Going vegan could not only lower your risk of severe Covid-19, if enough of us do it, it could lower the risk of future pandemics.
… Go vegan to slash Covid-19 risk Justine Butler | 8th December 2020 | … pig Going vegan could not only lower your risk of severe Covid-19, if enough of us do it, it could lower the risk of future pandemics. Covid-19 is not the …
Are low levels of nuclear radiation good for you? Or merely harmless, as many nuclear advocates want you to think? Sadly not, writes Ian Fairlie. A huge new study finds 'strong evidence' of a dose-response relationship between cumulative, external, chronic, low-dose, exposures to radiation, and incidence of leukemia.
… Risks of leukemia in nuclear workers more than … studies providing good evidence of radiogenic risks at very low exposure levels. A powerful … and leukaemia" . Second, it finds radiogenic risks of leukemia among nuclear workers to be …
The finance industry faces a 'wicked' problem, says Mark Carney, Governor of the Bank of England. Climate change creates risks that threaten the financial system to its foundations - but on a timescale beyond the usual horizon for investment decisions. The only way to reduce those risks is to act with unusual foresight - and avoid abrupt and destabilising transitions.
… the Bank of England. Climate change creates risks that threaten the financial system to … decisions. The only way to reduce those risks is to act with unusual foresight - and … Stern and others have amply demonstrated. As risks are a function of cumulative emissions, …
Financial experts warn investors that their money is being used by oil companies for high-risk projects, reports Paul Brown, on the assumption that oil prices will go on rising, with little or no regard for climate change. $1.1 trillion could be at risk.
… money is being used by oil companies for high-risk projects, reports Paul Brown, on the … for climate change. $1.1 trillion could be at risk. Financial experts warn investors that … money is being used by oil companies for high-risk extraction projects. The projects are …
Climate catastrophe: current global governance is not good enough.
… Artificial Intelligence Global Catastrophic Risk Report Global Challenges Foundation … We have seen myriad global catastrophic risks intersect and reinforce one another at … 12 months. This ongoing collision of global risks has led to unwelcome new terms entering …
'Sharpe’s favoured alternative to neoclassical economics is a form of evolutionary economics: when it comes to the energy transition this notion is deeply flawed.'
… diplomacy, and advocates improved risk assessment, evolutionary economics and … rather than social or political. Climate risk Sharpe criticises climate scientists for not putting enough emphasis on the risks arising from global warming. Why, he …
GMOs have been in our diets for about 20 years, writes Rupert Read. Proof that they are safe? No way - it took much, much longer to discover the dangers of cigarettes and transfats, dangers that are far more visible than those of GMOs. On the scale of nature and ecology, 20 years is a pitifully short time. To sustain our human future, we have to think long term.
… Principle. GMOs have unknown ' tail risks ', that is, unknown potential risks of ruin that they harbour as possibilities. No rigorous risk analysis has been done, with regard to …
Humanity has always lived under the threat of extinction, writes Anders Sandberg. Now we have reduced some of the dangers - but created new ones of our own. And right now, it's the anthropogenic threats that look the scariest ...
… now. I use the word 'hope' because we face risks, called existential risks , that threaten to wipe out humanity. These risks are not just for big disasters, but for …
The 2018 Global Risks Report shows that it is environmental issues which actually deserve our politician's concern - despite the headlines being dominated by conflict and cyberattacks - reports JOE WARE
… Davos is waking up to environmental risks - and 2018 is the year to act Joe Ware | … The 2018 Global Risks Report shows that it is environmental … it is to occur. Displaced millions So low risk items will reside in the bottom left as …
Campaigner Georgina Downs has scored a significant victory in her 12 year battle against the UK Government. But DEFRA Ministers have still failed to secure protection from pesticides for people in the countryside.
… to changes to its policy for assessing the risks to people from agricultural pesticides . … who live near sprayed fields, from the health risks of pesticide use. So I started to … official method in the UK of assessing the risks to people from crop spraying and under …
The UK nuclear military complex is on the front-line of climate breakdown – and not in a good way.
… or construction, near-term climate change risk to nuclear is very great . Submerged This … College says nuclear facilities are at ‘high risk’ of temporary or permanent closure due to … US nuclear capacity vulnerable to major risks including sea-level rise and severe …
Thirty-five distinguished scientists urge the US-EPA not to register new mixtures of the herbicides 2,4-D and glyphosate, intended for use on herbicide-tolerant GMO crops. Approval of the herbicide mixtures would endanger both human and environmental health.
… Chemical Company, would put public health at risk if sprayed on millions of acres of … 2,4-D-resistant corn and soybeans despite the risks that the increased use of 2,4-D would … effects to the thyroid [2] and an increased risk of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma [3] in human …
The world has been the victim of a monstrous scientific error that has understated the dangers of radiation, writes Chris Busby. Following the Hiroshima nuclear bomb, investigators used 'controls' who had been exposed to high levels of 'black rain' fallout to understate the health impacts of radiation. This bogus science still underlies risk models today.
… The ICRP's radiation risk model is bogus science Chris Busby | 22nd … radiation. This bogus science still underlies risk models today. At the peak of the … of chromosomal aberrations, and the relative risks of chronic disease among the survivors, …
Nuclear energy is no solution to climate breakdown say 300 organisations internationally ahead of COP26.
… safely under changed climate conditions. Risks From nuclear weapons tests to … of Color, face a disproportionate burden and risk from the nuclear industry as mining and … poses unique security and waste management risks. We do not have the time to wait for the …
Teresa May's promise to bring back foxhunting has proved one of the most unpopular items in the Tories' election platform. So we should not be surprised at the official silence over the TB-infected hounds in the Kimblewick hunt, writes Lesley Docksey. Nor, given the political power of foxhunting landowners, should we be surprised that officials are shrugging off any idea that bad biosecurity in hunt kennels could possibly have anything to do with TB in cattle.
… a pack of hounds in GB. Dogs pose very little risk of transmitting the disease to cattle … of achieving an effective cure, the risk to handlers of infected animals, and the … and treatment "Dogs pose very little risk of transmitting the disease to cattle …
It's not a question of ‘if' a major spill will occur in the Arctic, but ‘when and where', says conservation biologist and oil industry expert Rick Steiner
… Why Arctic Ocean oil drilling is a risky choice Rick Steiner | 19th October 2011 … of Mexico over a 3-month period. Another high-risk environment is the Arctic Ocean, which … we need to understand and acknowledge the risks. First, even if nothing goes wrong, …
Peter Baker argues that finding solutions to the challenges facing modern agriculture will not be found in market-based mechanisms or further intensification of land, but by harnessing the diversity of human ingenuity.....
… Known Unknowns - risk, uncertainty and doubt are stalking … Change coffee.jpg Farming is an intrinsically risky business, a fact highlighted by the … install drainage ditches to reduce flooding risk? Should they improve post-harvest drying …
You won't hear the UK government admit it but after decades of research there is now evidence of real excesses of childhood cancer and leukaemia near some nuclear facilities, argues Dr Paul Dorfman
… shots in this trench war about radiation risk health effects have been fired by the UK … advisory Committee Examining Radiation Risks from Internal Emitters (CERRIE) . The … increase in childhood leukaemia and cancer risk near to nuclear plants in Germany. So …
The United Nations’ International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict takes place on November 6. The international community must face up to the reality that protecting the environment from conflict is vital to protect people, argues DOUG WEIR.
… and ecosystems pay for our indifference. Risk factors The United Nations General … flag climate change and water scarcity as risk factors for insecurity. All of these … In Syria, and beyond the environmental health risks caused by the massive destruction of its …
More than a 100 pesticides are licenced for spraying on the humble lettuce. As well as posing a threat to consumers, workers harvesting the crop can face contamination and poisoning
… Consumers and farm workers at risk from toxic pesticides sprayed on salad … are exposed to potentially harmful risks from these toxic chemicals that are … that is kicked up and dispersed. Exposure risks Other fungicides, herbicides and …
The next Chernobyl scale nuclear disaster could happen in Chernobyl as the Ukraine conflict intensifies.
… go to war, putting nuclear power plants at risk of deliberate or accidental military strikes and thus risking a Chernobyl scale catastrophe. … shut down its reactors in order to minimise risks. That would be a manageable and wise …
The Precautionary Principle must mean, above all, avoiding the risk of ruinous outcomes for people or the wider environment, write Rupert Read & David Burnham. When the Philippines Supreme Court applied that test to GMOs, they found they had to ban them - not as a moral choice but pragmatically, to avoid potentially devastating consequences.
… Principle must mean, above all, avoiding the risk of ruinous outcomes for people or the … not justify non-intervention when there is a risk of potentially very serious or … the environment. Specifically, it argues that risk of 'ruin' is a decisive grounds for …
A report published by MPs today displays a shocking ignorance of scientific logic and the nature of risk, writes Rupert Read. Confusing inconclusive evidence of harm from GMOs, with conclusive evidence of safety, they reach a false and dangerous conclusion - that the EU should give free rein to pro-GMO governments.
… of scientific logic and the nature of risk, writes Rupert Read. Confusing … GM crops carry with them an unknown level of risk (which may be small, but is more than … evidence associating GM organisms with higher risks for the environment or food and feed …
Are we losing our minds? And could something as simple and inexpensive as diet and lifestyle prevent it from happening? Yes, says Oliver Tickell
… potential to transform the entire Alzheimer’s risk landscape. The brain is a fatty organ, … the early symptoms of Alzheimer’s.’ The risk of dementia is strongly correlated with … ‘Higher plasma vitamin B12 may reduce the risk of homocysteine- associated dementia or …