Taking a pill for a headache may seem like the most natural thing in the world, but prescription drugs are forcing their way into every corner of our lives and environment, says John Naish
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Britain has a serious and unnecessary drug habit, but the implications of our pill-forevery-ill culture go far beyond the adverse effects on human health. The complex chemicals in modern pharmaceuticals, as well as the manufacturing processes involved, leave a massive industrial footprint on the natural world that is largely ignored by both science and government.
Drugs on tap John Naish | 30th April 2009 News Drugs Consumerism Pills Prescription Drugs Drugs Urban Living Consumerism Drugs Health Pollution Science And Technology New Picture 1.jpg Britain has a …
The huge marquee for VIP nuclear guests was already erected at the Hinkley site; champagne was already on ice; VIPs were en route to Somerset to party at the final breakthrough, when hundreds of thousands of contractual pages were due to be authorised with co-signatures of the contracting parties. Suddenly, everything was off. So what really happened asks DAVID LOWRY
The Nuclear Sieve: why Hinkley C is on hold (yet again) Dr David Lowry | 29th July 2016 Comment Hinkley C Nucelar Power Nuclear Energy Theresa May British Government Energy hinkley c.jpg The huge …
Important developments are unfolding at the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty negotiations in New York this week, writes David Lowry. These include the surprisingly large scale of the US's warhead scrapping, and a grassroots rebellion against the nuclear states led by South Africa. But the UK and its media remain aloof from it all - intent on renewing Trident no matter what.
Pressing ahead with Trident, only the UK hasn't noticed: it's time to get rid of nuclear weapons Dr David Lowry | 21st May 2015 News Nuclear WMD UK USA South Africa titanii-missile-cut.jpg Important …
What on earth are we thinking when we go into shops and buy lots of pointless stuff we just don’t need? John Naish says it’s not so much what’s on our minds, but which brain we use when we spend
Oops, wrong brain John Naish | 28th January 2009 News Consumerism Brain Evolution Instinct Impulse Buy Mental Health Consumerism Health Wrong_Brain_MAIN.jpg What on earth are we thinking when we go …
Ever since the 1970s we have lived with the growing awareness that our ecosystem is fragile and the perpetual exploitation of our natural resources impossible. By the late 1980s, even The Sun newspaper had its own green correspondent. Everything we buy, use and throw away has an impact somewhere on the ecological continuum, and nowadays the most bullish Western consumers’ consciences are regularly punctured by shards of eco-worry. We also increasingly realise that working ever harder for more possessions, more options, more stuff, doesn’t tend to make us more content.
Born to Shop? John Naish | 1st January 2001 News Consumerism Evolution Sufficency Consumerism Consumerism Science And Technology Society Green Living_45.jpg Ever since the 1970s we have lived with …
Opponents of nuclear power rightly focus on issues of cost, operational danger and waste disposal, writes David Lowry. But they should not forget the towering 'elephant in the room' - nuclear security and the risk of proliferation and terrorist attacks.
Nuclear power undermines nuclear security Dr David Lowry | 2nd May 2014 News Nuclear Power WMD UK nagasaki-mushroom.jpg Opponents of nuclear power rightly focus on issues of cost, operational danger …
Lord Smith's views on fracking betray an total ignorance of a large body of published, peer reviewed science that contradicts his conclusions, writes David Lowry - not to mention those of his political masters. Is 'groupthink' leading the UK astray?
… Howarth, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology at Cornell University, New York, …