Scope of planned research Respective rationales of both institutions, their agendas, priorities, funding sources (direct and, above all, indirect). The National Endowment for Democracy (NED) According to William Blum, a famous analyst of US foreign policy [1]: “The National Endowment for Democracy, an agency created by the Reagan administration in 1983 to promote political […]
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Researchers from Harvard (USA), Waterloo & Toronto (Canada) warn against the global situation in the Great Middle East, highlighting the “dangerous levels of particulate matter in smoking public venues in Lebanon, Pakistan, Syrian Arab Republic and Tunisia”. Further to the visit of the “official” delegation to Gaza coffee houses, they concluded that Palestinians should immediately […]
(cont. title): “and when the leader (Paolo Boffetta)’s hypocritical plea for “epistemological modesty” is once again exposed… and where only “Fourth-Hand Smoke” remains unexplored…” For a few years now, a joint team of Iranian and US scientists has been actively participating in a global campaign against the Middle East Peace Pipe (MEPP). The initiative is […]
We did not have in mind to comment, once again, on this issue, believing our previous note was enough for any honest reader wanting to know what is actually wrong with this type of widely advertised unnecessarily scaremongering research [1]. However, after reading an interview with Pascale Salameh, head of the faculty of pharmacy at […]
Note: Cited in our publications. See also: Heavy Metals, Heavy Lies on Behalf of the American Chemical Society (Middle East Peace Pipe). 20 Nov 2013 https://hookahhealth.wordpress.com/2013/11/20/heavy-metals-heavy-lies-on-behalf-of-the-american-chemical-society-middle-east-peace-pipe/
In spite of confusion factors, a Syrian independent (this is of utmost importance) study confirms the findings of a previous Tunisian (also independent) one: Reference: Mohammad Y, Shaaban R, Abou Al-Zahab B, Khaltaev N, Bousquet J, Dubaybo B. Impact of active and passive smoking as risk factors for asthma and COPD in women presenting to […]
The Middle East Peace Pipe (Scientific & Ethical Issues) 