ANH News Beat (week 45/2025)

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• ● In het kort (klik op de links voor meer informatie)
• ● Natuurlijk nieuws
• ● ANH-USA Update
• ● Free Speech Threats

In het kort (klik op de links voor meer informatie)

• Danish farmers reveal health harms of methane-reducing feed additive Bovaer
• UK Food Standards Agency refuses to accept evidence of harms from meat additives
• Early gut health may affect children’s future mental health
• Call to ban development of “Superintelligent” AI systems
• Drug repurposing and cancer
• Study calls for shift towards integrative, person-centred medicine
• US Court enforces GMO labelling requirements
• Chemical industry’s influence over regulators revealed
• Grassroots action blocks glyphosate residue increase in New Zealand
• ANH-USA Update
• Free Speech Threats

Natuurlijk nieuws

• Videos from Danish farmers criticising the methane-busting feed additive for cows, Bovaer, are going viral online. Two videos posted on X (here and here) feature Danish farmers warning other farmers of the health issues caused by Bovaer in their herds. The warnings come despite reassurances from regulatory authorities that Bovaer is perfectly safe and doesn’t harm the cattle. The first study to assess the effect of Bovaer on animal health welfare is currently being undertaken by Aarhus University in Denmark. It remains to be seen what its conclusions will be and how many more farmers will step forward to protect their herds from Bovaer’s apparently detrimental effects.

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• A dispute has erupted over the UK Food Standards Agency’s (FSA) rejection of calls to ban the use of nitrites and nitrates in processed meats. The Coalition Against Nitrites, including independent scientists, cancer specialists, and three former WHO experts, has urged the government to act, citing clear evidence linking these additives to carcinogenic compounds and colorectal cancer. The FSA, however, insists there is “no conclusive evidence” of harm in a recent rapid evidence assessment and maintains that nitrites are essential to prevent botulism—a stance experts say ignores a multitude of scientific evidence and EFSA’s rigorous reassessment showing clear risk. Professors Chris Elliott and Brian Green have questioned the agency’s motives, accusing it of undermining public trust; the FSA has since doubled down on its position in a response published in New Food Magazine.

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• The composition of a child’s gut microbiome at age two could influence their risk of developing mental health issues by age 6-7 years. Children with higher levels of bacteria from the Clostridiales order and Lachnospiraceae family were more likely to experience emotional challenges later on. The researchers, publishing in Natuur Mededelingen, discovered that these gut microbes appear to affect communication between emotion-related brain networks, suggesting that early microbial imbalances could help “program” brain circuits linked to emotional wellbeing. The findings provide evidence that fostering a healthy gut microbiome in early life could be key to emotional resilience in later childhood.
• The Future of Life Institute has issued a global call to ban the development of artificial superintelligence (ASI)—AI systems that would surpass human cognitive abilities. The group warns that once such technology is created, it could become uncontrollable and pose an existential risk to humanity. Instead, the Institute urges governments and researchers to focus on safe, interpretable, and human-aligned AI systems that remain under meaningful human control. Sign the Statement on Superintelligence.
• Drug repurposing for cancer treatment is going mainstream. Repurposing approved and abandoned drugs to help block dominant pathways in cancers has been happening for years, just ask Jane McLelland. A recent study published in Natuurgeneeskunde, considers the use of the anti-malarial drugs, chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine, in treating breast cancer as safer, more effective treatments are sought to support recovery from cancer. Other drugs being explored for this purpose include anti-inflammatories, antibiotics, antipsychotics and blood pressure drugs. The barriers to repurposing drugs are obvious as the financial rewards are not there for the drug companies and scientists usually tend to get rewarded for research in novel areas where there are current patents.

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• A new review by Homeopaths Prof George Vithoulkas and Seema Mahesh in the Journal of Medicine and Life, warns that while modern medicine has succeeded in extending lifespan and controlling infectious diseases, global health is now declining under the weight of rising chronic, immune, and neuropsychiatric conditions. The authors argue that conventional healthcare’s narrow focus on symptom suppression and isolated interventions overlooks the whole person and long-term health impacts. They call for a paradigm shift toward integrative, person-centred medicine—one that restores balance across the mind, body, and immune system, supports prevention, and reconsiders the cumulative effects of pharmaceuticals and vaccines on human vitality.

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• In a landmark victory for transparency, a US federal appeals court has struck down key parts of the USDA’s GMO labelling rule, ruling that the agency unlawfully exempted highly refined GMO foods like corn and soy oils from disclosure and wrongly allowed QR codes as the sole labelling method. The decision, the result of a case brought by the Center for Food Safety, forces the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) to rewrite its rules, closing a loophole that kept most GMO ingredients hidden, and marks a major win for consumers’ right to know what’s in their food.
• The true extent of industry influence over regulators in the EU is revealed by new investigation. The Glyphosate Re-Approval Files supported by Journalismfund Europe shows how far the tentacles of the chemical industry reach into regulatory systems meant to regulate it as it worked to influence and secure a ten-year re-approval of glyphosate use in the EU despite significant scientific and legal concerns against the re-approval.
• New Zealand is bucking the trend when it comes to glyphosate use after grassroots advocates joined together to change the course of policy. Authorities took notice of 3,000 citizen submissions opposing a proposed 100-fold increase in glyphosate residue limits being pushed by Big Ag. The result? Residue limits will remain at 0.1mg/kg with additional restrictions on its use in crop production.

ANH-USA Update

• ANH-USA has released a ground-breaking Strategic Roadmap and Action Plan exposing how outdated FDA rules are blocking access to medical foods—science-based nutrition therapies that could help millions of Americans prevent, manage, and even reverse chronic disease. The roadmap lays out how to modernise medical food policy, broaden access, and bring the “food is medicine” vision to life. Download the report and sign ANH-USA’s Action Alert. 

Free Speech Threats

• Australia is getting ready to implement a ban on anyone under the age of 16 from using social media—once again using the banner of protecting children from harm online. The draconian Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Bill 2024 will apply to Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, and possibly even apps such as WhatsApp and Roblox. Concerns abound that such a ban will push children into areas of the internet where protections don’t exist and that the law creates surveillance systems that will erode online privacy for everyone. Reclaim the Net has more…
• A new bill – the “Guidelines for User Age-Verification and Responsible Dialogue Act of 2025″ (GUARD Act) has been introduced into the US Congress, again under the banner of protecting children online. In this instance the bill looks to protect kids from AI chatbots by forcing every chatbot developer to verify age. Given how many systems now utilise AI systems it would result in a lot of additional data being supplied and held creating yet more ‘hacker honeypots’ (a decoy computer system designed to attract, trap, and study/surveil people).