Aspartame is the most controversial food additive in history. Here is why.
… and unbalanced procedure for approving food additives. We ingest food additives daily, yet their approval does not … proposed substance will interact with other additives. Nor does it take into account …
Overrun with shower gels that claim to firm and tone, cream baths that turn back the clock and body scrubs that detox and purify, the shelves of the average supermarket and pharmacy could be mistaken for those of a specialist spa or beauty parlour. Modern marketing contrives to make us believe that taking a bath or shower is an ‘experience’ rather than a personal hygiene fundamental, and that bath-time products are indulgent treats with emotional benefits. More often than not we believe it.
… the best known, and most trusted, of UK bath additives. The range is a subsidiary of the … UK, the bathing market, which includes bath additives, shower gels and soaps, is worth £665m a year and counting; bath additives account for approximately £150m of …
Warning! Kissable lips may endanger your health. By Pat Thomas
Behind the label: Blistex lip salve Pat Thomas | 1st November 2005 Ethical Living Blistex Lib Balm Lipseal Moisturiser Behind The Label Risk Bodycare Cosmetics Cancer Green Living Health …
Aspartame should never have reached the marketplace. But even if the authorities were to remove it from sale tomorrow, how much faith should consumers place in the other artificial sweeteners on the market?
Life after aspartame Pat Thomas | 9th August 2005 News Food And Farming Health investigates.jpg Aspartame should never have reached the marketplace. But even if the authorities were to remove it from …
A simple experiment by a Russian scientist to see if eating GM soya influenced the offspring of mice, could threaten the multi-billion dollar GM industry.
Dead Babies Jeffrey Smith | 1st December 2005 News GM Soy Soya Mice Gm Products Soya Food And Farming Health Science And Technology Archive_66.jpg A simple experiment by a Russian scientist to see if …
Aspartame is the most controversial food additive in history. The most recent evidence, linking it to leukaemia and lymphoma, has added substantial fuel to the ongoing protests of doctors, scientists and consumer groups who allege that this artificial sweetener should never have been released onto the market and that allowing it to remain in the food chain is killing us by degrees.
Aspartame Pat Thomas | 30th August 2005 News Aspartame Food And Farming Health investigates.jpg Aspartame is the most controversial food additive in history. The most recent evidence, linking it to …
Can the world survive China’s burgeoning love affair with the automobile?
Red Road Rising Yves Engler | 1st March 2005 News Automobiles China Oil Bicycles Shanghai Companies International Development Oil Pollution Society Archive_265.jpg Can the world survive China’s …
The Blackspot Anticorporation was set up by media activists Adbusters to provide a shoe for consumers seeking an alternative to corporate brands like Nike. Blackspot’s latest design, the Unswoosher, has just been launched in the UK.
The most ethical shoe store in the world Adbusters | 1st September 2005 Ethical Living Shoes Clothing Ethical Sweat Shop Nike Trainers Green Lifestyle Green Living Society …
A Cumbrian company’s wool insulation can help you cut your fuel bills, reduce your
contribution to climate change and help struggling hill farmers, too
… by the inclusion of naturally derived additives. The fibre adapts to the shape of …
Half way between Cusco and the lost city of Machu Picchu lies the ancient artery of Inca trade and production - the salt terraces. For over 1,000 years little has changed for the salt farmers of Maras. Now, thanks to a clumsy, unnecessary and potentially dangerous attempt at mass medication, this traditional livelihood is at risk. By James Frankham.
… from cows fed with iodised salt. Certain food additives also contain iodine. Enforced …
In intensive farming animals are viewed as units of production to be ground relentlessly through the system. Nothing could be more different at Kite’s Nest in the Cotswolds, where the livestock is actively engaged in deciding how the farm is managed.
The secret life of cows Robin Maynard | 1st March 2005 News Farming Cows Husbandry Livestock Animal Husbandry Food And Farming COWS_MAR05_MAIN.jpg In intensive farming animals are viewed as units of …
According to a Mori poll in March 2004, the fairtrade mark is now recognised by 39 per cent of the British public, up from 11 per cent five years ago. But what difference does fairtrade actually make to the lives of the producers? John Atkin looks at the Nicaraguan community of La Pita who sell half of their coffee on the fairtrade market
Full of Beans John Atkin | 1st March 2005 News Fairtrade Coffee La Pita Farmers Fair Trade Green Living Food And Farming Politics And Economics Archive_73.jpg According to a Mori poll in March 2004, …
If a majority of US citizens support action on climate change, how does their government get away with ignoring them?
Global warming and the failure of the US media Howard Friel | 1st July 2005 News Press New York Times Journalism Climate Change Politics And Economics All-Georges-men_MAIN.jpg If a majority of US …
Do you want the best for your baby, but don’t want to harm the environment? Then use reusable nappies. Contrary to popular belief, modern reusables are cheaper and more hygienic than disposables, and you won't have to spend hours cleaning them.
Reusable nappies Matilda Lee | 1st February 2005 Ethical Living Nappies Diapers Reus Landfill Baby Toddlers Community Waste Nappy Schemes Reusables Reusable Nappies Plastics Children Landfills …
If you go down to Barnes today you're in for a big surprise. The sterile concrete of a former reservoir has been turned into a world renowned haven for birds and wildlife. Bridget Nicholls wises a happy fifth birthday to the London Wetland Centre
Many Happy Returns Bridget Nicholls | 21st November 2005 Comment Wetlands London Wetland Centre Habitat Conservation Bird Conservation Wildlife Conservation Urban Living Community Natural World …
Scientists mapping the effects of deforestation in the Amazon are increasingly concerned that we are reaching a tipping point – when the forest will start to die back of its own accord and rain, currently generated by the Amazon forests, will stop falling, not just in neighbouring countries but as far afield as the United States and South Africa.
A stake through the heart of the world Peter Bunyard | 1st July 2005 News Amazon Greenpeace Rainforest Action Network Survival International Rainforest Concern Soya Deforestation Climate Change …
Bird flu has been raging through Asia for more than a decade. But it is only recently that most of us have started to pay attention to the story. Pat Thomas seperates fact from fiction and asks whether this is a random act of nature or yet another man-made disaster.
Avian flu - the ecology of an epidemic Pat Thomas | 1st December 2005 News Avian Flu Pandemic Drugs Bird Flu H5N1 Tamiflu Relenza Risk Food And Farming Health Investigates_3.jpg Bird flu has been …