Are you worried about the amount of metal and the number of chemicals that we come into contact with on a daily, indeed hourly, basis? Not all of them (at a rough estimate there are over 150,000 chemicals in constant circulation) are bad. Indeed, many are crucial to our daily …
Chemicals
Eating to Extinction
Journalist and broadcaster Dan Saladino's Eating to Extinction is a serious hunk of a book to give as a Christmas present - but reassure your recipients, it is an absolutely fascinating read. Scary but hugely uplifting. Potentially catastrophic as global warming may be, many …
Prescription anti depressants – do they cure or can they kill?
Pandemic fuelled stress has resulted in a worrying rise not only in mental health issues but in prescriptions for the antidepressants that are meant to help us cope with those issues. But do they help? And what are the side effects of taking them? Questions that we surely need to …
Mitochondria – how our health is dependent on theirs
This is a very long report of a totally fascinating day organised and led by Dr Rachel Nicoll under the auspices of the Biolab Medical Unit. It was designed for health professionals so much of the supporting science was way above my head, but the message was clear. Mitochondria …
Could electromagnetic radiation be factor in the catastrophic decline in insect populations?
The evidence now seems to be startling clear that wildlife, under pressure from the ever growing masses of humanity, is in sharp decline. Indeed, according to a long article in the PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America) 'most …