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TOMORROW’S HEALTH 2020 EVENT IN WALES Holistic Therapists in Wales may be interested in attending Tomorrow’s Health 2020, which takes place in Llandudno on March 26th and 27th. Speakers from Amazon, INTEL and Pfizer will be looking at digital innovation, artificial intelligence could revolutionise health and social care in the near future, as well as looking at how people can maintain a high quality of life as they grow older. The aim is to encourage partnerships between industry and academia to bring economic growth, sustainable employment and health benefits to Wales. Tickets to the inaugural event are complimentary with limited spaces available. To register your place or for more information about the conference, speakers and programme announcements, visit: www.tomorrowshealth.wales
LYMINGTON NATURAL HEALTH HUB FUNDRAISE FOR AUSTRALIAN WILDLIFE Lymington’s Natural Health Hub held a yoga and meditation fundraiser on January 30th to help wildlife blighted by
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the Australian bushfires. The gentle class was held at SenSpa at Careys Manor Hotel in Brockenhurst. The Hub’s yoga instructor Hannah Bimpson, who led the class, commented, “It feels as though there isn’t much we can do to help but when people come together with a shared intention it can be a very powerful thing”. The funds raised were donated to Wires, a wildlife rescue charity that operates in the New South Wales area of Australia. It is possible to donate by visiting Hannah’s JustGiving page: www.justgiving. com/fundraising/ h-bimpson.
DATE SET FOR FHT TRAINING CONGRESS
This year’s dates have been set for the FHT annual Training Congress. The event will take place at the Holistic Health Show, at Birmingham’s NEC, on Sunday 3 and Monday 4 May 2020. There are thirty different hour-long training sessions on offer, all of which carry CPD points. Day passes cost £50 for FHT members or £65 for non-members and the FHT will also have a stand at the exhibition. Seminars can be booked at www.fht.org.uk/congress
CHILDHOOD EXPOSURE TO FLAME RETARDANTS AND PESTICIDES BECOMEs BIGGEST CONTRIBUTOR TO IQ LOSS A new study into the impact on IQ of heavy metals and toxic chemicals shows that childhood exposure to flame retardants and pesticides in particular resulted in more than a million cases of intellectual disability in the United States between 2001 and 2016. NYU researchers found that IQ loss from the toxic chemicals analysed in their study dropped from 27 million IQ points in 2001 and 2002 to 9 million IQ points in 2015 and 2016. The overall decline is due to strict enforcement of limits on lead and other heavy metals over the past few decades, but the researchers found that the proportion of cognitive loss that results from exposure to chemicals used in flame retardants, called polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PDBEs), and organophosphate pesticides increased from 67 percent to 81 percent during the same study period. These chemicals are found in household products a huge range of everyday items from furniture upholstery to tuna fish, and can build up in the body, interfering with
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