The Trade in Wild Plants – Wildcrafted for Green (Gullible?) Customers by Chrissie Wildwood In this substantive and well-researched article, Chrissie Wildwood, qualified holistic therapist, former international aromatherapy lecturer and the author of many articles and books on aromatherapy and allied healing arts, discusses the impact of consumer markets, particularly the aromatherapy market, on medicinal and aromatic plants traditionally gathered from the wild.

Our Toxic Environment and How We Can Protect Ourselves by Joanne Baker Ancient medicine and even western practice until the Industrial Revolution equated our health with the health of the natural environment. Now science and medicine seek to control nature and the balance between humans and their environment has been tipped.

Mineral Oil Petroleum Derivative in Beauty Products by Kit Anderson This article outlines the dangers of the mineral oils found so ubiquitously in the majority of cosmetic products. Mineral oils (produced from petroleum) are contained in many cosmetic products including baby oil, lipstick, face creams, body lotions and sunscreens.

How to Create a Healthy Living Space by Anat Cohen The modern home might be an extremely dangerous arena. It is a source of toxic pollutants as well as other hazards that threaten our well-being and health.

EMF Protective Devices by Dr Mark Atkinson The author, a medical physician, vice president of the Complementary Medical Association, and developer of the Optimum Health Coaching System, looks at the detrimental effects of electromagnetic fields (EMFs) on our health and presents an overview of the different types of EMF protection devices available today.

Environmental Sickness, Multiple Chemical Sensitivity by Dr Kartar Badsha In this important feature, the author highlights the plight of the ever-increasing number of multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS) sufferers, and discusses the findings of authoritative bodies, including the World Health Organization and the European Commission, as well as clinical studies of the detrimental effects of chemicals, synthetic materials and air pollution upon human health and the environment.

Health Benefits of Soil-based Organisms by Helen Adams It is indeed a real paradox that in this time of plenty many people are unknowingly suffering from malnutrition.

Mobile Phones – Proceed with Precaution by Simon Best The ongoing debate over the possible hazards from mobile phone use was given its strongest warning of caution in the recent Report of the Independent Expert Group on Mobile Phones, chaired by Sir William Stewart FRS . . .

Toxic Chemical Overload by Michael V Brooking and Naheed Zaman Despite the many scientific breakthroughs over the last five decades, we have seen a steady increase in killer diseases such as cancers, heart disease and diabetes. Could this increase be related to the constant chemical cocktail that have become a routine part of modern life?

Paint and let live by Mike Eatough We are still being poisoned by lead paint. Children’s intellectual development is being impaired by lead poisoning from paint. The increase in the incidence of tuberculosis has in part been attributed to lead. The risks from lead are a legacy from the past.

Electromagnetic Stress in the Home by Jacqueline Beacon Scientists and members of the public are becoming increasingly concerned about the effects on mental, emotional and physical health of electro-magnetic fields emanating from power lines, mobile phones, computers and sub-stations, to name but a few devices that use and channel electricity.

Safe as Houses? by David Cowan & Rodney Girdlestone The history of Geopathic Stress is a long one. The unhealthy spirals which dowsers detect above subterranean water have probably always been with us and the energy leys are believed to have existed for thousands of years.

Biosensing to Counter Geopathic Stress by Veronica Strong How often do patients get 'successfully' treated by conventional medicine, or alternative healing, to find that the success is not long-lasting? How often is the lack of long-term improvement blamed on the ineffectiveness of the therapy and not the environment?

Clinical Ecology: Stratagem for a Poisoned World by Martin J Walker The development of clinical ecology – the study of illness created by our surrounding environment – has been little different from the development of any social idea despite being a matter of health and therefore one of some urgency.

Oestrogens and Phytoestrogens by Valerie Marriott As I sit down to eat, I am confronted with a strange dichotomy. This broccoli, tofu, and brown rice may not be as good for me as I once thought.

Organophosphate Poisoning by Helen Fullerton, Ph.D OPs were first used as nerve gas poisons before being turned against insects. In their acute effects they are anticholinesterases that block the cholinesterase enzyme from breaking down acetylcholine at neural connections between nerve and muscle, and between synapses in the autonomic nervous system and in the brain.