RINF Alternative News & Media, Real Independent News & Film http://rinf.com/alt-news Sat, 27 Jul 2019 14:21:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 http://rinf.com/alt-news/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/cropped-RINF-32x32.png RINF Alternative News & Media, Real Independent News & Film http://rinf.com/alt-news 32 32 Poisoned for Profit: We Are Not the Agrochemical Industry’s Guinea Pigs http://rinf.com/alt-news/editorials/poisoned-for-profit-we-are-not-the-agrochemical-industrys-guinea-pigs/ http://rinf.com/alt-news/editorials/poisoned-for-profit-we-are-not-the-agrochemical-industrys-guinea-pigs/#respond Sat, 27 Jul 2019 14:10:45 +0000 http://rinf.com/alt-news/?p=403616 Environmentalist Dr Rosemary Mason has just written to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), the Department for Food, Environment and Rural Affairs (Defra) and the Chemicals Regulation Division (HSE) in the UK claiming that the glyphosate-based weed killer Roundup has poisoned her nature reserve in South Wales and is also poisoning people across the UK (she […]

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]]> http://rinf.com/alt-news/editorials/poisoned-for-profit-we-are-not-the-agrochemical-industrys-guinea-pigs/feed/ 0 From Mad Cow Disease to Agrochemicals: Time to Put Public Need Ahead of Private Greed http://rinf.com/alt-news/editorials/from-mad-cow-disease-to-agrochemicals-time-to-put-public-need-ahead-of-private-greed/ http://rinf.com/alt-news/editorials/from-mad-cow-disease-to-agrochemicals-time-to-put-public-need-ahead-of-private-greed/#respond Thu, 18 Jul 2019 20:08:25 +0000 http://rinf.com/alt-news/?p=403603 The first part of this article documenting the development of BSE in Britain was written by Rosemary Mason and is taken from her new report ‘Why didn’t the UK media report the documentary on Mad Cow Disease?’ It is fully referenced and cites sources and evidence in support of her claims. Additional reporting for the second […]

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]]> http://rinf.com/alt-news/editorials/from-mad-cow-disease-to-agrochemicals-time-to-put-public-need-ahead-of-private-greed/feed/ 0 The Terrorists with US- Cyber Privateers commit Domestic Terrorism 4 http://rinf.com/alt-news/editorials/the-terrorists-with-us-cyber-privateers-commit-domestic-terrorism-4/ http://rinf.com/alt-news/editorials/the-terrorists-with-us-cyber-privateers-commit-domestic-terrorism-4/#respond Fri, 05 Jul 2019 03:26:01 +0000 http://rinf.com/alt-news/?p=403597 What are Cyber Privateers and should you be afraid of them? Cyber privateers and cyber bounty hunters are criminals that are not covered under international law as government agents. In reality, this almost nullifies the chance for war to start over any particular hacking or compromised data event. The problems hired or volunteer contractors create […]

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]]> http://rinf.com/alt-news/editorials/the-terrorists-with-us-cyber-privateers-commit-domestic-terrorism-4/feed/ 0 From the Green Revolution to GMOs: Toxic Agriculture Is the Problem Not the Solution http://rinf.com/alt-news/editorials/from-the-green-revolution-to-gmos-toxic-agriculture-is-the-problem-not-the-solution/ http://rinf.com/alt-news/editorials/from-the-green-revolution-to-gmos-toxic-agriculture-is-the-problem-not-the-solution/#respond Thu, 04 Jul 2019 09:17:12 +0000 http://rinf.com/alt-news/?p=403591 Why did the European Food Safety Authority claim that glyphosate was not ecotoxic? This is the question environmentalist Dr Rosemary Mason poses in her new 23-page report which can be accessed in full here. In places, the report reads like a compilation of peer-reviewed studies and official reports that have documented the adverse impacts of […]

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]]> http://rinf.com/alt-news/editorials/from-the-green-revolution-to-gmos-toxic-agriculture-is-the-problem-not-the-solution/feed/ 0 Life Expectancy Falters in the UK: Slow Death but Fast Profits for the Agrochemical Sector http://rinf.com/alt-news/editorials/life-expectancy-in-the-uk-slow-death-but-fast-profits-for-the-agrochemical-sector/ http://rinf.com/alt-news/editorials/life-expectancy-in-the-uk-slow-death-but-fast-profits-for-the-agrochemical-sector/#respond Wed, 26 Jun 2019 13:41:37 +0000 http://rinf.com/alt-news/?p=403575 A special report in the Observer newspaper in the UK on 23 June 2019 asked the question: Why is life expectancy faltering? The piece noted that for the first time in 100 years, Britons are dying earlier. The UK now has the worst health trends in Western Europe. Aside from the figures for the elderly […]

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]]> http://rinf.com/alt-news/editorials/life-expectancy-in-the-uk-slow-death-but-fast-profits-for-the-agrochemical-sector/feed/ 0 ‘Modified’: A Film About GMOs and the Corruption of the Food Supply for Profit http://rinf.com/alt-news/editorials/modified-a-film-about-gmos-and-the-corruption-of-the-food-supply-for-profit/ http://rinf.com/alt-news/editorials/modified-a-film-about-gmos-and-the-corruption-of-the-food-supply-for-profit/#respond Sun, 23 Jun 2019 14:25:07 +0000 http://rinf.com/alt-news/?p=403568 Parts of the documentary Modified are spent at the kitchen table. But it’s not really a tale about wonderful recipes or the preparation of food. Ultimately, it’s a story of capitalism, money and power and how our most basic rights are being eroded by unscrupulous commercial interests. The film centres on its maker, Aube Giroux, who […]

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]]> http://rinf.com/alt-news/editorials/modified-a-film-about-gmos-and-the-corruption-of-the-food-supply-for-profit/feed/ 0 Traitors and Terror- Why private Intel providers betray their own people http://rinf.com/alt-news/editorials/traitors-and-terror-why-private-intel-providers-betray-their-own-people/ http://rinf.com/alt-news/editorials/traitors-and-terror-why-private-intel-providers-betray-their-own-people/#respond Sat, 15 Jun 2019 09:58:45 +0000 http://rinf.com/alt-news/?p=403562 This is part 2 of the Terrorists within. Sometimes you have to just sit back and ask WTF just happened? When I started researching the ins and outs of what passes for the Intel community everybody is so quick to quote these days, I did just that. Two or three times. Maybe four. WTF! One […]

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]]> http://rinf.com/alt-news/editorials/traitors-and-terror-why-private-intel-providers-betray-their-own-people/feed/ 0 Encouraging Illegal Planting of Bt Brinjal in India: Political Posturing, Displaying Contempt for the Wider Public Interest http://rinf.com/alt-news/editorials/403555/ http://rinf.com/alt-news/editorials/403555/#respond Thu, 13 Jun 2019 16:05:03 +0000 http://rinf.com/alt-news/?p=403555 In February 2010, the Indian government placed an indefinite moratorium on the commercial release of Bt brinjal. Prior to this decision, numerous independent scientific experts from India and abroad had pointed out safety concerns regarding Bt (insecticidal) brinjal based on data and reports in the biosafety dossier that Mahyco, the crop developer, had submitted to the […]

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]]> http://rinf.com/alt-news/editorials/403555/feed/ 0 From Glyphosate to Front Groups: Fraud, Deception and Toxic Tactics http://rinf.com/alt-news/editorials/from-glyphosate-to-front-groups-fraud-deception-and-toxic-tactics/ http://rinf.com/alt-news/editorials/from-glyphosate-to-front-groups-fraud-deception-and-toxic-tactics/#respond Tue, 04 Jun 2019 15:45:31 +0000 http://rinf.com/alt-news/?p=403542 Environmentalist Dr Rosemary Mason has just written to the Editor-in-Chief of the British Medical Journal and the British Medical Association Council Chairman, Chaand Nagpaul. Her purpose is to not only draw attention to the impact of biocides, not least that of glyphosate, on health and the environment but also to bring attention to the corruption […]

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]]> http://rinf.com/alt-news/editorials/from-glyphosate-to-front-groups-fraud-deception-and-toxic-tactics/feed/ 0 Toxic Food and Glyphosate: Rosemary Mason Holds Alan Boobis and David Coggon Responsible http://rinf.com/alt-news/editorials/toxic-food-and-glyphosate-rosemary-mason-holds-alan-boobis-and-david-coggon-are-responsible/ http://rinf.com/alt-news/editorials/toxic-food-and-glyphosate-rosemary-mason-holds-alan-boobis-and-david-coggon-are-responsible/#respond Sat, 25 May 2019 10:57:01 +0000 http://rinf.com/alt-news/?p=403530 Prominent UK environmental campaigner Dr Rosemary Mason has just written to Prof David Coggon and Prof Alan Boobis, successive Chairs of the UK Committee on Toxicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment. She accuses them of working on behalf of the food chemical/pesticides industry, instead of in the public interest, and of […]

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