ISIS is an independent not-for-profit organisation dedicated to providing critical yet accessible science-based information to influence social and policy changes towards a sustainable, equitable world. We have made key inputs into debates worldwide on genetic modification, climate change, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, AIDS, holistic health and more http://www.i-sis.org.uk/ The failure of conventional medicine based on the obsolete mechanistic model has prompted the search for better sciences for life, and the revival of an ancient paradigm of holistic theory of health and organic medicine. Dr. Omboon Vallisuta http://www.i-sis.org.uk/YesToOrganicMedicine.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/YesToOrganicMedicine.php Mon, 17 Mar 2010 12:01:01 GMT Rain forests power atmospheric circulation that bring rain to continental land masses from the oceans; new theory explains why losing forests will cause catastrophic desertification. Peter Bunyard http://www.i-sis.org.uk/importanceOfTheAmazonRainForest.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/importanceOfTheAmazonRainForest.php Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:01:01 GMT A vast and rapidly expanding array of engineered nano-products floods the consumer market unregulated as evidence of toxicities accumulate http://www.i-sis.org.uk/nanotoxicityInRegulatoryVacuum.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/nanotoxicityInRegulatoryVacuum.php Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:01:01 GMT US regulatory agencies are aiding and abetting in killing bees and more Prof. Joe Cummins http://www.i-sis.org.uk/SmartStaxCornCorporateWarOnBees.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/SmartStaxCornCorporateWarOnBees.php Mon, 8 Mar 2010 12:01:01 GMT Glyphosate resistant weeds may spell the end of patented herbicide tolerant crops, but can farmers exit the transgenic treadmill that's very profitable for Monsanto? http://www.i-sis.org.uk/glyphosateResistanceTransgenicTreadmil.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/glyphosateResistanceTransgenicTreadmil.php Wed, 3 Mar 2010 12:01:01 GMT Science in Society #45 Spring 2010 http://www.i-sis.org.uk/SIS45lettersToTheEditor.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/SIS45lettersToTheEditor.php Mon, 1 Mar 2010 12:01:01 GMT A film that exposes how the corporate food industry sickens and enslaves the nation, but leaves many stones unturned. Dr. Mae-Wan Ho http://www.i-sis.org.uk/foodIncHorrorMovie.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/foodIncHorrorMovie.php Wed, 24 Feb 2010 12:01:01 GMT A colourful and radical People's Summit stole the show at Copenhagen for the real solutions to climate change Sam Burcher http://www.i-sis.org.uk/canThePeopleSaveTheClimate.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/canThePeopleSaveTheClimate.php Mon, 22 Feb 2010 12:01:01 GMT Green Power to the People / Real Climate / Letters to the Editor / ISIS Commentary / Vaccines Watch / Lessons from Bt Cotton / Freeing the World from GMOs / ISIS Review http://www.i-sis.org.uk/AnnouncingScienceinSociety45.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/AnnouncingScienceinSociety45.php Wed, 17 Feb 2010 12:01:01 GMT The Copenhagen Accord is a big step backwards on the road map agreed in Bali, and is leading to a collapse in emissions targets that will result in a catastrophic rise in global temperature of more than 3 ˚C. Martin Khor http://www.i-sis.org.uk/Climate_Road_Map_Loses_Direction.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/Climate_Road_Map_Loses_Direction.php Mon, 15 Feb 2010 12:01:01 GMT In 2006-08, Maharastra saw 12 493 farm suicides, 85 percent higher than the 6 745 suicides it recorded during 1997-1999, and the worst three year period for any State at any time despite huge government debt relief packages. P. Sainath http://www.i-sis.org.uk/Farm_Suicides_in_india.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/Farm_Suicides_in_india.php Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:01:01 GMT USDA/APHIS aims to support widely dispersed field trials with reckless disregard for safety and in flagrant violation of the precautionary principle Prof. Joe Cummins http://www.i-sis.org.uk/FTGEEEASI.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/FTGEEEASI.php Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:01:01 GMT Is it possible that Prof. Beddingtons staff - at the Department for the Environment Food and Rural Affairs perhaps - are much keener on GM than he is, and wrote a speech for him that was leaked ahead of time to The Guardian? Could it be that Prof. Beddington, after seeing the prepared speech, changed it out of all recognition? Dr. Mae-Wan Ho http://www.i-sis.org.uk/UKCSMOGM.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/UKCSMOGM.php Fri, 05 Feb 2010 12:01:01 GMT If smoking causes lung cancer, we should try to stop people smoking, if greenhouse gas emissions are causing climate change, we should reduce them, if genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are hazardous, we should ban them. The problem for policy makers is that it is hard to be sure, or rather it is hard to be sure enough to convince a government to spend money or offend a powerful lobby. The Bradford Hill criteria can help in the difficult task of making decisions when the evidence, while strong, is not conclusive. Prof. Peter Saunders http://www.i-sis.org.uk/TheBradfordHillCriteria.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/TheBradfordHillCriteria.php Wed, 03 Feb 2010 12:01:01 GMT Major crops genetically modified for just two traits - herbicide tolerance and insect resistance – are ravaged by super weeds and secondary pests in the heartland of GMOs as farmers fight a losing battle with more of the same; a fundamental shift to organic farming practices may be the only salvation. Dr. Mae-Wan Ho http://www.i-sis.org.uk/GMCropsFacingMeltdown.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/GMCropsFacingMeltdown.php Mon, 01 Feb 2010 12:01:01 GMT Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe agree to launch enquiry amid revelations of gross conflicts of interest among experts advising the WHO to declare the swine flu pandemic Dr. Mae-Wan Ho http://www.i-sis.org.uk/swineFluaFakedPandemic.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/swineFluaFakedPandemic.php Wed, 27 Jan 2010 12:01:01 GMT John Cook rebuts the most common sceptic arguments against global warming http://www.i-sis.org.uk/GSAGWS.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/GSAGWS.php Mon, 25 Jan 2010 12:01:01 GMT Scepticism is good, but the inability to see the whole is what leads climate sceptics astray Dr. Mae-Wan Ho and Prof. Peter Saunders http://www.i-sis.org.uk/scepticAboutClimateChangeSceptics.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/scepticAboutClimateChangeSceptics.php Wed, 20 Jan 2010 12:01:01 GMT GM Crops Increase Herbicide Use in the United States http://www.i-sis.org.uk/GMcropsIncreasedHerbicide.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/GMcropsIncreasedHerbicide.php Mon, 18 Jan 2010 12:01:01 GMT ISIS Letter to Hilary Benn, UK Secretary of State for the Environment http://www.i-sis.org.uk/lessonsFromBtCotton.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/lessonsFromBtCotton.php Wed, 13 Jan 2010 12:01:01 GMT The new menace that came with Bt cotton. Dr. Mae-Wan Ho http://www.i-sis.org.uk/mealybugPlaguesBtCotton.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/mealybugPlaguesBtCotton.php Mon, 11 Jan 2010 12:01:01 GMT The largest wave of farmer suicides and ecological nightmare unfolding around Bt cotton. Dr. Mae-Wan Ho exposes the 'fudged' data and false claims of 'successes' that have perpetrated the humanitarian disaster http://www.i-sis.org.uk/farmersSuicidesBtCottonIndia.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/farmersSuicidesBtCottonIndia.php Wed, 6 Jan 2010 12:01:01 GMT A ground-breaking launch conference for Green Energies - 100% Renewable by 2050 and turning point for renewable and sustainable energies Sam Burcher http://www.i-sis.org.uk/GreenPowerRules.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/GreenPowerRules.php Wed, 16 Dec 2009 12:01:01 GMT Dr Siegfried Brenke, Team Leader, Strengthening Local Self-government, German Agency for Technical Co-operation (GTZ), Serbia, tells us how cities can play key roles in climate mitigation and how green financing regenerates investments out of energy savings; he will be speaking at the Copenhagen Climate Summit for Mayors during COP15 http://www.i-sis.org.uk/howCitiesCanLeadinMitigatingClimate.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/howCitiesCanLeadinMitigatingClimate.php Mon, 14 Dec 2009 12:01:01 GMT Rt. Hon Michael Meacher MP, former environment minister tells how UK is struggling to shift towards renewable energies, and what the Government must do to get there, easily http://www.i-sis.org.uk/thePoliticsOfGreenEnergy.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/thePoliticsOfGreenEnergy.php Wed, 9 Dec 2009 12:01:01 GMT Alan Simpson MP provides a brilliant conceptual and practical roadmap for shifting hearts, minds, and actions towards an energy revolution that will set the world on fire http://www.i-sis.org.uk/Faith_Hope_Climate_Chaos.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/Faith_Hope_Climate_Chaos.php Mon, 7 Dec 2009 12:01:01 GMT Science in Society #44 Winter 2009 http://www.i-sis.org.uk/SIS44lettersToTheEditor.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/SIS44lettersToTheEditor.php Wed, 2 Dec 2009 12:01:01 GMT Being 100 percent renewable and green is good, regardless of whether you believe in climate change. It solves our energy problem, puts people back in control, and gives us a cleaner, safer, healthier environment. Mae-Wan Ho http://www.i-sis.org.uk/PTTP100PCR.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/PTTP100PCR.php Mon, 30 Nov 2009 12:01:01 GMT Science of the Organism and Sustainable Systems. Invited lecture, The Alternative View, 13-15 November, Grand Thistle Hotel, Bristol, UK. Mae-Wan Ho http://www.i-sis.org.uk/WhyGMOsAreBad.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/WhyGMOsAreBad.php Thu, 26 Nov 2009 12:01:01 GMT Guest Editorial from Alan Simpson MP / Climate Showdown / Letters to the Editor / Pandemic Alert / Food Fight / Renewable and Green http://www.i-sis.org.uk/AnnouncingScienceinSociety44.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/AnnouncingScienceinSociety44.php Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:01:01 GMT Open Letter to Premier of Western Australia http://www.i-sis.org.uk/scientistsConcernedAcademicFreedom.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/scientistsConcernedAcademicFreedom.php Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:01:01 GMT Invited lecture at the Conference Evolution and the Future, Belgrade 14-17 October 2009 (to appear in Proceedings). Peter Saunders http://www.i-sis.org.uk/WCDTUAE.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/WCDTUAE.php Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:01:01 GMT A film that tries to get to the bottom of the mystery of the disappearing bees with some success. Sam Burcher http://www.i-sis.org.uk/WhyBeesVanish.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/WhyBeesVanish.php Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:01:01 GMT A much touted second generation 'nutritionally enhanced' GM crop bites the dust, as company fails to address serious health concerns; but don’t suppose that regulation will triumph. Dr. Mae-Wan Ho and Prof. Peter Saunders http://www.i-sis.org.uk/HighLysineGMMaize.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/HighLysineGMMaize.php Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:01:01 GMT Overstimulation of the immune system may trigger acute heart disease and sudden deaths in the increasing number of people with atherosclerosis; this hidden risk of mass vaccination programmes against swine flu could far outweigh the benefits. Dr. Mae-Wan Ho http://www.i-sis.org.uk/CRSFV.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/CRSFV.php Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:01:01 GMT Launch Conferernce 25 November 2009, Alan Simpson MP, Michael Meacher MP, Lord David Steel, James Archer, Dr. Armin Tenner (The Netherlands), Dr Siegfried Brenke (Germany), Prof. Joe Cummins (Canada) and others. Jubilee Room, UK Parliament, Westminster, London, 1:00-5:00pm http://www.i-sis.org.uk/GreenEnergiesAnnouncement.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/GreenEnergiesAnnouncement.php Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:01:01 GMT US Army researchers accused of giving positive spin to a vaccine trial that was predicted to fail because the strategy is wrong. Dr. Mae-Wan Ho http://www.i-sis.org.uk/firstPositiveAIDSVaccine.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/firstPositiveAIDSVaccine.php Thur, 05 Nov 2009 12:01:01 GMT Climate change, the most important story of all time is dramatized in a film that just won't go away. Sam Burcher http://www.i-sis.org.uk/ageOfStupid.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/ageOfStupid.php Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:01:01 GMT Epigenetics and Generative Dynamics. Invited lecture for Evolution and the Future conference, Hotel Continental-Beograd, Belgrade, Serbia, 14-18 October 2009. Dr. Mae-Wan Ho http://www.i-sis.org.uk/howDevelopmentDirectsEvolution.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/howDevelopmentDirectsEvolution.php Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:01:01 GMT Dr. Shiv Chopra, Health Canada whistle blower and author of Corrupt to the Core http://www.i-sis.org.uk/vaccinesPreventionOrCurse.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/vaccinesPreventionOrCurse.php Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:01:01 GMT Ambitious plans to light up Africa, but local off grid power sources must not be neglected. Sam Burcher http://www.i-sis.org.uk/lakeTurkanaWindProject.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/lakeTurkanaWindProject.php Mon, 19 Oct 2009 12:01:01 GMT Sets an example for all industrial nations. Dr. Mae-Wan Ho and Prof. Peter Saunders http://www.i-sis.org.uk/germanyRenewable2050.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/germanyRenewable2050.php Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:01:01 GMT Belated, good in parts, but not green and definitely lacking in vision. Prof. Peter Saunders and Brett Cherry http://www.i-sis.org.uk/UK_lackluster_lowcarbon_transition.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/UK_lackluster_lowcarbon_transition.php Mon, 12 Oct 2009 12:01:01 GMT Flu vaccines are increasingly manufactured in cell lines that are actually or potentially oncogenic, and FDA guidelines allow high levels of contamination and no spot checks are carried out Dr. Sherri J Tenpenny http://www.i-sis.org.uk/fluVaccinesCancerRisks.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/fluVaccinesCancerRisks.php Wed, 7 Oct 2009 12:01:01 GMT Wind power could electrify the world or provide its energy needs many times over, not necessarily with big turbines and wind farms Dr. Mae-Wan Ho http://www.i-sis.org.uk/windPowerElectricity.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/windPowerElectricity.php Mon, 5 Oct 2009 12:01:01 GMT Announcing an ISIS/TWN Special Report "A must-read for saving the climate" http://www.i-sis.org.uk/GreenEnergies.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/GreenEnergies.php Thur, 1 Oct 2009 12:01:01 GMT An extraordinary recycling project turns rubbish into energy and potentially transforms slums into resource rich communities Sam Burcher http://www.i-sis.org.uk/theCommunityCooker.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/theCommunityCooker.php Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:01:01 GMT Eighty percent of black carbon emissions come from fossil fuels and biomass burning associated with deforestation; reducing black carbon emissions may be the quickest, cheapest way to save the climate Dr. Mae-Wan Ho http://www.i-sis.org.uk/blackCarbonWarmsThePlanets.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/blackCarbonWarmsThePlanets.php Mon, 28 Sep 2009 12:01:01 GMT Transgenic flax grown for several years in Canada has nevertheless contaminated probably the country's entire flax seed stock; that's why flax should never be used to produce transgenic industrial and pharmaceutical chemicals Prof. Joe Cummins http://www.i-sis.org.uk/theDayOfTheTriffids.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/theDayOfTheTriffids.php Wed, 23 Sep 2009 12:01:01 GMT New vaccine formulation contains thimerosal and beta-propiolactone a potent cancer causing chemical Prof. Joe Cummins http://www.i-sis.org.uk/CSLPandemicSwineFluVaccine.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/CSLPandemicSwineFluVaccine.php Mon, 21 Sep 2009 12:01:01 GMT The swine flu virus had three parents from two continents and appeared suddenly without warning, evading all routine flu surveillance and quarantine; sequence data suggest it may have been created from a faulty vaccine given to pigs in North America Prof. Adrian Gibbs and Dr. Jean Downie http://www.i-sis.org.uk/swineFluVirusFromPigVaccine.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/swineFluVirusFromPigVaccine.php Wed, 16 Sep 2009 12:01:01 GMT The 2009 pandemic strain is milder than the seasonal flu; the most authoritative evidence on flu vaccines is that they are ineffective, and could have a range of adverse side-effects arising from production contaminants and adjuvants; the live attenuated vaccine intended as a nasal spray for children is genetically unstable and risk generating a more dangerous pandemic virus if mass vaccinations are to proceed Dr. Mae-Wan Ho and Prof. Joe Cummins http://www.i-sis.org.uk/swineFluVaccination.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/swineFluVaccination.php Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:01:01 GMT Reducing present atmospheric CO2 to 350 ppm is needed to avert irreversible climate catastrophe, top climate scientists say Dr. Mae-Wan Ho http://www.i-sis.org.uk/350ppm_CO2_the_Target.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/350ppm_CO2_the_Target.php Wed, 9 Sep 2009 12:01:01 GMT Turning bioenergy crops into buried charcoal to sequester carbon does not work, and could plunge the earth into an oxygen crisis towards mass extinction Dr. Mae-Wan Ho http://www.i-sis.org.uk/bewareTheBiocharInitiative.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/bewareTheBiocharInitiative.php Mon, 7 Sep 2009 12:01:01 GMT Science in Society #43 Autumn 2009 http://www.i-sis.org.uk/SIS43lettersToTheEditor.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/SIS43lettersToTheEditor.php Wed, 2 Sep 2009 12:01:01 GMT Modern moral philosophers have tended to study ethics in a void, ignoring the insights of the natural and human sciences. Some eminent scholars have sought to put this right; but based their ethical principles on a grossly distorted view of nature and human society, resulting in a 'technospheric' ethic that seeks to equate progress and the moral good with economic expansion and the dominance of man over nature. A new 'biospheric' ethic is required to mediate sustainable human behaviour in relationship to society, the ecosystem, the biosphere and the cosmos itself Edward Goldsmith (In fond memory) http://www.i-sis.org.uk/Towards_a_Biospheric_Ethic.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/Towards_a_Biospheric_Ethic.php Mon, 31 Aug 2009 12:01:01 GMT Edward Goldsmith, founder and editor of The Ecologist (since 1970), lead author of A Blueprint for Survival (1972), founder of the Green Party, died peacefully in his sleep on 21 August 2009 at age 80. http://www.i-sis.org.uk/EdwardGoldsmith.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/EdwardGoldsmith.php Mon, 31 Aug 2009 12:01:01 GMT The results in its recent study appears to prove organic food is likely to be better than conventional food by a probability of 99.95 percent Dr. Mae-Wan Ho http://www.i-sis.org.uk/FSAorganicFoodBetter.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/FSAorganicFoodBetter.php Wed, 26 Aug 2009 12:01:01 GMT Health Watch / Water and Fire / Technology Watch / ISIS Commentary / GM-Free / Food and Democracy / Letters to the Editor / Toxic Watch / New Perspectives /Solar Harvests http://www.i-sis.org.uk/AnnouncingScienceinSociety43.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/AnnouncingScienceinSociety43.php Mon, 24 Aug 2009 12:01:01 GMT Implications for Climate Change Policies. Dr. Mae-Wan Ho http://www.i-sis.org.uk/O2DroppingFasterThanCO2Rising.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/O2DroppingFasterThanCO2Rising.php Wed, 19 Aug 2009 12:01:01 GMT The live attenuated swine flu vaccine intended for millions of children has dangerous side effects and is genetically unstable, risking generation of new pandemic strains should mass vaccinations go ahead. Dr. Mae-Wan Ho and Prof. Joe Cummins http://www.i-sis.org.uk/LASIVCSQ.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/LASIVCSQ.php Mon, 17 Aug 2009 12:01:01 GMT A petition has been posted against the introduction of GM-carnations Moonaqua with altered colours.in the Netherlands.. These carnations are not yet available in Europe because they are not authorized. But the Dutch Ministry of Environment will do that in less than 6 weeks.time. http://www.i-sis.org.uk/No_to_GM_Carnations.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/No_to_GM_Carnations.php Wed, 12 Aug 2009 12:01:01 GMT Global warming is depleting oxygen from the ocean waters and threatening the survival of fisheries and the entire marine ecosystem. Dr. Mae-Wan Ho http://www.i-sis.org.uk/Warming_Oceans_Starved_of_Oxygen.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/Warming_Oceans_Starved_of_Oxygen.php Mon, 10 Aug 2009 12:01:01 GMT A boy who had to leave school at 14 shows the world how to harness wind energy by using dumped objects. Sam Burcher http://www.i-sis.org.uk/harnessing_the_wind.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/harnessing_the_wind.php Wed, 05 Aug 2009 12:01:01 GMT Scientists are responsible for acquiring new data and evaluating existing data without bias, and should be protected by law for doing so; but if they fail, they too should be liable to prosecution. Dr. Mae-Wan Ho and Prof. Peter Saunders http://www.i-sis.org.uk/SMHRPL.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/SMHRPL.php Mon, 03 Aug 2009 12:01:01 GMT Modern society is technologically far superior to any that has gone before, we have all the means to head off the worst effects of climate change and adapt to those we cannot avoid. History tells us however that the most common reason societies collapse is not inadequate science or technology but failure to take the difficult decisions necessary for survival. Prof. Peter Saunders http://www.i-sis.org.uk/whyCivilisationsCollapse.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/whyCivilisationsCollapse.php Wed, 29 Jul 2009 12:01:01 GMT The vaccines far more deadly than the swine flu; mass vaccinations a recipe for disaster Dr. Mae-Wan Ho and Prof. Joe Cummins http://www.i-sis.org.uk/fastTrackSwineFluVaccineUnderFire.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/fastTrackSwineFluVaccineUnderFire.php Mon, 27 Jul 2009 12:01:01 GMT The highest efficiency solar cells use innovations in optics to concentrate sunlight Brett Cherry http://www.i-sis.org.uk/veryHighEfficiencySolarCells.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/veryHighEfficiencySolarCells.php Wed, 22 Jul 2009 12:01:01 GMT Trapping solar energy in quantum wells increases gain and efficiency of solar cells Brett Cherry http://www.i-sis.org.uk/quantumWellSolarCells.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/quantumWellSolarCells.php Mon, 20 Jul 2009 12:01:01 GMT On behalf of the Institute of Science in Society, I would like to submit our Comment to you on the Philippine Sugar Research Institute Foundation’s objection to the implementation of Provincial Ordinance 007 in Negros Occidental Province. Dr. Mae-Wan Ho. http://www.i-sis.org.uk/Support_of_Ban_on_GMOs_in_Negros.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/Support_of_Ban_on_GMOs_in_Negros.php Thur, 16 Jul 2009 12:01:01 GMT Scientists Confirm Potent Hormone Disrupting Effects. Latest evidence confirms world's top-selling herbicide used with GM crops is toxic and disrupts sex hormones at infinitesimal doses; time for a worldwide ban. Dr. Mae-Wan Ho. http://www.i-sis.org.uk/Ban_Glyphosate_Herbicides_Now.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/Ban_Glyphosate_Herbicides_Now.php Wed, 15 Jul 2009 12:01:01 GMT Argentina considers ban. Dr. Mae-Wan Ho. http://www.i-sis.org.uk/GHCCBD.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/GHCCBD.php Tue, 14 Jul 2009 12:01:01 GMT Conventional medicine is dying ultimately because it is based on an obsolete dominant mechanistic model that does not recognize the coherence of the organism.Dr. Mae-Wan Ho explores how a science of the organism could underpin a new organic medicine that would best serve the nation. http://www.i-sis.org.uk/Medicine_in_a_New_Key.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/Medicine_in_a_New_Key.php Wed, 08 Jul 2009 12:01:01 GMT Harvesting solar energy with a specially designed metal complex that splits water into hydrogen and oxygen with novel chemistry and regenerates itself. Dr. Mae-Wan Ho http://www.i-sis.org.uk/splittingWater.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/splittingWater.php Mon, 06 Jul 2009 12:01:01 GMT An efficient and robust catalyst for oxidizing water brings us closer to converting sunlight into fuel Dr. Mae-Wan Ho http://www.i-sis.org.uk/makingFuelFromWater.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/makingFuelFromWater.php Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:01:01 GMT Solar power is by far the most abundant renewable zero-carbon energy resource, and artificial photosynthesis could be the most effective way to store the energy and make it more available and affordable Dr. Mae-Wan Ho http://www.i-sis.org.uk/ArtificialPhotosynthesis.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/ArtificialPhotosynthesis.php Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:01:01 GMT A new study on Canadian farmer perceptions toward genetically modified (GM) wheat - specifically Roundup Ready wheat (RRW)- has just been published in the international peer reviewed journal Environmental Science and Pollution Research. This scientific paper is being released just as the controversy over growing GM wheat is re-igniting. Unlike a recent industry-sponsored study conducted in the US, it shows that Canadian farmers are categorically opposed to RRW http://www.i-sis.org.uk/GMWheatMauro2009.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/GMWheatMauro2009.php Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:01:01 GMT Water charges up with electricity when exposed to sunlight, offering the potential for an inexhaustible supply of squeaking clean energy and challenging conventional understanding of bioenergetics Dr. Mae-Wan Ho http://www.i-sis.org.uk/WaterElectric.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/WaterElectric.php Wed, 24 Jun 2009 12:01:01 GMT Scientists and physicians in the heartland of genetic modification are alerting policy-makers and the public to the dangers of GM crops. Prof. Peter Saunders http://www.i-sis.org.uk/US_Opposition_to_GMOs.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/US_Opposition_to_GMOs.php Mon, 22 Jun 2009 12:01:01 GMT Burning water is a way of life for all organisms, in animals as in plants, with a little help from sunlight perhaps Dr. Mae-Wan Ho http://www.i-sis.org.uk/theBodyDoesBurnWater.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/theBodyDoesBurnWater.php Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:01:01 GMT The controversial promoter in all GM crops does enhance multiplication of disease-causing viruses; yet another reason why [1] GM is Dangerous and Futile (SiS 40). Dr. Mae-Wan Ho and Prof. Joe Cummins http://www.i-sis.org.uk/CaMV35Spromoter_and_HIV.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/CaMV35Spromoter_and_HIV.php Mon, 15 Jun 2009 12:01:01 GMT The case of salt water that can be ignited when exposed to a radio frequency beam and what it could tell us about the structure of water Dr. Mae-Wan Ho http://www.i-sis.org.uk/canWaterBurn.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/canWaterBurn.php Wed, 10 Jun 2009 12:01:01 GMT Scientists across the disciplines are discovering how oxygen created from water is pivotal for the evolution of life on earth and how it affects every aspect of health, disease and development Dr. Mae-Wan Ho http://www.i-sis.org.uk/livingWithOxygen.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/livingWithOxygen.php Mon, 08 Jun 2009 12:01:01 GMT More renewable energies capacity added than conventional for the first time in 2008 http://www.i-sis.org.uk/globalShiftRenewableEnergiesHappening.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/globalShiftRenewableEnergiesHappening.php Wed, 03 Jun 2009 12:01:01 GMT After paying out almost $5 billion in the US, Merck is defending a class action in Australia where a journal that never was came to light, meanwhile UK victims see no prospect of compensation Prof. Peter Saunders http://www.i-sis.org.uk/VioxxAMerckyStory.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/VioxxAMerckyStory.php Mon, 01 Jun 2009 12:01:01 GMT Science in Society #42 Summer 2009 http://www.i-sis.org.uk/SIS42lettersToTheEditor.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/SIS42lettersToTheEditor.php Wed, 27 May 2009 12:01:01 GMT The unstoppable groundswell of opposition to GMOs in Europe. Dr. Mae-Wan Ho http://www.i-sis.org.uk/EuropesUprisingAgainstGMOs.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/EuropesUprisingAgainstGMOs.php Mon, 25 May 2009 12:01:01 GMT Freeing the World from GM / Letters to the Editor / Sustainable World / Technology Watch / Epigenetics and Beyond / Health Watch http://www.i-sis.org.uk/AnnouncingScienceinSociety42.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/AnnouncingScienceinSociety42.php Mon, 20 May 2009 12:01:01 GMT Invited address to UK Parliamentary and Scientific Committee, 19th May 2009, Westminster, London. Dr. Mae-Wan Ho http://www.i-sis.org.uk/Science_in_a_New_Key.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/Science_in_a_New_Key.php Mon, 18 May 2009 12:01:01 GMT Transgenic viral resistance is short-lived while marker assisted selective breeding can offer long-term protection. Prof. Joe Cummins http://www.i-sis.org.uk/MSVRTMA.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/MSVRTMA.php Thur, 14 May 2009 12:01:01 GMT The events of the past year have led to many hard questions being asked about our financial system and 'free market economy'. Commentators are finally starting to challenge the assumption on which so much has depended, that the market is always right - the invisible hand will guide the economy to make the most effective use of resources and if there is ever a deviation from this optimal state, the market will correct itself. Dr. Mae-Wan Ho and Prof. Peter Saunders http://www.i-sis.org.uk/MTBNTC.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/MTBNTC.php Tue, 12 May 2009 12:01:01 GMT Important revelations at the Conference on how Europe determines the future of GMOs in the world market, and more. Dr. Mae-Wan Ho http://www.i-sis.org.uk/EHKGMFW.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/EHKGMFW.php Wed, 06 May 2009 12:01:01 GMT Two hundred and fifty delegates from 28 countries gathered in Lucerne , Switzerland, for the 5th European Conference of GMO-Free Regions, Food and Democracy , 24-25 April 2009. They called for a moratorium on GMOs in Europe. Dr. Mae-Wan Ho http://www.i-sis.org.uk/Moratorium_on_GMOs_for_Europe.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/Moratorium_on_GMOs_for_Europe.php Mon, 04 May 2009 12:01:01 GMT Lecture at Workshop on Hazards of GMOs, Food and Democracy, 5th European Conference on GMO-Free Regions, 25 April 2009, Cultural and Conference Centre Lucerne (KKL), Switzerland. Dr. Mae-Wan Ho http://www.i-sis.org.uk/goldenRiceHazardsGMOs.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/goldenRiceHazardsGMOs.php Wed, 29 Apr 2009 12:01:01 GMT Concentrations of pesticides insufficient to cause harm individually become highly toxic in combinations that occur in our environment. Current testing regimes are failing to cope with such lethal cocktails Prof. Peter Saunders http://www.i-sis.org.uk/supertoxicCocktails.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/supertoxicCocktails.php Mon, 27 Apr 2009 12:01:01 GMT In 2008, ISIS proposed a transparent labelling scheme that directly informs consumers as alternative to organic certification. This has now become a Written Declaration in European Parliament http://www.i-sis.org.uk/transparentFoodLabellingforEurope.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/transparentFoodLabellingforEurope.php Thur, 23 Apr 2009 12:01:01 GMT Thermoelectric devices that scavenge waste heat to generate electricity improve efficiency of fuel consumption and replace bad greenhouse gas refrigerant Dr. Mae-Wan Ho http://www.i-sis.org.uk/harvestingWasteHeat.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/harvestingWasteHeat.php Wed, 22 Apr 2009 12:01:01 GMT DNA and RNA circulating in the bloodstream are offering golden opportunities for disease diagnosis and may play an important role in intercommunication between cells Dr. Mae-Wan Ho http://www.i-sis.org.uk/circulatingNucleicAcids.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/circulatingNucleicAcids.php Mon, 20 Apr 2009 12:01:01 GMT Dr. Mae-Wan Ho uncovers a fascinating page in the history of genetics expurgated from the mainstream account that also tells us why genetic modification is so dangerous. http://www.i-sis.org.uk/DarwinsPangenesis.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/DarwinsPangenesis.php Wed, 15 Apr 2009 12:01:01 GMT ISIS has already accumulated a large dossier of evidence and your help in assembling witness evidence may be just what's needed to make the case for a global ban on environmental releases of GMOs. Please submit to us photographic and video evidence of hazards and failures. http://www.i-sis.org.uk/CallforDirectWitnessEvidenceGMHazards.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/CallforDirectWitnessEvidenceGMHazards.php Tue, 14 Apr 2009 12:01:01 GMT Corporations are aiming for an absolute stranglehold on scientific research and the flow of scientific information; that's why patents on GM crops should be abolished. Prof. Peter Saunders http://www.i-sis.org.uk/corporateMonopolyOfScience.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/corporateMonopolyOfScience.php Wed, 8 Apr 2009 12:01:01 GMT Percy Schmeiser is a real life hero who played David to Monsanto's Goliath, and like David, he won. Sam Burcher http://www.i-sis.org.uk/whoOwnsLifeNotMonsanto.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/whoOwnsLifeNotMonsanto.php Mon, 6 Apr 2009 12:01:01 GMT The first community project in the metropolis to recycle food wastes into energy and fertilizer by anaerobic digestion Sam Burcher http://www.i-sis.org.uk/anUrbanDreamFarmForLondon.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/anUrbanDreamFarmForLondon.php Wed, 1 Apr 2009 12:01:01 GMT How to get renewable energy from the tides in the Severn without damaging the environment Peter Bunyard http://www.i-sis.org.uk/reefReplaceBarrage.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/reefReplaceBarrage.php Mon, 30 Mar 2009 12:01:01 GMT An institution thriving in the midst of the credit crunch could show us how to exit the food, fuel, and financial crisis Dr. Mae-Wan Ho http://www.i-sis.org.uk/cooperativeAgainstTheCreditCrunch.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/cooperativeAgainstTheCreditCrunch.php Wed, 25 Mar 2009 12:01:01 GMT New findings on the molecular mechanisms whereby epigenetic changes acquired during development can be transmitted to the next generation via sperm cells are vindicating Lamarck's theory of evolution that had been completely eclipsed by Darwin's followers for over a century Dr. Mae-Wan Ho http://www.i-sis.org.uk/epigeneticInheritanceSpermCells.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/epigeneticInheritanceSpermCells.php Mon, 23 Mar 2009 12:01:01 GMT Phase II clinical trials on children have been conducted with unapproved experimental GM rice enhanced in pro-Vitamin A that has the potential to cause birth defects and developmental abnormalities. Dr. Mae-Wan Ho and Prof. Joe Cummins http://www.i-sis.org.uk/goldenRiceScandal.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/goldenRiceScandal.php Wed, 18 Mar 2009 12:01:01 GMT Clinical trials of malaria vaccines on infants raise serious concerns over the safety of multiple vaccinations of the very young. Effective implementation of existing measures have eradicated malaria from many countries without using vaccines. Dr. Mae-Wan Ho and Prof. Joe Cummins http://www.i-sis.org.uk/malarialVaccineRisks.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/malarialVaccineRisks.php Mon, 16 Mar 2009 12:01:01 GMT FoE exposes false and misleading statistics presented by industry-funded group to promote GM crops. Brett Cherry http://www.i-sis.org.uk/GMCropsExaggerated.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/GMCropsExaggerated.php Wed, 11 Mar 2009 12:01:01 GMT Biologicals - recombinant proteins used as drugs, vaccines or antibodies - are found to cause adverse side effects including death much more frequently than conventional synthetic chemical drugs. Prof. Joe Cummins and Dr. Mae-Wan Ho http://www.i-sis.org.uk/magnifectionSafePharmingDoomsday.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/magnifectionSafePharmingDoomsday.php Thu, 5 Mar 2009 12:01:01 GMT Spring 2009 http://www.i-sis.org.uk/SIS41lettersToTheEditor.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/SIS41lettersToTheEditor.php Wed, 4 Mar 2009 12:01:01 GMT Protein drugs produced by genetic engineering cause adverse events including death more frequently than synthetic chemical drugs; yet they are being produced in transgenic crops grown in open fields. Prof. Joe Cummins http://www.i-sis.org.uk/biologicalsWonderDrugsWithProblems.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/biologicalsWonderDrugsWithProblems.php Wed, 4 Mar 2009 12:01:01 GMT Dr. Mae-Wan Ho calls for a shift away from the obsolete mechanistic science that has helped create the current food, fuel, and financial crisis in the midst of climate change. The new science of the organism re-establishes our connection with nature and with indigenous knowledge systems worldwide. Europe's agricultural policies must rise to the challenge, to support and promote organic, localised agriculture and food and energy systems that offers the most effective way out of the current crisis, to deliver health, wealth and happiness to the world's nations. Dr. Mae-Wan Ho http://www.i-sis.org.uk/SOSS.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/SOSS.php Mon, 2 Mar 2009 12:01:01 GMT Shortage of fresh water poses a much bigger threat to world food supply than the shortage of fossil fuels; cultivating salt-tolerant crops could solve both problems. Dr. Mae-Wan Ho and Prof. Joe Cummins http://www.i-sis.org.uk/SalineAgriculture.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/SalineAgriculture.php Wed, 25 Feb 2009 12:01:01 GMT Monsanto's Genetically Engineered Bt-cotton is not just killing farmers, it is also killing the soil. Navdanya http://www.i-sis.org.uk/BtCottonKillsSoilandFarmers.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/BtCottonKillsSoilandFarmers.php Mon, 23 Feb 2009 12:01:01 GMT Epigenetics and Beyond / Letters to the Editor / The Green Nuclear Revolution / Freeing the World from GM. ISIS http://www.i-sis.org.uk/AnnouncingScienceinSociety41.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/AnnouncingScienceinSociety41.php Thu, 19 Feb 2009 12:01:01 GMT Tufts university involvement in golden rice feeding trials. Dr Brian John http://www.i-sis.org.uk/SPUCTGM.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/SPUCTGM.php Mon, 16 Feb 2009 12:01:01 GMT Scientists pinpoint how very low concentrations of the herbicide and other chemicals in Roundup formulations kill human cells, strengthening the case for phasing them out, and banning all further releases of Roundup-tolerant GM crops. Dr. Mae-Wan Ho and Brett Cherry http://www.i-sis.org.uk/DMPGR.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/DMPGR.php Wed, 11 Feb 2009 12:01:01 GMT Expert independent scientist verdict contradicts Indian regulatory authorities on biosafety of GM aubergine. Sam Burcher http://www.i-sis.org.uk/Bt_Brinjal_Unfit.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/Bt_Brinjal_Unfit.php Mon, 9 Feb 2009 12:01:01 GMT Hilary Benn and Other GM Supporters. The Cabinet minister betrays his true colours in a head to head with Vandana Shiva and other proponents of organic agriculture as evidence piles up against the safety of GM food and feed. Sam Burcher http://www.i-sis.org.uk/Who_is_Anti-Science.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/Who_is_Anti-Science.php Fri, 6 Feb 2009 12:01:01 GMT We have all the means to save the climate without risking the earth in unregulated geoengineering research. Prof. Peter Saunders and Dr. Mae-Wan Ho http://www.i-sis.org.uk/GeoEngineeringAMD.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/GeoEngineeringAMD.php Wed, 4 Feb 2009 12:01:01 GMT Geoengineering experiments can lead to big disasters if things go wrong, which is why it must be strictly regulated. The German Governments decision to proceed with its ocean fertilisation experiment violates the recommendations of the Convention on Biological Diversity, but there is no law against it. Prof. Peter Saunders http://www.i-sis.org.uk/SavingTheClimateDangerously.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/SavingTheClimateDangerously.php Mon, 2 Feb 2009 12:01:01 GMT How adaptive epigenetic changes that can rewrite genes contribute to human brain development and evolution. Dr. Mae-Wan Ho http://www.i-sis.org.uk/rewritingGeneticText.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/rewritingGeneticText.php Wed, 28 Jan 2009 12:01:01 GMT Low energy nuclear reactions have the potential to provide distributed power generation with zero carbon emission and cheaper than coal Lewis Larsen http://www.i-sis.org.uk/LENRsReplacingCoal.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/LENRsReplacingCoal.php Tue, 27 Jan 2009 12:01:01 GMT How weak interaction LENRs can take us out of the nuclear safety and economic black hole Lewis Larsen http://www.i-sis.org.uk/safeNuclearDecommissioning.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/safeNuclearDecommissioning.php Mon, 26 Jan 2009 12:01:01 GMT Environmental toxins modify our genes and affect our children and grandchildren; enormous implications for risk assessment of synthetic chemical and other xenobiotics Dr. Mae-Wan Ho http://www.i-sis.org.uk/epigeneticToxicology.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/epigeneticToxicology.php Wed, 21 Jan 2009 12:01:01 GMT Decades of sequencing and dissecting the human genome have confirmed that the real causes of ill health are environmental and social Dr. Mae-Wan Ho http://www.i-sis.org.uk/fromGenomicsToEpigenomics.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/fromGenomicsToEpigenomics.php Mon, 19 Jan 2009 12:01:01 GMT New research on maternal care puts the environment and epigenetic potential at centre stage of how organisms shape their lives and the lives of their offspring Dr. Mae-Wan Ho http://www.i-sis.org.uk/caringMothersGeneticDeterminism.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/caringMothersGeneticDeterminism.php Wed, 14 Jan 2009 12:01:01 GMT The experience of one generation can modify genes passed on to the next via a variety of mechanisms that blur the distinction between epigenetic and genetic. Dr. Mae-Wan Ho http://www.i-sis.org.uk/epigeneticInheritance.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/epigeneticInheritance.php Mon, 12 Jan 2009 12:01:01 GMT Widespread releases of hazardous transgenes and vaccines have the potential to create viruses more deadly than the ones the vaccines protect against. Prof. Joe Cummins and Dr. Mae-Wan Ho http://www.i-sis.org.uk/HPV_Vaccine_Production_Plants.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/HPV_Vaccine_Production_Plants.php Wed, 7 Jan 2009 12:01:01 GMT Major uncertainties over efficacy and safety for costly vaccines that only benefit the drug giants for sure. Prof. Joe Cummins and Dr. Mae-Wan Ho http://www.i-sis.org.uk/HPV_Vaccine_Controversy.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/HPV_Vaccine_Controversy.php Mon, 5 Jan 2009 12:01:01 GMT