by Katherine Smith | 30 Jul, 2015 | Cancer Prevention and Treatment, Children's Health and Development, Environmental Health
Editor’s introduction: Regular readers of The NZ Journal of Natural Medicine will probably be aware that glyphosate, the active ingredient in Monsanto’s notorious herbicide Roundup and many other brand-name herbicides was recently determined to be a “probable carcinogen” by the World Health Organisation’s International Agency for Research on Cancer.
The press release below, from... Read More | Share it now!
by Katherine Smith | 15 Jun, 2015 | Children's Health and Development, Education, Training and Professional Development, Environmental Health, Events, News
Join in the action if you live in Wellington!
The Safe Food Campaign is raising awareness of the importance of organic food to health, especially for children. During the week of 15 June, there will be several food workshops, a public meeting and free tasting of organic fruit in Commonsense Organics stores in Kilbirnie, Wellington city and Lower Hutt. Click here for the full programme.
The week, focusing on... Read More | Share it now!
by Katherine Smith | 11 Jun, 2015 | Environmental Health, Events
A special community screening of the award-winning smart meter documentary Take Back Your Power has been organised by a volunteer in Dunedin.
The details for the screening are as follows:
DATE: Saturday June 20th
TIME: 5pm
VENUE: The Pioneer Hall, 45 George St, Port Chalmers, Dunedin.
The screening is free however, if you would like to bring a donation that can be passed along to the producer of Take Back Your... Read More | Share it now!
Editor’s note: Here is the latest news from Georgina Blackmore from the Weed Management Advisory group on the campaign to stop the spraying of glyphosate in Auckland.
For more information and to sign a petition against the use of glyphosate, please see this link https://naturalmedicine.net.nz/environmental-health/please-help-get-rid-of-glyphosate/
As the update below states, if you are in a part of... Read More | Share it now!
by Katherine Smith | 19 May, 2015 | Environmental Health
Editor’s note: Here is the latest news from Georgina Blackmore from the Weed Management Advisory group on the campaign to stop the spraying of glyphosate in Auckland.
For more information and to sign a petition against the use of glyphosate, please see this link https://naturalmedicine.net.nz/environmental-health/please-help-get-rid-of-glyphosate/
As the update below states, if you are in a part of... Read More | Share it now!
by Katherine Smith | 14 May, 2015 | Children's Health and Development, Environmental Health, News, Vaccination
Yes, it has happened again!
The producer of the fantastic new documentary Bought which discusses corporate influence on government health policy (including vaccination policy and genetically engineered foods) has made the documentary FREE to view online. (This is a limited-time offer which will last about two weeks (beginning around May 14.)
The documentary begins with an interview with a mother whose now... Read More | Share it now!
Issue 17 of The NZ Journal of Natural Medicine discusses some of the research about how glyphosate (recently recognised as a probable carcinogen by the World Health Organization) can cause health problems.
A dedicated group of volunteers have been working to get Auckland Council to stop using glyphosate for weed control in Auckland parks and streets.
Please consider supporting their efforts by reading the... Read More | Share it now!
by Katherine Smith | 10 May, 2015 | Environmental Health
Issue 17 of The NZ Journal of Natural Medicine discusses some of the research about how glyphosate (recently recognised as a probable carcinogen by the World Health Organization) can cause health problems.
A dedicated group of volunteers have been working to get Auckland Council to stop using glyphosate for weed control in Auckland parks and streets.
Please consider supporting their efforts by reading the... Read More | Share it now!
by Katherine Smith | 1 May, 2015 | Children's Health and Development, Education, Training and Professional Development, Environmental Health, Homeopathy, News, Vaccination
CEASE Therapy
(Complete Elimination of Autistic Spectrum Expression)
By Lee-Anne Mccall Dip. Hom. (NZ)
I recently had the privilege of attending a recent training in Auckland on CEASE Therapy. This is a post-graduate course that had previously been held only in the Northern Hemisphere. CEASE Therapy is a powerful homeopathic protocol for deeply treating and clearing toxicity in the body that may be... Read More | Share it now!
by Katherine Smith | 1 May, 2015 | Children's Health and Development, Education, Training and Professional Development, Environmental Health, Vaccination
The World Health Organisation’s “Immunisation Week” 2015 ended yesterday (April 30) so some films about vaccination are timely – even if this post is a tad tardy.
Vaccine Nation – Full Length documentary by Gary Null
1 hr. 29 min. 40sec.
Bought
This 2014 documentary that explains the links between vaccinations, GMO “foods” and Big Business
The first 30 minutes... Read More | Share it now!
by Katherine Smith | 22 Apr, 2015 | Children's Health and Development, Environmental Health, News
Well-known environmental activist, consumer advocate and legal consultant Erin Brockovich posted the following message on her Facebook account yesterday calling for an end to fluoridation, for hearings to hold public officials accountable, for organizations to rescind their endorsements, and for further research on removing accumulated fluoride from our bodies:
“After a great deal of research and personal... Read More | Share it now!
by Katherine Smith | 18 Apr, 2015 | Children's Health and Development, Education, Training and Professional Development, Environmental Health, Events, News
The cell phone documentary Mobilize tells you the truth about cell phones and health. You won’t get this information from the telecommunications industry but what you learn through watching this film could save your life – or the life of a family member or friend.
Mobilize (See: http://www.mobilizemovie.com/) will screen in Auckland on Tuesday, May 26 at 7.o0 PM at the St Heliers Community... Read More | Share it now!
by Katherine Smith | 16 Apr, 2015 | Education, Training and Professional Development, Environmental Health, Events, News
Please note that the date below (May 2) is the correct date for the screening. (The date that was advertised in email newsletters that were sent on April 15-16 was unfortunately incorrect; apologies for this.)
Thanks to hard working volunteers, a special community screening of the award winning smart meter documentary Take Back Your Power is coming up in Northland.
Details are below:
May 2, 2015
The... Read More | Share it now!
There is currently a proposal to change the regulations that govern telecommunications infrastructure in NZ including both cable-based and wireless infrastructure.
Feedback on this proposal is due by 5PM Friday April 2015.
If the proposed changes to the regulation of wireless infrastructure are not successfully opposed, they would result in the further proliferation of cellular phone infrastructure with... Read More | Share it now!
by Katherine Smith | 15 Apr, 2015 | Environmental Health, News
There is currently a proposal to change the regulations that govern telecommunications infrastructure in NZ including both cable-based and wireless infrastructure.
Feedback on this proposal is due by 5PM Friday April 2015.
If the proposed changes to the regulation of wireless infrastructure are not successfully opposed, they would result in the further proliferation of cellular phone infrastructure with... Read More | Share it now!
by Katherine Smith | 13 Apr, 2015 | Environmental Health, Events, News
This highly recommended documentary explains the importance of dirt to our health and you can see it for free if you are in Auckland on April 28.
Please click on the word “Dirt” below to download a poster with all the details.
Dirt
NB: If you are inspired by this movie, you may like to consider joining the Soil and Health Association, which is NZ’s oldest organics organisation and the publisher... Read More | Share it now!
by Katherine Smith | 13 Apr, 2015 | Children's Health and Development, Education, Training and Professional Development, Environmental Health
The great documentary Bought (mentioned at this link) will be screened by the Peasant Film Club in Auckland on Thursday April 16 at 7.30 pm.
See this link for venue details:
http://localwatch.net.nz/peasants/
... Read More | Share it now!
by Katherine Smith | 23 Mar, 2015 | Education, Training and Professional Development, Environmental Health
As part of the 2015 Eco-West Festival in West Auckland Paul Waddell from www.safespace.net.nz will be giving a presentation on Wednesday 25th March from 6.30 to 8.30 pm.
Paul Waddell who is a contributor to The NZ Journal of Natural Medicine will give a practical demonstration of testing for electromagnetic radiation and a discussion on how to be safer in our modern techno world. Cost is $10. Please click... Read More | Share it now!
by Katherine Smith | 20 Mar, 2015 | Children's Health and Development, Education, Training and Professional Development, Environmental Health, Events, News
NB: The same speakers will also be speaking in Hamilton and Tauranga; please see this link for details.
Are you concerned about your children’s (or grandchildren’s) health?
Three highly respected international speakers, on an trans-Tasman tour, discuss what is behind the wave of allergies, intolerances and disorders affecting our children and adults today. Dr Michelle Perro (pictured), Zen... Read More | Share it now!
A paediatrician, a mother (Zen Honeycutt, who features in the great new documentary Bought free to watch online until March 15 ) and a genetic researcher have teamed up to create powerful presentations on how food can affect children’s health.
They will be speaking in Hamilton, Tauranga, and Auckland on March 26, 27 and 28 respectively. For full details please see the Facebook... Read More | Share it now!
by Katherine Smith | 5 Mar, 2015 | Children's Health and Development, Education, Training and Professional Development, Environmental Health, Women's Health
A paediatrician, a mother (Zen Honeycutt, who features in the great new documentary Bought free to watch online until March 15 ) and a genetic researcher have teamed up to create powerful presentations on how food can affect children’s health.
They will be speaking in Hamilton, Tauranga, and Auckland on March 26, 27 and 28 respectively. For full details please see the Facebook... Read More | Share it now!
New Zealand has done it again.
In the same great tradition that has seen NZ “punching above its weight” and besting “overseas experts” a new paper from a group of researchers at the University of Auckland is being promoted as showing that there’s no connection between cell phones and brain tumours.
Somehow, this one study (which is based on statistics from the New Zealand National... Read More | Share it now!
by Katherine Smith | 26 Feb, 2015 | Children's Health and Development, Education, Training and Professional Development, Environmental Health, News
New Zealand has done it again.
In the same great tradition that has seen NZ “punching above its weight” and besting “overseas experts” a new paper from a group of researchers at the University of Auckland is being promoted as showing that there’s no connection between cell phones and brain tumours.
Somehow, this one study (which is based on statistics from the New Zealand National... Read More | Share it now!