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Stop the Bombs: Medics Under Fire
STOP THE BOMBS TO MEDICAL WORKERS AROUND THE WORLD: The field hospital that I established and direct in Syria has been hit by bombing and airstrikes 17 times. As trusted […]
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What are the political parties offering our children in 2015?
Dr. Caoimhe McKenna & Dr. Rosie Kyeremateng, ISSOP UK trainee group Click here to view full version With the May 7th General election rapidly approaching, we have reviewed the manifestos […]
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Medact’s Position on Trident
Medact calls for the urgent abolition of all nuclear weapons, including the UK’s Trident because of the terrible consequences to health, humanity and the environment of the development, testing and use […]
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Medact publishes rebuttal responding to criticisms of the Medact report on Fracking and Health
On 31st of March, Medact published its report on Health and Fracking which concluded that hydraulic fracturing for shale gas (‘fracking’) poses significant risks to public health and called for an immediate […]
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Fracking – an inherently risky activity to health
The arguments against fracking on public health and ecological grounds are overwhelming. And Medact believes that a moratorium should be put in place to allow time for a full and comprehensive […]
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Open letter to Shell's Ben van Beurden from John Ashton
John Ashton is an independent commentator and co-founder of the think tank E3G. He served from 2006-12 as Special Representative for Climate Change for three successive Foreign Secretaries. He spoke […]
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Health & Fracking – the impacts and opportunity costs
Executive summary Background: “The United Kingdom (UK) is presently set to expand ‘hydraulic fracturing’ of shale formations (‘fracking’) as a means of extracting unconventional gas. Proponents of fracking have argued […]
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Health professionals call for an immediate moratorium on fracking due to serious risks to public health
Press release | contact [email protected] Medact’s new report, Health & Fracking: the impacts & opportunity costs, concludes that hydraulic fracturing for shale gas (‘fracking’) poses significant risks to public health […]
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Might Ukraine become a nuclear battle-ground?
Dr Frank Boulton Ukraine has always held a special place in Russian history: Kiev, its capital, was founded when the ‘Kiev Rus’ (descended from Vikings) took the settlement from occupying […]
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UK Faculty of Public Health: TTIP 'threat to people's health in UK and across Europe'
People’s health in the UK and across Europe is threatened by plans to introduce measures that could lower vital health, consumer safety and environmental standards to dangerous levels, say 71 […]
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‘But they just can’t kill the beast’: the ongoing neoliberal plague
In this guest post, Ronald Labonté traces the history of neoliberalism through structural adjustment programs, the Great Recession and into current Austerity Agendas. Labonté examines why neoliberalism continues to dominate economic […]