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New study raises further questions about the safety of nano-ingredients in food
September 09, 2015
Friends of the Earth has renewed its calls for a recall of food products containing nanomaterials following the release of a new studyi which found that titanium dioxide (TiO2) in food is absorbed into the...
Read More ShareSeveral UN Sustainable Development Goals are irreconcilable with Trans Pacific Partnership trade deal
September 09, 2015
The Australian government has recently released a booklet designed for use in schools called the Radicalisation Awareness Kit. This booklet is aimed at helping teachers identify students who are becoming radicalised and potentially linked to...
Read More ShareFSANZ has its head in the sand regarding nanoparticles in food
September 01, 2015
Following Friends of the Earth’s revelations that potential harmful nanoparticles of titanium dioxide (TiO2) and silica (SiO2) in a range of food products our food regulator Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) has issued...
Read More ShareStudy raises more questions about the use of nanoparticles in food
September 01, 2015
Friends of the Earth has renewed its calls for a recall of food products containing nanomaterials following the release of a new study which found that titanium dioxide (TiO2) in food is absorbed into...
Read More ShareIndependent testing finds potentially harmful nanoparticles in common food products
September 01, 2015
Independent testing commissioned by Friends of the Earth has found potentially harmful nanoparticles of titanium dioxide (TiO2) and silica (SiO2) in a range of food products including M&Ms, Nestlé Coffee Mate Creamer, Old El...
Read More ShareThird Way – no way. Flannery’s misplaced hope
August 01, 2015
Tim Flannery’s new book, Atmosphere of Hope, is supposed to offer us a ‘third way’ – new solutions to climate change. It makes for a depressing read. The book seems to leap from a...
Read More ShareFriends of the Earth Adelaide Campaign Against Nuclear Expansion
July 27, 2015
The SA Government has launched A Royal Commission into the Nuclear Fuel is the hope of garnering support for an expansion of the nuclear industry. The reference and the makeup of the commission and...
Read More ShareThe Murray needs water, not politics
July 25, 2015
Opposition to the Murray Basin Plan is mounting, and the stakes are very high. Rogue Senators and angry irrigators from the South Basin have managed to mount a Senate Select Committee Inquiry into the Basin...
Read More ShareSemantically engineered crops
July 01, 2015
Big agrochemical companies such as Dow, Bayer and Monsanto are experimenting with a range of new genetic engineering (GE) techniques that they misleadingly refer to as ‘New Plant Breeding Techniques’. These are being used...
Read More ShareIs nano-silica safe? – who knows?
July 01, 2015
The European Commission’s Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety (SCCS) has found that there is inadequate data to conclude that the use of nano-silica in cosmetics is safe. And yet nano-silica is still being used...
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