All posts by Pam Vernon

I'm for justice and equity for all peoples everywhere. I am also for exposing lies and corruption, particularly the lies of the corporations that have a tight grip on humanity, all for profit and control. A grip that has been instrumental in the rape and pillage of indigenous peoples planet wide, for centuries.
Corporations, Health, Money

Corporate Knighthoods … and Why You Should Boycott Talley’s Products

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(Photo credit: Support Talleys Workers! FB page)

“Corporations are required by law to place the financial interests of their owners above competing interests. They are legally bound to put their bottom line ahead of everything else, even the public good” (Noam Chomsky, ‘The Corporation’).

Talleys has been in NZ’s news this week with a FB page calling for the public to boycott their products. This is in response to Talley’s attempts to destroy their own workers’ rights. Meat Workers Union members had asked 18 months ago for their existing collective contract to roll over along with a 1.5 % pay increase. Talley’s refused to sign off the Collective Employment Contract and stalled until the National government passed a new law allowing them to walk away from negotiations. 

… from the The Daily Blog NZ:

“After threatening worker rights, after trying to set up a new Union, after using hunger as a negotiating tactic that impacted 5000 children, after having the Police contact me and request blogs be taken down, Talley’s has made a complaint to Facebook to remove the ‘Boycott Talley’s’ Facebook group.” 

Talleys who bought out Affco has eight meat processing plants in the North Island of NZ  …” a major player in the meat industry with a billion dollars in revenue annually and 2800 staff…”  Talley’s launched a fight to destroy the meat workers union and  “… the demands the company put on the table would have cut workers pay, increased the working day, gut union protections, and eliminated seniority rights for staff. The company’s purpose is simple – to boost production and profits at all costs – including the lives and limbs of their workforce, as well as the environment…”

are the people who support their local communities. They perform all the voluntary functions that keep communities going and contribute to their health and vitality. When any government or company seeks to take a decent living away from families they inevitably affect whole communities.

Anyway, since Talley’s has requested FB take down the boycott Talley’s page, perhaps you’d like to go’ like’ & join it to help Talley’s workers get a fair deal. Talley’s is certainly off my menu from hereon in. The company produces for local & export markets … meat, dairy products, ice cream and frozen vegetables so it’s an international effort here, not just local.

You’ll see in the Daily Blog article, Peter Talley, joint manager of Talley’s, was knighted back in 2012 for his services to humanity … by the Queen who owns a sixth of the planet no less.

Talley’s Safety Record

“Over the last three years ACC has paid out $8 million to nearly 5000 Talley’s employees – that’s more than one injury for every worker employed by Talley’s companies. 1286 Talley’s workers were injured on the job last year alone.” – See more

Profits

This is all typical behaviour for corporations because their bottom line is always profits for shareholders. This is their legal mandate … and to boot they have no legal liability for damage to people or environments. They offload those costs onto the recipients of their ‘benevolence’ and call them ‘externalities’. And by the way, your country NZ is a corporation and its CEO aka PM is also a banker with a wealth of experience at Merryl Lynch. Adds up doesn’t it?

As a FB blogger has pointed out, the people who work for these companies

It’s all about being part of the club and the corporate arm is its strong arm.

Find out more … read the Daily Blog’s full article here:

http://thedailyblog.co.nz/2015/08/20/talleys-at-it-again-this-time-demanding-facebook-take-down-boycott-page/

cancer, Environment, Fukushima, Radiation

BREAKING: Fukushima nuclear waste detected along Southern California coast – from ENENEWS

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What they are not telling us about Fukushima. It is far worse than we’re led to believe. And those who think we in NZ are exempt, check out the chart below the article of radiation recordings in the South Island, and watch the video by RadChick from Youtube on the real state of affairs.

Firstly though the ENEWS article:

“Highest levels seen anywhere in North America since testing program began — 8.4 Bq/m3 of radioactive cesium measured near beach between Los Angeles and San Diego … 

The sample was taken just over a mile off the coast of Del Mar, CA – located about 15 miles north of San Diego and 100 miles south of Los Angeles. The only other location Woods Hole has reported detecting nuclear waste from Fukushima Daiichi along the shoreline of North America is in Ucluelet, Canada about 1,200 miles to the north of Del Mar.

7.2 becquerels per cubic meter of Cesium-134 and Cesium-137 was measured in a Ucluelet sample taken in February 2015. The Del Mar sample had 8.4 Bq/m3.

Results for other Fukushima Daiichi-derived radionuclides were not posted. According to media reports, “The plume also contains other radioactive material, including Strontium 90… radioactive isotopes of iodine, low levels of plutonium and tritium might be in the plume.”  Read the full article & further links here: 

http://enenews.com/breaking-fukushima-nuclear-waste-detected-along-southern-california-coast-highest-levels-measured-anywhere-north-america-testing-program-began-84-bqm3-radioactive-cesium-beach-between-los-angele

NZ Radiation Readings Taken in 2013

Readings taken in 2013. 100CPM is Alert Level
Readings taken in NZ, 2013. 100CPM is Alert Level. Chart courtesy of  thecontrail.com Click on image to enlarge

Published on Oct 31, 2013

Part 7: 28 signs continues…
“THEY ARE KILLING THE OCEANS”

*Status of Fukushima & the Pacific Ocean
Leuren Moret & Christina Consolo aka RadChick
Hosted by James Fetzer of “The Real Deal” and
Veteran’s Today

Program air date Oct 24, 2013

Items discussed:

Links to entire series:
Part 1: Intro and Embryonic effects of nuclear fallout
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pvSsT…

Part 2: Mutations and evidence of fallout
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDpryS…

Part 3: Warning signs in species
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wzY8C…

Part 4: What does the Government know? Bomb testing, cow mutilation, & Political Ponerology
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czVSZ7…

Part 5: 28 signs the West Coast is being FRIED with Fukushima radiation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7Wcg6…

Part 6: 28 signs continues…and another FIRST for Fukushima – cesium spheres
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDZMhy…

Part 7: 28 signs continues…”THEY ARE KILLING THE OCEANS” (final)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9dA0N…

Corporations, Money, Water

Forest Service Official Who Let Nestle Drain California Water Now Works for Them … the Nature of Corporations

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Corporations owe no allegiance to anybody except their shareholders. Behemoths with legal person hood, they focus solely on maximizing profit … personal ethics are foreign. If you are of the older school you will have noted that for more than two decades now loyalty to staff is a thing of the past and consequently, staff hold little loyalty to their employers. We’ve all heard stories of folks who worked for companies that put out the rumour there was a possibility staff would be cut … so everybody sweated it out for months wondering if they were selected to go. It had the effect of causing folks to look for work elsewhere which saved the boss the job. Then there are stories of folks arriving at work and being told, pack your bags, you no longer have a job as from today. A far cry now from the days when an employee worked 30 odd years for a company and retired with a gold watch. hand-648444_1280 Watch The Corporation documentary and learn how the attributes of a corporation are literally psychopathic. In light of their modus operandi, this article makes complete sense. Personally I prefer to boycott companies like these. Why not join me? If nobody buys their stuff then their whole raison d’etre falls flat. Read the article.

Claire Bernish
August 13, 2015

(ANTIMEDIA) San Bernardino National Forest — “An ongoing investigation by The Desert Sun into Nestle’s contentious bottled water operations in drought-stricken California first disclosed that the company’s permit to draw water had a rather astonishing expiration date that occurred over a quarter century ago, in 1988. Recently, the Sun reported an update in the investigation with a jaw-dropping twist: the Forest Service — not Nestle — is the agency primarily responsible for failing to renew Nestle’s permit.

In fact, judging by the government agency’s complete inability to even review Nestle’s long-expired permit — not to mention the lucrative job a retired Forest Service supervisor currently enjoys — there is an arguable case that collusion and corruption are at the heart of the entire issue…”

Read the article here: http://theantimedia.org/forest-service-official-let-nestle-drain-california-water-now-works/

Chemtrails, Climate Change, Geoengineering

1959 Disney film about weather modification – “weather control will both enrich & safeguard our daily lives”

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“In the world of tomorrow weather control will both enrich & safeguard our daily lives. In the foreseeable future we will conquer more than violent storms, we will turn the destructive elements of today into new sources of power, shaping the land on which we live. All mankind will benefit, arid wastelands will be made green and fertile, and vast frozen areas will become productive. To this end man made satellites will probe the secrets of the skies, they will be our eyes in outer space…”

Above are some lofty sounding ideals quoted from the closing seconds of a Disney film produced in 1959.

If you thought weather control was in the realm of conspiracy and tinfoil hats think again. Here it is proposed as beneficial for mankind, unfortunately it has ended up in another realm – that of weaponized weather with chemtrails, defined as an exotic weapons system  in HR2977, Space Preservation Act.

The video is from Mresu Hlamer‘s channel on Youtube. Mention of weather modification methods begins at 7.10.

Corporations, Environment, Fracking

EPA sends Navajo polluted water in OIL TANKS — Animas spill from FRACKING WASTEWATER?!

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Shocking revelations by dutchsinse on Youtube! 

Published on Aug 21, 2015

“PLEASE! Get this out to the people of the Navajo Nation, to the people of Colorado + New Mexico, to state representatives, and NATIONAL Government (Senators and Congressmen).

Full website post covering this story with all the links shown in the video here:

http://dutchsinse.com/8212015-epa-del…

I stand behind these findings , and the people of the Navajo Nation need to compare the Animas river pollution to oil well / fracking wastewater injection chemicals IMMEDIATELY.

This wastewater delivery looks like an attempt to spread the chemicals on purpose — to cover up the wastewater in the Animas coming from the nearby Oil / Gas / Wastewater disposal wells located all around Durango Colorado (each well containing millions of gallons of toxic water . Thousands of wells nearby the location in question).

In my assessment, most likely one of the wastewater injection wells gave way, since NASA / NOAA are already studying the same area due to a HUGE methane leak causing a pocket of methane over the whole 4 corners region.

This same “leaking” injection well operation is now the area where the Animas river has been polluted. The “Gold Mine” story might just be that — a STORY made up.. not based in actual reality.
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The Environmental Protection Agency caused a toxic water spill into the Animas river, which feeds the Navajo Indian Nation with water.

The spill was blamed on an “old Gold mine” which somehow had toxic water released by the EPA during an inspection of a well / mine location.

When the EPA did their inspection of this supposed “Gold King Mine”, they somehow released millions of gallons of toxic water into the Animas river. The toxic spill thus cut off the water supply to the people down stream.
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Professor Doom’s video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhJSt…
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Fracking wastewater injection wells are quite possibly the REAL cause of this waste spill by the EPA since the area is leaking methane to the point where NASA / NOAA are studying the area currently (2015).

Massive leaks in the huge fracking / oil pumping operation have been detected.. thus if gas is leaking from these wells, no doubt the waste water which they inject under pressure is also being released.

I’m venturing a guess that if the water in the Animas was tested , and you looked for oil pumping / gas well operation chemcials .. that you’d find out a giant WASTEWATER DISPOSAL WELL must have broke when the EPA was inspecting it.

Was it a Gold mine, or was it a large wastewater disposal well?

Since there are THOUSANDS of wastewater disposal wells, oil wells, and frack wells , and only ONE Gold Mine .. the chances of this giant release of wastewater coming from a wastewater well are much higher than a “Gold Mine” being the culprit.

One culprit cannot be sued, or blamed (the Old Gold Mine).. the OTHER culprit (the fracking injection well / oil pumping operations) are capable of being legally held responsible.

Could it be that they sent these polluted tanks of water in the hopes the Indians would spread it out across their land, and then the EPA would have an excuse for all the fracking / oil pumping injection chemicals to be across the Animas river?!

People in the Indian reservations need to immediately compare the Animas pollution water to known Oil / Gas well drilling injection chemicals.

I’d be willing to bet that we’d find out this “spill” is from a fracking / injection / wastewater operation as opposed to an “old gold mine”.

Why are NASA / NOAA out in the same area studying leaking gas wells? I think it is obvious the two are related.”

Banking, Corporations, Money Trail

How the West Systematically Underdevelops Poor Countries

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This five minute broadcast is an eye opener … from Dr Michael Parenti, one of my favourite authors/lecturers/activists. The beginning of my journey into discovering the many lies perpetrated on the West by the powers that be was Walter Rodney’s ‘How Europe Underdeveloped Africa’. The latter is a well documented treatise on how that rich continent, Africa, has been milked from the days of Cecil Rhodes onwards … Rhodes was that decorated gentleman and son of the British Empire who dreamed that white people would rule the world and said quite unashamedly:

download“We must find new lands from which we can easily obtain raw materials and at the same time exploit the cheap slave labour that is available from the natives of the colonies. The colonies would also provide a dumping ground for the surplus goods produced in our factories”

The big lie they used to cover their exploitative activity was that they came to benevolently share the fruits of civilization. This was sheer humbug and were it so the recipients would now be prosperous. Instead they feature highest in all the negative stats of their respective countries. The latter is explained away by shifting the blame onto the recipients (eg. ‘they’re lazy) … an easy feat since perpetrators own the media. Listen to Parenti encapsulate it in a nutshell how this process continues on today:

Featured header image courtesy of Miles Pfefferle

Bonny Glen, Health, Rangitikei District Council, Water

Marton’s Waste Water plant to get an upgrade

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An article by Zaryd Wilson from the Wanganui Chronicle on the waste water treatment plant that has featured greatly throughout the whole recent process of the consent hearings. The matter being the company Midwest Disposal’s disposal of leachate from its Bonny Glen landfill into the plant. Amounts dumped have exceeded consents and been the subject of a long standing status of non-compliance. You can read about that process on the Bonny Glen page.

(The Bonny Glen landfill was sold to Midwest by the Rangitikei District Council around a decade ago and a leachate-dumping agreement was informally put in place – a gentleman’s agreement – that has been far from satisfactory going by the non-compliance history).

A local has contacted the site recently reporting that there are 7-12 round trips on average per day by the leachate tanker. Sometimes two are operating.

“A multi-million dollar upgrade to Marton’s wastewater treatment plant has been endorsed by councillors.

The plan, which includes a second anaerobic pond, new storage tanks and community involvement in the process, was discussed by Rangitikei District Council’s assets and infrastructure committee last week.

A contributor to the current plant’s failure was leachate (landfill run-off), which was trucked to the treatment plant from Bonny Glen landfill… 

Councillor Nigel Belsham said if it was trade waste causing problems to the plant and not domestic waste, the bill should be picked up by industry.

“I don’t believe that ratepayers in this area should be paying to allow trade waste to be dumped into this plant,” he said. “Opus [consultants] have said that we’ve got a plant that can handle what it was designed to handle.”

Read the article: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/wanganui-chronicle/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503426&objectid=11498302

Further Links:

For info on Bonny Glen: https://envirowatchrangitikei.wordpress.com/bonny-glen/

Leachate history & non compliance reports: https://envirowatchrangitikei.wordpress.com/bonny-glen-submissions-hearings/

Local Feedback: https://envirowatchrangitikei.wordpress.com/bonny-glen/local-feedback/

Alternative Treatments, cancer

Cancer? Looking for alternatives & don’t know where to start? Here are 3 excellent resources

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Cancer statistics are now one in three. That is one in every three persons currently in NZ will be diagnosed with cancer every year. I have heard anecdotally that in America it is one in every two males, and one in three females.

  • Cancer was the most common cause of death for both males and females in New Zealand in 2011, accounting for nearly a third of all deaths.
  • 8891 people had cancer recorded as their underlying cause of death; 52.3% of these were male.
  • Between 2001 and 2011 the age-standardised death rate from cancer decreased by 13.4%, from 145.5 to 125.9 per 100,000 population (Source: http://www.health.govt.nz )

These statistics are shocking. With such a high rate nearly everybody we care about in one way or another has watched a friend or relative suffering with this plague … or once removed even. I know I have had two friends and three close relatives taken, plus I’ve seen several extended family members also taken, not close to me personally but to those I love.

The thing is, when all hope is gone and chemo is not working, there are alternatives. I was inspired recently by both Allan Smith’s and Anton Kuraia’s testimonies of healing through IV Vitamin C (both are here on the site), and since they are both NZ men I decided to forearm myself should this dreaded verdict, the big C, ever strike my family again. There are Medical Doctors in our country who will administer Vitamin C intravenously and a google search will locate them for you. There are many other treatments also that people have used successfully. On one of the sites featured in the link there are treatments that range from ‘dirt cheap’ to expensive. This is excellent news as not everybody can afford to travel abroad let alone fund the treatment when they get there.

If you visit the link for this post it will take you to our page that provides links to the three excellent sources I’ve featured. I am sure there are more but these are very comprehensive and backed up with success stories of people who also sought alternatives. The alternative treatments are all there on the cancertutor site down the left hand column of the page. The truthaboutcancer website has many videos you can watch with interviews of Medical Doctors and Oncologists.

Find these links here:  https://envirowatchrangitikei.wordpress.com/links-to-information-on-alternatives/

Disclaimer: It is my aim here, not to treat you (for I am not qualified), to offer advice or give you false hope, rather it is to inspire you with information from both professional Medical Doctors and Oncologists who have long -time experience in the field, and with stories from people like Anton who fought life threatening illnesses and survived. There are many, both abroad and in NZ.  Anton Kuraia, with all hope gone, was motivated by another’s success story, to pursue the same alternative treatment; that of Intravenous Vitamin C. It paid off. Should you also wish to pursue this option (or any other options you learn about in your research) search online for Medical Doctors in your country who will administer it. 

Corporations, Electricity, Smart Meters

NEW ZEALAND-Smart meters refusal urged – (Otago Daily Times)

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Genesis Smart Meter in an Auckland office
Genesis Smart Meter in an Auckland office

From Smart Meter News, citing an Otago Daily Times article.

Read here: NEW ZEALAND-Smart meters refusal urged.

Rangitikei, Smart Meters

UK – Stop the £11 billion ‘smart meter’ ripoff!

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From Smart Meter News

UK – Stop the £11 billion ‘smart meter’ ripoff!.

Agriculture, Food, Gardening, Organic, Rangitikei

This Tiny Farm Pumps Out 6,000 Pounds Of Food Per Year. But Where It’s Located? Shocking

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This Tiny Farm Pumps Out 6,000 Pounds Of Food Per Year. But Where It’s Located? Shocking.

Chemtrails, Geoengineering

Aerospace Engineer Says Aircraft Deployment of Chemical Contrails May Be Legal

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Aerospace Engineer Says Aircraft Deployment of Chemical Contrails May Be Legal.

Cell Towers, Electricity, EMFs, Radiation, RF, Smart Meters, Wi-Fi, WiFi

UK – Noel Edmonds talks about biggest problem facing humanity “ElectroSmog”

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UK – Noel Edmonds talks about biggest problem facing humanity “ElectroSmog”.

Agriculture, Glyphosate, Health

Scotland Announces Total Ban on GM Crops

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This is good news from Scotland on the GM crop topic. Increasingly, countries are waking up to the dangers of GMOs and making moves to protect the public.

Livestock fed GM feed suffer liver damage … watch Jeffrey Smith’s interviews on the topic of health & GMOs. Very revealing.

Here is one:

Jeffrey Smith: GMO Health Conditions Already Known

Read the Sustainable Pulse article on Scotland:

“Growing genetically modified (GM) crops will not be permitted in Scotland, Rural Affairs Secretary Richard Lochhead has announced as he moved to protect Scotland’s clean, green status.

The Scottish Government will shortly submit a request that Scotland is excluded from any European consents for the cultivation of GM crops, including the variety of genetically modified maize already approved and six other GM crops that are awaiting authorisation.

The Cabinet Secretary said:

“Scotland is known around the world for our beautiful natural environment – and banning growing genetically modified crops will protect and further enhance our clean, green status….” read more

Further links:

The GMO Threat:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPvkZv5MfRw

Gluten & GMOs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVo51yLnohY

 

cancer, Food, Health

After you drink a can of Coke … here’s what happens to your body

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A reminder from Natural News of what sugar does to our bodies. 

“Cleaning a toilet is cheap and easy with a can of Coca-Cola. After the Coke sits in the toilet for an hour, the carbonic and phosphoric acid gets the job done, leaving behind a scum-free toilet bowl!

When that same can of Coke is poured into the mouth and down the esophagus of a human being, a much more complex chain of events occurs. After burning its way down the throat and leaving behind a film of caramel coloring on the teeth, the Coca-Cola begins its nutritional destruction on the inside of the body...”  Read More

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Aside from what the soda does to your insides, there’s also the ten teaspoons of sugar per can ….

Head to The Truth About Cancer’s website and learn about cancer’s ‘favourite building block’. The people at this site feature information from medical professionals including Oncologists. They should know what they’re talking about.

Dr Mercola comments: 

“Is sugar a sweet old friend that is secretly plotting your demise?

There is a vast sea of research suggesting that it is. Science has now shown us, beyond any shadow of a doubt, that sugar in your food, in all its myriad of forms, is taking a devastating toll on your health…” Read More 

GreenMedInfo tells us:

” … a report by Dr. Sanjay Gupta appearing on 60 Minutes featured the work of Dr. Robert Lustig, an endocrinologist from California who gained national attention after a lecture he gave titled “Sugar: The Bitter Truth” went viral in 2009. Lustig’s research has investigated the connection between sugar consumption and the poor health of the American people. He has published twelve articles in peer-reviewed journals identifying sugar as a major factor in the epidemic of degenerative disease that now afflicts our country…”  Read More

Educate yourself and protect yourself and your family by eliminating cancer risks.

Sugar is hidden away in so many products now. Check the labels next time you shop and you’ll see.

~ EnvirowatchRangitikei ~

LINKS ON SUGAR: 
Natural News article: http://www.naturalnews.com/050654_drinking_Coke_liquid_sugars_sweeteners.html#ixzz3j1RmyRkr

http://authoritynutrition.com/10-disturbing-reasons-why-sugar-is-bad/

Dr Mercola:  http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2010/04/20/sugar-dangers.aspx

Sugar Killing Us Sweetly from Greenmedinfo:  http://www.greenmedinfo.com/blog/sugar-killing-us-sweetly-0 

Banking, Corporations, Money Trail, TPPA

Tens of thousands of people turn out to protest against the TPPA

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With failed talks in Hawaii recently with regards to the free trade agreement, Kiwis turned out en masse today in many parts of the country to protest the whole deal that has thus far been carried out in secret. Ostensibly a free trade deal, it is a doorway that will give corporations open slather to sue us if we threaten their profit making margins … something they are already doing in other countries. Educate yourself on this issue … it is important. Here are links to various news reports throughout the country.

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Tens of thousands turned out today in NZ to protest the TPPA

“The thing about this crowd is there’s children, there’s babies, there’s Maori there’s people from India, there’s trade unionists, there’s health professional, politicians, there’s professors, singers. It’s amazing. All of New Zealand is represented here. There’s no group you could say didn’t turn up today.”  NZ Herald

“Documentary filmmaker Bryan Bruce sent a clear message to Tim Groser and the National Party today on the grounds of Parliament: ‘If they sign this deal they will be gone in the next election. We will not forget and we will not forgive them… ‘ ”   SOURCE

Source: ONE News
In Auckland thousands of protesters turned out in the rain to march from Aotea Square down Queen Street.
Further south in Christchurch thousands of people turned out in the wet at Hagley Park to march up Riccarton Road, medical students, teachers and marketing executives among the crowd.
In Otago a large group of protesters marched through Dunedin’s CBD.
Protests today end an action week by those opposed to the proposed deal.
Rallies were also planned in Wellington, Kataia, Hokianga, Whangarei, Hamilton, Colville, Tauranga, Whakatane, Napier, New Plymouth, Featherston, Nelson, Timaru, Little River and Invercargill.
In Nelson, some of the protesters formed a choir to sing their message…”

Read more & watch related videos: https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/tpp-protesters-push-through-barriers-at-parliament-q05743?post_id=10204858404079493_10205039977458714#_=_

Sign up and stay informed at It’s Our Future website here: http://itsourfuture.org.nz

And/or at our TPPA page here: https://envirowatchrangitikei.wordpress.com/tppa/

cancer, Chemotherapy, Pharmaceutical Industry

Medical Doctor concludes cancer patients live longer without chemotherapy

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This is an eye opening article on chemo and cancer from NaturalNews. They say with no treatment at all, and without chemotherapy, patients live longer than with chemotherapy. In The Truth About Cancer’s series of interviews with Medical Doctors and Oncologists (at their website) they also confirm this. (You will also find some of the videos on Youtube).

Here is the NaturalNews article:  

syringe-435809_1280“Dr. Hardin B. Jones, a former professor of medical physics and physiology at the University of California, Berkeley, had been studying the lifespans of cancer patients for more than 25 years when he came to the conclusion that, despite popular belief, chemotherapy doesn’t work. He witnessed a multitude of cancer patients treated with the poison die horrific deaths, many of them meeting their fate much earlier than other patients who chose no treatment at all.

After investigating this further, Dr. Jones found that cancer patients who underwent chemotherapy actually died more quickly, in most cases, than those who followed their doctors’ recommendations by getting the treatment…”

Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/048827_chemotherapy_cancer_treatment_patient_survival.html#ixzz3ipQt9UJZ

Agriculture, cancer, Glyphosate, Rangitikei, Related Chemical Websites

Retail outlets across Europe are taking glyphosate off their shelves

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From the UK’s Guardian, more news on Roundup and glyphosate. Bear in mind glyphosate is in many other products as I recently confirmed. Most of the home garden sprays in our local supermarket, popular brands too, contained glyphosate. So important to read labels and fine print.

Copy of Copy of Dec 2014 041The Guardian …. “Monsanto is far from happy. The main ingredient of its highly profitable weedkiller, Roundup, often used in conjunction with GM crops, has been declared a “probable carcinogenic”.

As well as being profitable for Monsanto, glyphosate is one of the most widely adopted weedkillers in the world by gardeners and farmers alike. Use of it by UK farmers, for example, has soared by 400% in the last 20 years.

In response to the cancer warning, the US biotech company has been quick to accuse the body behind the new classification of bias. It says the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), an arm of the World Health Organisation (WHO), lacks transparency and has made an irresponsible decision – one likely to cause confusion among farmers and the wider public…

Although campaigners in the UK have tried to focus attention on possible risks to human health from glyphosate residues found in bread, toxicologists suggest gardeners and farm workers are the ones most at risk.

“It is difficult to work out the magnitude of cancer risks of glyphosate, but based on the quantities people come into contact with, it can be expected that agricultural workers applying the pesticide are at much greater risk than consumers in Britain, who are exposed via residues in food…..

For those worried about their health, one organisation now allows you to pay $120 (£75) to have your urine, breast milk or tap water tested for glyphosate contamination. Far from scaremonging, toxicologist Dr Robin Mesnage from Kings College London says such testing could help…”

Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2015/aug/07/supermarkets-garden-centres-weedkiller-ban-cancer-glyphosate-monsanto

Bonny Glen, Pollution, RDC, Water

Council to discuss upgrade of waste water treatment plant

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This is from the Wanganui Chronicle and updates us on where RDC is up to with their plans to solve the significantly long standing status of non-compliance with regard to the leachate pollution of the Tutaenui Stream. (To read the full history of this and the non compliance reports see former Martonian Hamish Allan’s submission to the consent hearings earlier this year. There should be an in stream biota survey every three years and it appears there have only been two). More on this later.

Recently a local resident who lives on the truck route informed me he sees 12 round trips per day of the leachate tanker. This is a significantly larger volume than the number that has been cited to the public. 

An upgrade is good news will not be before its time.

Here is the Chronicle article:

“A multi-million-dollar, three-year upgrade of the Marton wastewater treatment plant has been proposed.

Rangitikei district councillors will this morning discuss changes aimed at making the plant compliant with its resource consent.

The MWTP has been non-compliant for at least a decade, partly due to its acceptance of leachate (run-off) from the nearby Bonny Glen landfill. The latest compliance report found the plant’s discharge into the Tutaenui Stream “significantly non-compliant”. At times, ammoniacal nitrogen levels have been 35 times the recommended limit and deemed to adversely affect aquatic life…”

Read More:  http://www.nzherald.co.nz/wanganui-chronicle/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503426&objectid=11496417 

Banking, Corporations, Money, News

More arrests needed as Western megabanks are now stealing depositors’ money

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August 12, 2015

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JP Morgan and other Western mega-banks have already begun stealing depositors’ money, according to sources at the Asian Development Bank and an American millionaire who reported his own funds were stolen.

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Clean Energy, Electricity, Solar Power

France requires all new buildings to have green roofs or solar panels

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eiffel-tower-803488_1280This is excellent news. The article is from inhabitat.com via the Guardian

“France just passed a trailblazing new law that requires that all new buildings constructed in commercial areas to be partially-covered by either solar panels or green roofs. Not only will this bring dramatic changes to the nation’s skylines and bolster the efficiency of all new commercial construction, but the law will help France pick up the pace the solar adoption—which has lagged behind other European nations in recent years…”

Read more: France requires all new buildings to have green roofs or solar panels | Inhabitat – Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building

News

Episode 68: Starting Small | Jackie Beyer’s New Gardener Success Tips

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Here’s an excellent resource if you’re wanting to start a garden. Keeping it simple too : )

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Episode 68: Starting Small | Jackie Beyer’s New Gardener Success Tips

Here’s some tips I’ve learned over the years that I would like to offer to someone starting a garden from scratch.

If i started a garden from scratch this is what I would do.

Build some raised beds in a sunny spot outside my kitchen.
I would build a compost bin as well.
I wld make my raised beds just high enough to sit on the edge comfortably
My favorites are made out of 8″x6″ beams i think.
I would then fill the beds with the best dirt i could get my hands on.
Compost if i had it – made of grass clippings, lots of coffee grounds, eggshells, leftover fruit and produce, etc
Maybe some manure from chickens or sheep etc
Possibly some straw or leaves
I would build a trellis for the peas to climb
The seeds i…

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cancer, EMFs, Health, Smart Meters

Latest news from stopsmartmeters NZ

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power-597169_1280Here are the latest updates in a newsletter from your own NZ stopsmartmeters site. You can sign up and receive updates to your inbox. Check out the information on the site to forearm yourself and to warn friends and neighbours as these meters continue to roll out here. Remember, if you live in the Rangitikei, I have a spare copy of the award winning documentary Take Back Your Power  to loan. This explains all you need to know about the meters.

~ Envirowatchrangitikei ~

See Take Back Your Power in Kaitaia on August 14…Please share the news about this screening…PLUS read on for more news

Kia ora and welcome to another update fromwww.stopsmartmeters.org.nz

I hope that you are all well (and nice and cosy).

Here is the smart meter news for August 2015.

1) Special (koha) community screening of the award-winning smart meter documentary Take Back Your Power in Kaitaia on August 14

2)  Smart meter roll out in Oamaru area and local community education initiatives

3) Links to share (including a discussion of claims regarding smart meters’ safety and “smart” gas meters andhow one company plans to turn smart meters into a giant super computer…plus other interesting news…)

4) Request for feedback

1)  Special (koha) community screening of the award-winning smart meter documentary Take Back Your Power in Kaitaia on August 14

Thanks to some dedicated local volunteers there is a special screening of this great documentary coming up at 6.30 PM on Friday, August 14.

Venue: REAP Centre, 33 Puckey Avenue, Kaitaia

The organisers have request a small donation to help them cover the of hiring the venue.

Please let friends and family in Kaitaia know about this event.

If you would like to share the link to the information about this screening on Facebook, it is below:

http://www.stopsmartmeters.org.nz/latest-news/take-back-your-power-kaitaia/

There is a smart meter roll out in the Kaitaia area so now is the time to help friends and family become informed about smart meters and what they can do if they do not want a smart meter: www.stopsmartmeters.org.nz/latest-news/your-options-if-your-electricity-retailer-sends-you-a-notice-to-say-it-plans-to-install-a-smart-meter/.

NB:  Running a screening of Take Back Your Power is one of the best ways to raise awareness of the smart meter issue.

If you would like to organise a screening of Take Back Your Power in your area, please let me know and I will send you information on how to do this (and loan a DVD if I have a loaner copy available.)

The film can also be purchased or streamed from www.takebackyourpower.

2)  Smart meter roll out in Oamaru area and local community education initiatives

Meridian recently announced that it plans to roll out smart meters in the Oamaru area.  This has led to a great team of volunteers organising public meetings in the town and substantial newspaper coverage (one example of which is referred to in the link below http://www.stopsmartmeters.org.nz/latest-news/otago-daily-times-headline-smart-meter-refusal-urged/.)

If you are in the Oamaru area, and do not want a smart meter you may wish to read this post: www.stopsmartmeters.org.nz/latest-news/your-options-if-your-electricity-retailer-sends-you-a-notice-to-say-it-plans-to-install-a-smart-meter/

Please let friends and family in the Oamaru area know about the planned smart meter roll out and what they can do if they do not want a smart meter: www.stopsmartmeters.org.nz/latest-news/your-options-if-your-electricity-retailer-sends-you-a-notice-to-say-it-plans-to-install-a-smart-meter/

3) Links to share through Facebook, email etc.

This newsletter’s offerings include a discussion of claims regarding smart meters’ safety and “smart” gas meters and how one company plans to turn smart meters into a giant super computer…

Thank you in advance for sharing links from this newsletter through Facebook etc.

The TPPA and smart meters (update)

The TPPA threatens to erode national sovereignty that is necessary for maintaining (or creating) laws that protect human health and the environments.  A national week of action against the TPPA is planned for August 8-15, with major event on August 15;  please see this link for details.
http://www.stopsmartmeters.org.nz/latest-news/concerned-about-how-the-tppa-might-impact-on-the-smart-meter-situation/

Steps you can take to avoid getting a smart meter

I have written a new post that outlines the steps that people can take to prevent unwanted smart meter installations; please share this widely:

www.stopsmartmeters.org.nz/latest-news/your-options-if-your-electricity-retailer-sends-you-a-notice-to-say-it-plans-to-install-a-smart-meter/

Another New Zealander who became ill after a smart meter installation has kindly shared her story; you may read it below:

http://www.stopsmartmeters.org.nz/latest-news/another-new-zealander-shares-her-experience-with-a-smart-meter/

This is some background to why people who are electrosensitive are involved in community efforts to educate others about smart meters’ effects.

http://www.stopsmartmeters.org.nz/latest-news/otago-daily-times-headline-my-advice-is-to-say-no-to-smart-meters/

An electricity company employee recently claimed that there were “no emissions” from smart meters.  This was my reply:

http://www.stopsmartmeters.org.nz/latest-news/otago-daily-times-reports-no-emissions-from-smart-meters-according-to-electricity-company-representative/

The same electricity company employee then insisted that smart meters have benefits for consumers.  You can read his assertions and my reply below:

http://www.stopsmartmeters.org.nz/government-and-electricity-industry-positions/electricity-company-employee-insists-smart-meters-have-benefits-for-consumers/

In a related post, I respond to a claim by the same electricity company employee that smart meters do not post risks to health, privacy or finances.

http://www.stopsmartmeters.org.nz/government-and-electricity-industry-positions/advanced-meters-do-not-pose-any-risk-to-peoples-health-finances-or-privacy-electricity-company-employee/

Are “smart” gas ideas a good idea?

I don’t think they are, personally. (A major NZ company in the smart meter industry seems to think they are a good thing however…and they are also being installed in Australia.)

Read on to learn the steps that one Australian has taken to ensure his existing (non-“smart”) gas meter cannot be replaced without his permission.

www.stopsmartmeters.org.nz/uncategorized/stopping-a-smart-gas-meter-installation-an-australian-shows-the-way/

Smart meter possibly affected by electrical storm…

Do you know of any cases in which a smart meter has become inaccurate after an electrical storm?
http://www.stopsmartmeters.org.nz/latest-news/smart-meter-adversely-affected-by-electrical-storm/

Plan to turn smart meters into super computer:

http://www.stopsmartmeters.org.nz/latest-news/company-proposes-to-turn-smart-meters-into-super-computer

3) Request for feedback 

Have you (or friends or family) had any peculiar experiences with a smart meter such as interference with electrical equipment?

Or recorded electricity use anomalies?

Or higher bills with no change in electricity use habits?

Or have you (or a friend) had a fire at your home or business that you think may have been caused by a smart meter?

If so, you can report such events to www.stopsmartmeters.org.nz via the Contact Form.  (Reports are kept confidential; information is posted on the site only if permission is given for this to be done.)

That’s all for this update.

Thank you to everyone who has emailed to share information and is helping with the campaign by sharing information on Facebook, organising public meetings and screenings of Take Back Your Power and many other initiatives.  Your efforts are very much appreciated – and they are making a positive difference.

Wishing you the best of health,

Katherine Smith
Corporations, Health, Related Chemical Websites

The corporate crime of the century!

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51Ue+bjxMJL._SX318_BO1,204,203,200_A couple of years ago I came across a book in a garage sale called ‘Circle of Poison’.  Published in 1981 it documents a trail of intriguing scandal regarding the export of banned pesticides from industrial countries to the third world. Products banned in the US saw the sellers simply exporting the separate ingredients to be assembled offshore for sale to unsuspecting customers oblivious to the products’ banned status. Many of these products were then duly sprayed on produce that would be returned to the country of the original banning. ‘Banning problem solved’ as it were.  One of the authors David Weir describes how he came upon this scheme.  Following a ban in the US of cyclamates, he discovered the ingredient in a packet of Kool-Aid he purchased whilst in Afghanistan. This began his trail of inquiries back in the 1970s  which eventually led to an article in the US magazine, Mother Jones in 1979 entitled ‘The Corporate Crime of the Century’ and eventually to the book Circle of Poison. It imageswas found that not only were toxic ingredients being exported, but defective medical devices, lethal drugs, known carcinogens, contaminated foods and other products deemed unsafe for American consumption as well. The results of this dumping are horrific.

  • “400 Iraqis died in 1972 and 5,000 were hospitalized after consuming the by-products of 8,000 tons of wheat and barley coated with an organic mercury fungicide, whose use had been banned in the U.S.
  • No one knows how many children may develop cancer since several million children’s garments treated with a carcinogenic fire retardant called Tris were shipped overseas after being forced off the domestic market by the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)”. (from Mother Jones … more examples in the article)

Lomotil, an effective prescription-only anti-diarrhea medicine sold in the U.S., fatal in amounts just slightly over the recommended doses, was sold over the counter in Sudan, advertised as a product that was used by astronauts during the Gemini and Apollo space flights and also recommended for use by children as young as 12 months. Another item was Depo Provera, a birth control injection. This was banned in the United States because it caused malignant tumors in beagles and monkeys, yet is sold by the Upjohn Co. in 70 other countries, where it is widely used in U.S.-sponsored population control programs. It is currently also prescribed by GPs in New Zealand. Watch for an article on this product. I intend to research it soon. And the dumping of unwanted stuff is still going on by all appearances. More on that in another post. It does illustrate perfectly the utter disregard corporations hold for the health of the public. Again their bottom line is profits.

Here is the Mother Jones Article:

The Corporate Crime of the Century

It’s called dumping: When the U.S. government forces a dangerous drug, pesticide or other product off the domestic market, the manufacturer then sells that same product—frequently with the direct support of the State Department—throughout the rest of the world.

Tom Mboya was the hope of the western world. Bright, energetic, popular and inclined to be democratic—he was a born leader who, Washington hoped, would rise to power in Kenya and help keep Africa safe for United States commerce. In 1969 he was shot down in the streets of Nairobi. An emergency rescue squad was by his side in minutes. They plugged him into the latest gadget in resuscitative technology—a brand new U.S. export called the Res-Q-Aire. What the rescue team didn’t know as they watched Tom Mboya’s life slip away was that this marvelous device had been recalled from the American market by the US government because it was found to be totally ineffective. The patient died….Read More Here

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Banking, Corporations, Money Trail

The biggest Bank heist ever!

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Here is some enlightening weekend viewing. Learn why our respective nations have undergone such radical changes in recent decades. The oldies among us will tell you this. Things are not as they were.

New Zealand has changed dramatically since the late ’80s when the new neo liberal economic policies called Rogernomics set in. We are now the reapers of that earlier Government’s folly, and paying a price. Where once we had full employment and no debt, we are now in debt … big time (climbing $27 million per day) and subject to the control of big business. Borrowing millions per week to stay afloat? Our grandparents must be turning in their graves. That was the unfortunate ‘NZ Experiment’ that sold us down the river, and with our assets now going … going … gone, we no longer enjoy the sovereignty we once had. They sold off our family silver as it were under the fancy name of ‘privatization’. (A new term, note, that gives a professional air and shifts the focus off what is really happening). We were told it was to pay our national debt but we are now more in debt than ever … it clearly hasn’t worked. Our country is now a corporation registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and our government departments likewise. There is your clue. Corporations have one bottom line: PROFITS.

As an early NZ settler of colonial times stated:

The whole and entire object of everyone here is making money, the big fishes eating the little ones (‘The Rich List’, G Hunt p 29)

So ‘filthy lucre’ if you like was uppermost back then as well … the driving motive for expansion to other shores was not as we’ve been led to believe … to bring civilization and Christianity … these were merely by-products.

With this corporatisation everything began to operate on a business model, and instead of people with related background experience matching the kind of government department they served, we saw people appointed with purely business skills.  Their focus became figures and profitability, not people, so social service and health departments were required to predict their costs in advance based on historical data. Quite a feat when dealing for instance with child abuse.  Government departments were subjected to restructuring (the new catch word given to the changes … known also in other countries by other names like ‘structural adjustment’) and told it was so they could all work smarter. In fact, where I worked at the time, I likened it to musical chairs. When the music stopped there were less bums on seats in the office. And the music kept playing, and the seats kept disappearing. The folks on the ground inherited more work from their now absent colleagues, and the CEOs inherited fatter salaries to ensure (I suspect) the new status quo remained. It was a classic case of smoke and mirrors and happened across the board. Friends of mine in other professions complained of being buried in mountains of new paper requirements, the face of their jobs completely changing, and leaving less time for people.

So now we see evidence of this business model everywhere, with their whole raison d’etre being profits, while the memory of a caring welfare state is becoming more and more elusive by the year. In rural communities it still sticks out like a sore toe because it clashes with their longtime ethic of community and caring.

On that note, as you ponder on the origins of our (and many other countries’) demise into the debt abyss … grasp an overview of the root cause of these problems in ‘The Biggest Bank Heist Ever’. It is all about making money, the big fishes eating the little fishes. Remember, it is a mythical illusion that all can succeed under capitalism. Wakefield himself of the NZ Company openly stated that they would keep the price of land high enough so that not all could own any (1).

References

(1) Miller J (Early Victorian New Zealand) p 4

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The reason is that it successfully challenges the myths and lies surrounding the root causes of the crisis and tells us exactly how and why it happened, in a simple and straightforward way that anyone can understand.

IsuruFoundation® highly recommends this great film to anyone who wants to know why we the public are paying with our lives for the treacherous shenanigans of the filthy rich and the powerful.”

Geoengineering, Health

Government Documents Link Global Warming to Advanced Military Climate Modification Technology

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This very informative, straight to the point, 7 minute video is from Harold Saive on Youtube.  A must watch if you are skeptical about geoengineering aka chemtrails.

Harold explains on his channel that the term ‘chemtrails’ came originally from the USAF Academy (download it at the link) 1990 in the title of a chemistry course … and consistent with what we now know as weather modification systems sold to the public as ‘climate change’ or ‘global warming’. Chemtrails are also defined in the US Space Preservation Act as an ‘exotic weapons system’ …

(B) Such terms include exotic weapons systems such as–
(i) electronic, psychotronic, or information weapons;
(ii) chemtrails;  (Source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/2977/text)

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Chemtrails: photo captured here in the Rangitikei

Check out the page on Geoengineering for further information and useful links. This is a covert practice that is being denied by all governments yet is happening in plain sight, even here in NZ. It is planet wide.

Folks generally don’t want to know this is happening … however the evidence is there. It is very well documented. I see it almost daily where I live.  And the substances being sprayed on us are affecting our health. Take the time to research it. You will be (unpleasantly) surprized.

Kiwis check out http://thecontrail.com and https://chemtrailsnorthnz.wordpress.com

~ EnvirowatchRangitikei ~

cancer, Health

The NZ man who ‘came back from the dead’

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“Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.”
― Hippocrates

Featuring here, another success story in the health and wellness section. With all the bad news that’s about, we can all do with some good news.

Firstly though, to back up a little, and many of you will identify I’m sure, having seen dear friends and loved ones receive the awful news they have a terminal illness, and seen them pass on after a long struggle, I’m determined to highlight the many stories I’ve heard lately of folks who came through their dark valley with success, giving new hope for others. People who were sent home to plan their funerals, now living full lives again, back working and caring for their families.

“My journey and eventual remission in October 2013 has provided me with a new sense of purpose and appreciation of life. I hope my experiences can inspire and comfort those who are affected by cancer.” Anton Kuraia

I’ve featured on the site two wonderful success stories, one already shared, that of Anton Kuraia, the Northland Police Officer who was cured of cancer using IV Vitamin C. (Articles and videos at this link). Well here’s another story that also made headline news both in our own country NZ,  and world wide, that of Waikato farmer, Allan Smith.

Allan had been on life support for three weeks with swine flu and other complications. His Doctors had advised the family they wanted to terminate his life support, however this family wasn’t going to give up that easily! Allan, through the persistence of his family received IV Vitamin C also and is now a walking testimony of the success of that treatment. His amazing and inspiring story with links to both media coverage and Allan’s website are here. A full article by Health Impact News can be found here.

Do keep an eye on this section as I add further information, stories and interviews with health professionals, MDs and Oncologists who have had both extensive experience in their respective fields, and seen amazing recoveries from life threatening illness.

It is my aim, not to treat you (for I am not qualified), or to offer advice,  rather it is to inspire you with information from both professionals in their fields, and with stories from people like Anton and Allan who fought life threatening illnesses and survived. There are many, both abroad and in NZ.  People whose persistence paid off. Should you also wish to pursue the Vitamin C option (or any other options you learn about in your research) search online for Medical Doctors in your country and region who will administer them. Both Allan’s and Anton’s website have valuable information also about their own respective  journeys.

~ EnvirowatchRangitikei ~ 

EMFs, Health

How wind turbines can affect your health – from the Council of Canadian Academies

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Very relevant to the Rangitikei with Project Central Wind … to read more that project go here. For further links to articles go to ‘categories’ on the main page or check out  the Health Effects of Wind Turbines page. 

RECENT RESEARCH:

Expert Panel finds that annoyance can be caused by wind turbine noise — a clear adverse health effect

Ottawa (April 9, 2015) – A new expert panel report, Understanding the Evidence: Wind Turbine Noise, released today by the Council of Canadian Academies provides an in-depth examination of 32 potential adverse health effects linked to wind turbine noise….

The Panel’s report stresses that, given the nature of the sound produced by wind turbines and the limited quality of available evidence, the health impacts of wind turbine noise cannot be comprehensively assessed and further information and study are required.

The Panel outlined 11 main findings discussed in the full report. Some findings include:

1. The evidence is sufficient to establish a causal relationship between exposure to wind turbine noise and annoyance.

2. There is limited evidence to establish a causal relationship between exposure to wind turbine noise and sleep disturbance.

3. The evidence suggests a lack of causality between exposure to wind turbine noise and hearing loss.

4. For all other health effects considered (fatigue, tinnitus, vertigo, nausea, dizziness, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, etc.), the evidence was inadequate to come to any conclusion about the presence or absence of a causal relationship with exposure to wind turbine noise.

5. Technological development is unlikely to resolve, in the short term, the current issues related to perceived adverse health effects of wind turbine noise.

6. Impact assessments and community engagement provide communities with greater knowledge and control over wind energy projects and therefore help limit annoyance.

Read More: http://www.scienceadvice.ca/en/news.aspx?id=146

Glyphosate, News, RDC, Related Chemical Websites

Are councils in bed with Agrichemical companies? They cite grossly inaccurate figures in their defense

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Are councils in bed with Agrichemical companies? Both the Auckland & Rangitikei District Council are favouring chemical weed control over non-chemical, in spite of the heightened health risks highlighted recently by WHO. They cite outdated & incorrect data to support this preference. 

Some Aucklanders are currently objecting to a flip flop on their Council’s current weed management policies. A petition has been circulating (and is on FB also  if you would like to sign it) calling (like the Rangitikei) for a ban on the use of glyphosate on Auckland’s streets and parks. Some parts of Auckland are chemical free in terms of weed management however not all, and council is doing a u turn on their current policy of minimal chemical use, indicating in their Ten Year Plan a preference for chemical control.

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Public areas are sprayed without any warning before, during or after the fact

Auckland’s Weed Management Advisory (a Community-led organization that helped create the Council’s Weed Management Policy 2013 of minimum agrichemical use, which the Council seems intent on doing away with) are also calling for a BAN on Glyphosate and have put a leaked briefing document up on their website. You can read it here. This is the Long Term Plan featuring quotes for alternative methods of weed management as opposed to management with glyphosate, typically, Roundup. Georgina Blackmore, the petition organizer, states that the figures cited should be taken with a pinch of salt … in fact a very large amount of salt. They are using she says, old, inaccurate and misleading information. “Disingenuous” says Auckland councilor John Watson. The Weed Management Advisory has accused the Auckland Council of putting the public at risk. Read their press statement here.

This line is a very familiar tale. Our own Rangitikei District Council cited inaccurate figures when justifying their rejection of glyphosate-free weed management in our public spaces. We had tried to counter this outcome by citing Auckland contractors who are currently employing mechanical weed control methods. The latter stated emphatically that their costs were a marginal 10-15 percent more than Roundup, and expected soon to even match it. Similarly, with the current Auckland scenario cited here, other Auckland contractors are saying their costs are even less than glyphosate.

When the request for tighter parameters and controls around glyphosate spraying was originally put to the RDC, citing the extensive independent research available on the myriad health risks associated with Roundup use,  an internal report was requested by RDC on alternative cost-effective weed-control methods.  Councilor Lyn Sheridan asked why health effects were not investigated by RDC and the response by CEO Ross McNeill was, ‘…they weren’t asked for’. They are missing the point here.

We need to be asking, why are Councils so bent on, so adamant, about choosing chemical control, and with a chemical that has recently been re-classified by WHO as a Class 2A carcinogen?  Claiming there is insufficient proof of health risks is myopic at best.

Currently, as of 2011, one in three New Zealanders will contract cancer

That statistic is extremely high and surely deserving of closer examination of the research into environmental causes and the elimination of the probable ones?

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Walkways and adjacent herbage where both school children & general public regularly walk is sprayed heavily with Roundup/glyphosate

The thing about Roundup is (and you will hear this in the audio link below) we the public are given no warning in advance of spraying, no signs are put out when they are spraying (so people can walk on it before it’s dry without even knowing) it is sprayed on public walkways where school children walk with no prior warning and it is sometimes sprayed on windy days.

Read Georgina’s piece here on her recent findings and her interview on Radio with Auckland Councilor John Watson and Professor Ian Shaw from Canterbury University.

Link to the audio HERE

Read the Scoop’s press release on Weed Management Advisory’s findings here:

Auckland Council Accused of Putting Public at Risk

Thursday, 30 July 2015, 11:24 am
Press Release: Weed Management Advisory

Auckland Council Accused of Putting Public at Risk

“A complete ban on the spraying of glyphosate, also known as Roundup, on all public land in Auckland is called for after a New Zealand toxicologist confirms heightened risks of the chemical. Leaked documents show Auckland Council trivialising the serious health risk…..”  http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1507/S00578/auckland-council-accused-of-putting-public-at-risk.htm

Auckland Council Budget Committee’s paper on weed management citing false figures for non chemical control:  https://weedmanagementadvisory.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/briefing-note-auckland-council-weed-managment-april-2015.pdf 

Article from Georgina Blackmore (Ban Glyphosate in Auckland NOW at Facebook)

“In an interview I gave on bFM this week about our campaign to ban the use of Glyphosate on Auckland Roads and Parks, Councillor John Watson and expert of Toxicology Professor Ian Shaw both agreed that we need to be seriously looking at what alternatives we have to spraying Glyphosate…” Read at SOURCE:  https://www.facebook.com/BanGlyphosate/posts/417049618496545