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Articles: environmental
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Arsenic; Natural but Nasty
by Lisa Saffron
In 1900, beer drinkers in northern England died of arsenic poisoning when sulphuric acid contaminated with arsenic was used in the processing of the beer. Murderers prefer arsenic as it has no taste or odour. But arsenic is not just a cause of accidental deaths or a convenient means of eliminating enemies. It is an environmental pollutant of global proportions.
Biosensing to Counter Geopathic Stress
by Veronica Strong
How often do patients get 'successfully' treated by conventional medicine, or alternative healing, to find that the success is not long-lasting? How often is the lack of long-term improvement blamed on the ineffectiveness of the therapy and not the environment?
Cancer and the Environment – Perception in Perspective
by Lisa Saffron
How do we assess the risks of cancer from the various hazards we are exposed to in our environment? Estimates of 75 to 90% of all cancers are believed to be caused by agents in the environment. These agents are a mixed bag – from synthetic chemicals, natural toxins, diet, cultural habits, industrial processes, drugs, viruses, sunlight, and ionizing radiation. Which of these are most risky and how is risk defined?
Cause and Effect
by Leon Chaitow, ND DO
The obscenity of feeding gentle vegetarian ruminants with minced up bits of other animals has resulted, not at all surprisingly – in ecological disaster...
Chemical Fragrances: Effects on the Autonomic Nervous System
by Terri Perry
This article focuses on the adverse effects of chemical fragrances, such as commercial detergents, fabric conditioners, air fresheners, fragrant candles, personal toiletries, household cleaners, etc., on one’s autonomic nervous system, and how Dr Roger Callahan’s generally successful Thought Field Therapy (TFT) treatment of clients was being blocked by such inhalants.
Electromagnetic Stress in the Home
by Jacqueline Beacon
Scientists and members of the public are becoming increasingly concerned about the effects on mental, emotional and physical health of electro-magnetic fields emanating from power lines, mobile phones, computers and sub-stations, to name but a few devices that use and channel electricity.
EMF Protective Devices
by Dr Mark Atkinson
The author, a medical physician, vice president of the Complementary Medical Association, and developer of the Optimum Health Coaching System, looks at the detrimental effects of electromagnetic fields (EMFs) on our health and presents an overview of the different types of EMF protection devices available today.
Environmental Sickness, Multiple Chemical Sensitivity
by Dr Kartar Badsha
In this important feature, the author highlights the plight of the ever-increasing number of multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS) sufferers, and discusses the findings of authoritative bodies, including the World Health Organization and the European Commission, as well as clinical studies of the detrimental effects of chemicals, synthetic materials and air pollution upon human health and the environment.
Environmental Toxins and Weight Gain: The Link. An Interview with Paula Baillie-Hamilton MB, BS, Dphil
by Russ Mason
Author Russ Mason interviews Paula F. Baillie-Hamilton an expert on metabolism and the impact of toxins upon the human system who has, through years of research, identified certain toxic chemicals that can cause a person to gain weight. She calls these substances "Chemical Calories" because they act within our bodies as hormones, and have a damaging effect on the sympathetic nervous system (SNS), the hormonal regulatory system for weight control.
Fragrance: A Growing Health and Environmental Hazard
by Klaus Ferlow
This article focuses on the hazards of fragrances, found in a growing number of products.
Healing - Sick Houses
by Roy and Ann Procter
Anyone concerned with improving their health will be aware that the environment in which you live and work plays an important part. This article is about subtle energy phenomena which are becoming recognised as being potentially harmful to some people.
Healing Spaces – The Importance of Architecture in Healthcare
by Dr David Peters
If we are ill, we know intuitively that a building can affect how we feel – and how well the practitioners around us do their work. But how might the built environment boost or undermine healing process?
Health Benefits of Soil-based Organisms
by Helen Adams
This article explains how, because of new farming methods and the use of fertilizers and pesticides, the soil in which our food is now grown lacks a healthy mixture of soil-based organisms (SBOs), naturally occurring bacterial microorganisms that are essential for maintaining a healthy digestive system and immune system.
Heavy Metal Toxicity – An Unsuspected Illness
by Janine Bowring
The author, a Naturopath points out that heavy metal toxicity is becoming a growing concern due to industrialization and metals are used in many products that have made their way into our foods. They are an unknown root cause of many health problems because of our exposure to them over a long period of time, therefore, bio-accumulating in the body tissues. The author defines a heavy metal 'as any metallic chemical element that has a high density and is toxic or poisonous at lower concentrations.'
How to Create a Healthy Living Space
by Anat Cohen BMed
Although we often regard our homes as a safe haven from the dangers of the outside world, the indoor environment presents its own hazards in the form of toxic pollutants and other threats to our health. In this article, Anat Cohen takes us through each room in the house, highlighting specific health and safety issues and hidden dangers, and offering advice on minimizing the health risks and finding safe alternatives.
Living Water
by Grahame Whitehead
Grahame Whitehead regards water as living energy, vital for our health and well being. He bemoans the fact that despite the water companies' belief in water recycling, chemically treated water is dead and toxic – the life force has been killed off. What has happened? he asks.
Mineral Deficiency and Viral Mutation: Nutritional, Agricultural and Geographic Influences
by David E Marsh
This article hypothesizes whether many of the devastating influenzas such as avian flu and Beijing flu which originate from China, may lie with mineral levels in the soil.
Mineral Oil Petroleum Derivative in Beauty Products
by Kit Anderson
This article outlines the dangers of the mineral oils found so ubiquitously in the majority of cosmetic products. Mineral oils (produced from petroleum) are contained in many cosmetic products including baby oil, lipstick, face creams, body lotions and sunscreens.
Mobile Phones – Proceed with Precaution
by Simon Best
The ongoing debate over the possible hazards from mobile phone use was given its strongest warning of caution in the recent Report of the Independent Expert Group on Mobile Phones, chaired by Sir William Stewart FRS . . .
Natural Alternatives to Antibiotics
by Suzanne Laurie
In this article, Suzanne Laurie describes the result of the over use of antibiotics and suggests alternative natural remedies to be used, especially for minor complaints. Antibiotic medication produced great excitement when it was introduced in the 1930s. Many thought it would be the cure for all infectious diseases. What was not taken into account was the adaptability of bacteria and their increased resistance and we are now in a situation where antibiotics are fast becoming obsolete through overuse.
Nitrates and Greens
by Lisa Saffron
Nitrate levels are often so high in British lettuce and spinach that our government recently negotiated a relaxation of the EC limits. The EC set limits in order to protect public health. Why are nitrate levels so high in Britain and is our health at risk from British greens?
Oestrogens and Phytoestrogens
by Valerie Marriott
As I sit down to eat, I am confronted with a strange dichotomy. This broccoli, tofu, and brown rice may not be as good for me as I once thought!
Organophosphate Poisoning
by Helen Fullerton
Six cases of organophosphate (OP) poisoning have come my way since August. During the very hot spell many people were spraying their pets and furniture against fleas. Most of them used one or other brand of organophosphate spray or powder, usually unlabelled beyond the trade name.
Our Toxic Environment and How We Can Protect Ourselves
by Joanne Baker
Joanne Baker writes first about the balance between man and the natural world - how ancient medicine and even western practice until the Industrial Revolution equated our health with the health of the natural environment. Now science and medicine seek to control nature and the balance between humans and their environment has been tipped.
Paint and let live
by Mike Eatough
We are still being poisoned by lead paint. Children's intellectual development is being impaired by lead poisoning from paint. The increase in the incidence of tuberculosis has in part been attributed to lead. The risks from lead are a legacy from the past.
Pesticides and Breast Cancer
by Lisa Saffron
Past and current use of organochlorine pesticides has led to the pollution of the entire globe, with detectable levels in the body fat of nearly everyone in the world. Could pesticides be one of the environmental factors responsible for the rise in breast cancer?
Pesticides and Chemicals Update
by Georgina Downs
Following on from her article on the Health Risk of Pesticides in Issue 127, the author (winner of the prestigious Andrew Lees Memorial Award at the 2006 Environment and Media Awards), says there has been much activity on the pesticides front since then.
Pesticides – an holistic view
by Lisa Saffron
"Eating an organic apple every day is 100,000 times more likely to give you cancer than eating food contaminated with residues of the pesticide lindane". This statement is meaningless, of course, as neither apples nor pesticide residues on food cause cancer. In fact, a diet rich in apples and other fruit and vegetables, protects against cancer.
Safe as Houses?
by David Cowan & Rodney Girdlestone
The history of Geopathic Stress is a long one. The unhealthy spirals which dowsers detect above subterranean water have probably always been with us and the energy leys are believed to have existed for thousands of years.
Superbugs: Is this the final warning?
by Simon Martin
Although critics of orthodox medicine's over-reliance on antibiotics have been sounding the alarm on behalf of a long-suffering public for at least the last ten years, previous warnings have been ignored.
The Dangers of Toothpaste and Deodorant
by Philippa Turnbull
Dr Samuel Epstein, co-author of The Safe Shoppers Bible says, "Since 1965 more than 4 million distinct chemical compounds have been reported in the scientific literature; of these, 70,000 are in commercial production and have been completely untested or inadequately tested, which raises questions about their safety.[1]
The Hazards of Water Fluoridation
by Dr Graeme Munro-Hall and Dr Lilian Munro-Hall
Drs Graeme and Lilian Munro-Hall look at the impact of fluoride on the health of the nation. About 10% of Britain has fluoride in its drinking water already and the government has announced that it intends to add fluoride to the rest of the water in the UK, supposedly in order to improve the dental health of the population. The authors argue that the lower socio-economic groups in society will suffer the greatest health problems from this fluoride, with no benefit to their oral state whatsoever.
The Health Risks of Pesticides
by Georgina Downs
Georgina Downs has been a leading campaigner in the fight to protect the public from toxic exposure from agricultural pesticide spraying which severely impacts upon the health of residents living in the nearby vicinity.
The Holistic and Environmentally Friendly Home
by Maxine Fox
This article focuses on how we can make a big, positive impact on the planet from an environmentally friendly home.
The Influence of the Weather upon our Health
by Polly Hall
The author concludes that if we are balanced and healthy we are ready to face the world whatever the weather. This can be achieved through complementary therapies such as acupuncture, aromatherapy, hydrotherapy, homeopathy and reflexology, all of which look at the individual from a wider perspective than just a bunch of symptoms. Key aspects to these treatments are the understanding of how external influences such as diet, lifestyle, emotions and relationships can have on that person.
The Need for a New Paradigm in Healthcare?
by Dr Robert Verkerk
Dr Verkerk discusses the concept of ‘sustainability’, as defined by the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development.
The Rat and the White Loaf
by Lisa Saffron
Many years ago, I had a housemate who, given a free choice, inevitably made the non-nutritious one. The only bread he would eat was junk white.
The Risks to Health from Electromagnetic Radiation (EMR)
by Patty Hemingway
In this article the author shares her experience with heavy metal toxicity, treatments that help and how she uses her Electrosmog Detector to scan her home, and that of her clients, for such hot spots.
The Trade in Wild Plants
by Chrissie Wildwood
In this substantive and well-researched article, Chrissie Wildwood, qualified holistic therapist, former international aromatherapy lecturer and the author of many articles and books on aromatherapy and allied healing arts, discusses the impact of consumer markets, particularly the aromatherapy market, on medicinal and aromatic plants traditionally gathered from the wild.
Toxic Chemical Overload
by Michael Brooking
Despite the many scientific breakthroughs over the last five decades, we have seen a steady increase in killer diseases such as cancers, heart disease and diabetes. Could this increase be related to the constant chemical cocktail that have become a routine part of modern life?
Toxic Teeth
by Ann Crowther
In this column on dental health, the author explains why many of us, in spite of using water filters, air cleaners, eating organically grown produce and taking herbal and alternative health products, still walk around with what is considered to be a toxic time bomb in our mouths. She blames this on silver amalgam fillings and looks at how they affect our teeth and health in general.
Toxicity of Cancer-Causing Chemicals
by Kathryn Alexander
This article focuses on Cancer, the role of chemicals – most of which have been proved to be toxic, carcinogenic and incompatible with life – in causing this condition, and high exposure groups – those exposed to the highest levels of known contaminants such as hospital workers, farmers, carpenters (using treated wood) and chemical industry workers, as well as chemicals such as organochlorine insecticides which have been found in milk.
Water for Life and Optimum Health
by Aimee Christine Hughes
This article provides six helpful hints for understanding the 'extraordinary world of water' through examples and quotes from author Masaru Emoto's books on The Hidden Messages in Water series as well as one from the late Dr F Batmanghelidj's book Your Body's Many Cries for Water.
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