Blame The Cows
Cows are getting a really bad press again. Dramatic rises in levels of methane gas have put ‘farting cow stories’ back in the news. Methane is a big problem in terms of climate change. It’s 84 times more potent than…
D For Deficiency
Susan McFie was told by GPs that it was too expensive to test blood for vitamin D levels. Yet current health policy aims to increase spending on preventing illness, and vitamin D deficiency has been associated with almost all our…
The Politics Of Influenza
Over the past two issues, HIP has reported that not only are flu vaccines likely to be ineffective, but may also have harmful side effects. So why does the government continue to tell us that we need to be vaccinated?…
One Flu Over The Top
The flu season is back along with annual vaccination campaigns. But controversy builds as the British Medical Journal (BMJ) questions if flu vaccines are effective and whether patients are given enough information to make an informed choice. In the light…
Smart Billing or Stealthy Killing?
Suzie McFie argues that inviting a smart energy meter into your home might be a seriously bad idea The UK government wants to put smart meters into every home in the country. You may have seen the TV ads. According…
Time to Roundup Glyphosate?
Susan McFie considers the latest court case against the producer of the world’s most sprayed weed killer Forty-six-year-old Dewayne Lee Johnson is terminally ill with non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. Last month a jury in California concluded that exposure to the herbicide Roundup…
Living in a Plastic World
Susan McFie argues that it’s not just plastic waste that’s threatening life on earth, but that the chemical composition of the material itself is posing an increasing threat to our health. Everyone is talking about plastic. It’s in the oceans and…