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Fracking has been linked to hormone disrupting chemicals in the water.

Fracking chemicals linked to infertility and cancer

Fracking has been linked to hormonal disruption and chemical infertility, new research has shown. Scientists at the University of Missouri have discovered that there is a high proportion of hormone-disrupting properties in water located near hydraulic fracturing drilling sites than in areas without drilling. The researchers also found that 11 chemicals commonly used in the controversial “fracking” method of drilling[Read More…]

Lidl promotes healthy eating

Lidl promotes healthy eating

Lidl is the first supermarket in the UK to start tackling obesity. It has currently been reported that they are going to be removing all chocolates, sweets and crisps from its 600 stores across the UK. The reason for this is the fact that they wanted to promote healthy snacks as appose to unhealthy options, which many parents are tempted[Read More…]

Tina Thompson

Waitrose under the spotlight after selling glow-in-the-dark prawns

If you are thinking of buying prawns – or indeed any food from the supermarket – you may want to think twice – they could be radioactive. A former mayor has spoken of her shock after frozen prawns that she purchased from supermarket Waitrose started glowing in the dark. Tina Thompson, 69, from Rutherwyke Close, Stoneleigh, had defrosted the supermarket’s[Read More…]

New study shows meditation ‘more effective than anti-depressant pills’

New study shows meditation ‘more effective than anti-depressant pills’

Meditation works just as well as antidepressants, according to a new study. Research published by scientists at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore revealed that meditating for just half an hour a day can relieve depression as much as antidepressants. Meditation, which has a long history in Eastern traditions, is one of many ‘mindfulness’ techniques that has grown[Read More…]

Nestlé tries to patent flower and gain monopoly over natural cure

Nestlé tries to patent flower and gain monopoly over natural cure

The nigella sativa – more commonly known as fennel flower – has been used as a cure-all remedy for over a thousand years. It treats everything from vomiting, fevers and skin diseases. It has been widely available in impoverished communities across the Middle East and Asia. However, one corporation wants to put a stop to all that and declare itself[Read More…]