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Some of our most effective food supplements have been subject to clinical trials to prove their efficacy. It seems strange therefore that the FDA is targeting these particular supplements and trying to reduce their availability. Once again, the control of the pharmaceutical companies increasingly threatens our freedom to choose.
To read the full article from the [...]

Fed up with filling your bird feeder and seeing a cheeky grey squirrel help itself? Well the RSPB has a spicy answer to your problem.
Chilli powder is a safe and effective way of ensuring that only the intended recipients of bird seed get the food.
The RSPB is suggesting that gardeners dust a small amount of [...]

Burger King, KFC, McDonald’s, Nando’s, Subway and Wimpy have signed up to the anti-obesity drive by the Government’s Food Standards Agency (FSA).
Each of these major chain restaurants has agreed to slash the amount of salt and saturated fats used in their foods, and also offer more fruit and salad options. Yes, it will help, but [...]

A young boy of 12 has died and the consultant pathologist who carried out a post-mortem said ‘What we have in this case is someone who may well have had a cardiac abnormality in the presence of the solvent. There is a very reasonable assumption that the passive inhalation of the solvent almost certainly led [...]

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is warning people not to use an unlicensed medicine called Melanotan which is being advertised and sold illegally as an injectable tan on the Internet and in some tanning salons and body building gyms.
Melanotan has not been tested for safety, quality or effectiveness. Therefore it is [...]

What a fabulous event! Two days jammed packed with people wanting to change the world, but in a very realistic way. There were loads of inspirational speakers. 
As the recent press release says:
“There are many reasons to be positive about what happened - over 1000 people, from 16 countries, at least 200 aged under 21, community [...]

On Saturday, Southend was one of the first high streets to turn on its Christmas lights. And it was done with great style!
 
The high street was absolutely packed and everyone was enjoying the normal Farmer’s Market plus the Bavarian Market which will be in the high street until 21st December. The Bavarian Market traders have [...]

Channel 4 is just launching a Landshare scheme, a fantastic initiative.
There are so many people such as busy communters and the elderly with gardens and land that are bigger than they want and / or need. At the same time, there are waiting lists in most areas for allotments: more and more people want to grow their [...]

The Planning Bill set to go through parliament is undemocratic, reduces the rights of the public and won’t protect the environment, say The Wildlife Trusts.
 

Today, 6 November, The Wildlife Trusts will appear in an advert in The Times and The Daily Telegraph, in which a coalition of environmental NGOs, including The Wildlife Trusts, express [...]

There is now very encouraging news for anyone involved in the supply and use of natural medicines.
The European Directive on herbal medicines was due to come in to force in April 2011. The legislation, which could mean the withdrawal of thousands of products from the market place, is largely based on pharmaceutical  criteria for over-the-counter medicines.
Irish MEP [...]