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Medact joins call to defend the World Health Organization from corporate takeover
Geneva, 19 May 2015 – Ahead of the first meeting of the drafting group on Framework for Engagement with Non – State Actors (FENSA), Civil Society Organisations and Social Movements […]
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HMS Death Trap – life on board one of the Royal Navy's Trident submarines
By the Nuclear Information Service (NIS). Click here to view Medact’s joint report with NIS released in 2014 calling for transparency on research links between the Atomic Weapons Establishment and UK universities. […]
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Medact and the General Election
The jury remains ‘out’ on the reasons for the surprising results of the UK’s May 7 General Election. Here, Medact member Frank Boulton explores the implications of a conservative majority […]
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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 […]