Those of you who believe that the catastrophic collapse of so many honey bee populations is at least partly caused by GM crops and the chemicals applied to them will be greatly cheered by the success of Polish bee activists in getting GM maize banned in Poland. Agriculture …
Environmental Issues
Bioinitiative Report 2012 and ‘bad science’
Why would the CEO of Belgacom, Belgiums' equivalent of BT, have banned wifi from his 27th floor office, preferring to use wired connections, ask callers to call him back on his land line rather than his mobile and warn children that they should turn off their mobile phones at …
Heavy metal toxicity and behaviour – at last the connection is made!
On this morning's Today programme Sarah Montagu expressed surprise and amazement at George Monbiot's suggestion, in his Guardian blog, that the significant drop in violent crime worldwide over the last 20 years could be down to the banning of lead in petrol and paint. And while a …
My Sugru Christmas present!
I have just had ever such a nice little pressie delivered – a Sugru Tshirt and, even more useful, another pack of Sugru!! What is Sugru? Well, I think I have raved on about it before – but I shall bore you all by doing so again as, once you have tried it, you too will be …
Crisis in fertility
'Over the past twenty years, fertility problems have increased dramatically. At least 25% of couples planning a baby will have trouble conceiving, and more and more couples are turning to fertility treatments to help them have a family.' Where has that come from? Well, not …