Tag Archives: health

FOREIGN AID CUTS result in a KILLING SPREE

Posted on November 30, 2025 by borderslynn

Elon Musk, a South African white man, may or may not have realised the power he wielded when he discarded the USAID budget in order to fund tax cuts for billionaries like him. Nearly 15,000 will have died already because … Continue reading →

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It’s all Chinese to me

Posted on November 27, 2025 by borderslynn

I have to say London is always open for business: https://www.politico.eu/article/uk-to-approve-massive-china-embassy-london/ Dec 2nd, 2025 Update: Starmer delays decision to approve Embassy: https://news.sky.com/story/government-delays-chinese-super-embassy-decision-again-13478365 And seems so is the United States of America: xAI to deploy Telsa Megapacks at Colossus II supercomputing … Continue reading →

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River PFAS pollution

Posted on September 20, 2025 by borderslynn

I am reproducing a Conversation article. It is sad that America has just reversed the magnificent decision to ban PFAS:

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Compensation designed to be insufficient, too late for many victims

Posted on July 10, 2025 by borderslynn

1979 A Workers Compensation Act was created by the UK Parliament. It was a recognition of all the illnesses caused since the various environmental hazards through employment were understood and classified. Silicosis: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/silicosis/ Pneumoconiosis Home History of UK Coal Mining, … Continue reading →

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Apartheid: Zulus – Gazans

Posted on March 11, 2025 by borderslynn

What do Gazans and Zulus have in common? Under apartheid, Zulus were confined to KwaZulu-Natal and denied South African citizenship from 1981 to 1994. Today, about 10-12 million Zulus live in KwaZulu, preserving their language, customs, and identity amid South … Continue reading →

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Reduce soybean demand and lower deforestation pressure

Posted on November 27, 2024 by borderslynn

On reading the Soil Association report ‘ An agroecological Europe in 2050: multifunctional agriculture for healthy eating’, I am struck by the soundness of this 10 year effort in Europe to move to Agro-ecological methodologies to provide sustainable farming methods … Continue reading →

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Soil and Agroecology Transition

Posted on November 26, 2024 by borderslynn

I am reproducing the Soil Association’s access page to this recent report about 10 years of Agroecology in Europe:

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America: Michael Moore Perspective

Posted on July 23, 2024 by borderslynn

I thought Michael Moore’s recent Substack was interesting, and here present an extract: Michael Moore provides view of liberal America:

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Toxic Tampons

Posted on July 18, 2024 by borderslynn

Lead, for which there is no “safe” level of exposure, was found in each of the 60 tampon samples, which were made up major and own-brands bought in New York, London, and Athens. My granddaughter asked me what I thought, … Continue reading →

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Health and Safety: Renewables

Posted on October 7, 2023 by borderslynn

As some wind farms reach their expiry date they are being dismantled and recycled. At least most of the body of each turbine can be recycled, except the massive blades. https://electrek.co/2023/02/08/wind-turbine-recycle-blades/ Panels of photovoltaic cells on solar farms are also … Continue reading →

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