention was always forefront. So it was with great interest that the report just published by the Global Health and Climate Alliance on the Health Consequences of fossil fuels laid bare, with overwhelming evidence, what many of us alreadyContinueContinue reading “Cradle to Grave: The Health Toll of Fossil Fuels and the Imperative for a Just Transition”
Your heart will thank you: and so will the animals.
Karine Nohr Standing on the periphery of a Sheffield protest about the environmental crisis, and in my capacity previously as doctor, a question that often arose was “Yes, but what can I, as an individual, do? I am worried about the environmental crisis, I am very worried about what the future might hold for myContinueContinue reading “Your heart will thank you: and so will the animals.”
Why are our leaders continuing to refuse the treatment as if they have a death wish?
A letter to the Star responding again to climate denier John Bunting. (Scroll down to read the original letter) Dear Editor John Bunting not only refutes the world’s climate scientists, he also now accuses the National Park Authority of nonsense. He is a bit like a patient in a hospital, who looks at his toeContinueContinue reading “Why are our leaders continuing to refuse the treatment as if they have a death wish?”
