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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 […]
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Letter to Cheshire West & Chester Council on the health risks of Fracking
Medact is currently producing an expert position paper on the health effects of hydraulic fracturing (fracking) in the UK. The report will examine the evidence on fracking: its safety, its […]
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Trident and nuclear weapons – Take action
MPs elected this year will vote on whether or not Britain builds a new nuclear weapons system that will cost at least £100 billion and operate until 2060. Medact remains […]
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Raif Badawi’s 1000 Lashes: The Medical Implications Of Flogging
Freedom from Torture’s head of doctors, Juliet Cohen, describes the medical implications of flogging and discusses the specifics of the case of Saudi blogger Raif Badawi. Background: Judicial corporal […]
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Why the UK healthy community’s investments in fossil fuels are bad for health
In a new report published today, Medact and other leading health and climate NGOs argue that the UK health community must phase out its investments in the fossil fuel industry, […]