Why is the NZEPA using European data to support their position, but then failing to adopt the European position on a risky new sulfonylurea herbicide? psgrnz.substack.com/p/nzepa-cons...

The dilemma for farmers and livestock producers, is that regulatory agencies downplay complex biological processes that are essential to sustain the health & fertility of livestock over the long term. By ignoring them, they write them out of concern.' psgrnz.substack.com/p/glyphosate...

Privileged access for industry lobbyists👉the 'stakeholders'. Exceeds standard comms re: chemical approvals & assessments. 'Some scheduled meetings involved representatives from multiple companies and their legal counsel or lobbyists.' @thenewledenews www.thenewlede.org/2025/09/epa-...

Risk from chemicals - PFAS The built-in delay cycle: 🔥Researchers report a health effect. 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♀️❓Industry consultants point to uncertainty/potential other factors. 💯Regulators nod: 'study must be replicated' ⌛Years pass blanphear.substack.com/p/the-scienc...?

‘SHAP analysis revealed age and daily Bluetooth headset usage duration as the 2 most significant factors affecting thyroid nodule risk. Longer daily usage durations of Bluetooth headsets were strongly linked to an increased risk of developing thyroid nodules’. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Formidable first long form video by @jonathanjarecki.bsky.social 🔥19 y/o Pre-med student (Bio & Neuro, B.S.) Yes, there is speculation concerning modes of action, but claims are tied to published data. ​Why Sunlight Beats Supplements as Your Strongest Antioxidant. youtu.be/eY5hU19hrYM

Duration Effects of Micronutrients in Children with ADHD: Randomised Controlled Trial vs Open-Label Extension. 'Symptoms improved over time'. Chand, Darling, Rucklidge et al 2025. Springer Nature. blogs.canterbury.ac.nz/science/2025...

In 2020 the NZEPA stated that they were looking to reassess the neurotoxic fumigant chlorpyrifos-methyl, but they discretely separated that out in the recent review of chlorpyrifos. 😟https://www.epa.govt.nz/news-and-alerts/latest-news/first-step-towards-reassessing-controversial-insecticide/

Is chlorpyrifos-methyl a risk to infants & children? The evidence suggests this. But NZ & Australian regulators have steered away from frankly assessing the individual & combined toxic risk of the insecticide & the fumigant. Families are let down by the 'safety' agencies psgr.org.nz/component/jd...

Direction prohibiting the use and requiring the disposal of chlorpyrifos-containing substances now published. NB: this does not include chlorpyrifos-methyl. People will still be exposed to chlorpyrifos-methyl share the same toxic primary metabolite. gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/20...

We've been busy! For Kiwis interested in membership, our annual newsletter provides a good snapshot of work in recent years. Please note that our work programme changes from year to year - exciting plans in progress for the next 12 months! psgr.org.nz/component/jd...

👀New Zealand-based lowdown on fluoride filters for drinking water. 🥤Reverse osmosis? Distillation? Pros & Cons? We also address 💰household affordability & highlight the problem of demineralised water which potentially result in health knock-on risks. psgrnz.substack.com/p/the-questi...

Wow. NZ still not acknowledging that the lowest threshold level for fluoride safety is not known. U.S. regions moving ahead to ban. Will NZ's Ministry of Health lose its political license as parents find out that the govt has buried its head in the sand? psgrnz.substack.com/p/wow-nz-rea...

The importance of public health for prevention - 'very little of that reduction in mortality was because of medical care'. @BrucePLanphear Population-level strategies to increase the nutritional status, and to decrease exposures to toxicants. Original video: youtu.be/VgB9lXMkH_o

Former National Toxicology Program (NIEHS) scientist Dr Ron Melnick, chairperson of the Int. Commission on the Biological Effects of Electromagnetic Fields (ICBE-EMF) explains why existing safety standards for wireless radiofrequency (RF) radiation are outdated. icbe-emf.org/ronald-melni...

🔥HUGE 🔥🔥 interview with @blanphear.bsky.social public health physician & paediatric epidemiologist. Chemical Exposures & the Toxic Risks. Making Sense of Science, Public Health, & Economic Benefit. #DoHaD #lead #pesticides #fluoride #pollution #babies #brains www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgB9...

🔥HUGE 🔥🔥 interview with @blanphear.bsky.social public health physician & paediatric epidemiologist. Chemical Exposures & the Toxic Risks. Making Sense of Science, Public Health, & Economic Benefit. #DoHaD #lead #pesticides #fluoride #pollution #babies #brains www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgB9...

🔥🔥🔥Beautiful paradigm shifting, game changing article by Martin Picard If you are into health & reversing chronic metabolic & mental illness - this will help you understand why you are doing what you are doing! www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-...

Economic growth agency MBIE can short circuit good policy process by failing to undertake cost-benefit analysis or do risk assessment. But apparently PSGR lack any 'personal interest'. Then we are sent the Ombudsman's annual survey to fill out ... psgrnz.substack.com/p/our-compla...

Deadline 27th for a consultation which deregulates where telecommunications infrastructure can go - but which explicitly drafts out risk to health from radiofrequency electromagnetic exposures.

Key review by @leotrasande.bsky.social et al 💥childhood EDC exposures & harm to the brain: findings underscore the profound & lasting effects of prenatal EDC exposure on brain development, emphasizing the need for better regulation & strategies to reduce exposures' link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Interested in EMF radiation and risk to human health in New Zealand? Consultation underway with the Ministry for the Environment. Big concerns - Health effects are out of scope. open.substack.com/pub/psgrnz/p...

Co-author Professor Michael Antoniou discusses the carcinogenic effects of long-term exposure to glyphosate - rodent trial. Species of rats preferred by global regulators for acute & long-term risk assessment. @paneurope.bsky.social @pesticideactionaus.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbOm...

🔥🔥🔥Extraordinary RCT results - Safe way to treat #depression in #pregnancy. - Much more likely to respond to multinutrients than placebo ‘substantial and dramatic’. - No RCTs for psychiat. drugs 4 depression & pregnancy?😵‍💫😲 - Showed RDI/RDAs likely under-dose Interview clip youtu.be/RPaGAqjNnqo

Sugar carb addition. The difference between medical text books & people's experiences. 'people described what other people would associate with an episode of mainlining opioids or drugs of addiction ... they were doing the same stuff with food.' youtu.be/NJ55YPj4DPI

Mental health - young people in NZ. Prof Grant Schofield (AUT): "We're not stopping this - it's not a matter of more diagnosis... We're the adults in society... It's hard not to want to cry & shout about it." www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqBy...

Do the Swiss know something NZ policymakers don't?! Swiss lawmakers want more time to discuss how to deal with new genetic engineering methods by extending a long-running moratorium. www.swissinfo.ch/eng/various/...

The Gene Technology Bill allows pre-application discussions between applicants and regulators to be hidden from the Official Information Act. Why the secrecy if this technology is safe? #Transparency #GeneEditingNZ #RightToKnow

‘At 11.5 billion euros (67 percent), milk and dairy products again accounted for the largest share of the 17.1 billion euro consumer spending on food with the "Ohne GenTechnik" seal in 2024.’ www.ohnegentechnik.org/en/news/arti...

Really? Australia wants to release GMO mosquitos? Where is the evidence of screening for undeclared mutations and/or unintentional transgenes? Gene flow between species within the Culicidae family is a recognised phenomenon. #GMO #mosquito open.substack.com/pub/psgrnz/p...?

A review from Murdoch University in Western Australia has stressed that agricultural soils now hold around 23 times more microplastics than oceans or waterways. www.farmersweekly.co.nz/news/soil-to...

Yes - gene flow & contamination is expected. Link to a transcript of our presentation to the Select Committee, on the Gene Tech Bill: psgr.org.nz/component/jd...

MBIE claims the #precautionary approach is out-dated & removes it from the Gene Tech Bill. Once gene-edited organisms are released, they can't be recalled. This is a one-way decision with no room for 'let's see how it goes'. 🙄😠Is the EU out of date MBIE? psgrnz.substack.com/p/the-precau...

MBIE claims the #precautionary approach is out-dated & removes it from the Gene Tech Bill. Once gene-edited organisms are released, they can't be recalled. This is a one-way decision with no room for 'let's see how it goes'. 🙄😠Is the EU out of date MBIE? psgrnz.substack.com/p/the-precau...

PSGRs complaint is neither trivial nor vexatious and has been made with the knowledge evidential data and principles. We therefore maintain that rejection of our complaint by the Ombudsman would be totally unreasonable. open.substack.com/pub/psgrnz/p...

The Gene Tech Bill = a massive accountability gap Exempt gene-edited organisms: No tracking no monitoring Environmental releases: No recall! Health impacts: No traceability Without accountability, there can be no responsibility. Is this the regulatory system New Zealanders deserve?

'There’s a strange comfort in blaming government. ..But the truth is, government isn’t “them.” It’s us. It’s the scientists, analysts, inspectors, and public health officers who still show up every day, trying to protect people despite everything.' blanphear.substack.com/p/a-case-for...

😲When the same agency that funds biotechnology also writes the rules to regulate it, we have a problem. MBIE controls NZ's $1.2 billion science budget AND wrote the Gene Technology Bill to deregulate the very technologies it funds. PSGR's report: psgr.org.nz/component/jd... #food #safety #capture

🚨Democracy Alert: NZ's Gene Tech Bill bypassed normal democratic processes, a new PSGR investigation shows. The bill should be put on hold until we can be sure proper democratic processes have been followed. Once gene-edited organisms are released there's no going back! psgr.org.nz/component/jd...

NZ's democracy alert: The Gene Technology Bill could allow untested gene-edited organisms to be released without public knowledge. PSGR has asked the Ombudsman to investigate MBIE for corrupting democratic processes. #NZDemocracy #GeneEditingNZ psgr.org.nz/component/jd...

Glyphosate sprayed directly on food crops drives unacceptable health risks, and PSGR do not consent to the proposed increase in residue levels which are associated with direct sprays on crops prior to harvest. psgrnz.substack.com/p/psgr-submi...

Glyphosate has not been risk assessed, at least for 3 decades. Explains how NZ permissions are far more lax than European permissions. www.youtube.com/watch?v=sofd...

The NZ Ombudsman wrote asking PSGR for more information following our complaint about the regulatory processes and information that MBIE relied on for Gene Tech regulatory reform. 👇 psgr.org.nz/letters/nz-o...

PSGR's response to New Zealand's Royal Commission of Inquiry into COVID-19 Lessons Learned - Phase 2. psgr.org.nz/component/jd...

1/9🧵Yesterday PSGR emailed NZ Members of Parliament, legal scholars & the major ag export industries. Why? Official docs suggest MBIE officials & the Minister-in-charge Judith Collins short-circuited important democratic processes & conventions - in the name of 'economic growth'.

Gene Technology Bill. First reading December 17, 2024. Submissions now open to the Health Committee by February 17, 2025. Please put the Gene Technology Bill on hold, pending a European Commission outcome. psgrnz.substack.com/p/psgr-reque...

Good policy and good legislation arises from government Ministers and officials having the courage and integrity to not only consult with stakeholders that support a chosen policy path, but with stakeholders that may not support a chosen policy path. PSGRNZ. psgrnz.substack.com/p/evidence-o...

Multiple ways scientific information is used & harnessed by governments to support science claims. But when this information cannot be contradicted or challenged it is best described as propaganda. psgr.org.nz/component/jd...

There has not been risk assessment. Policy papers making scientific claims - without impartial review and assessment of those scientific claims - are unfit for purpose in New Zealand. Without this, legislation cannot be ‘risk-proportionate’. psgr.org.nz/stewarding-b...

Aotearoa New Zealand Policy Proposals on healthy waterways: Are they fit for Purpose? (2019). Multiple NGOs signed onto this paper - legacy media completely ignored it. In NZ today there are still no protocols to assess pollutant drivers of freshwater quality decline. psgr.org.nz/component/jd...