What action is the sugar industry taking to find sustainable alternatives to bee-killing neonicotinoids, and why has it been so slow?
Time to beet neonicotinoids? Catherine Early | 21st May 2021 | News Neonicotinoids Editor’s Picks media-bank-1c-farmer-holding-sugar-beet-w700.jpg What action is the sugar industry taking to find …
EU proposal to ban the use of words like 'burger' to describe foods that don’t contain meat could prevent people reducing meat in their diet.
Lords beef with EU on 'burgers' Catherine Early | 26th July 2019 News Vegetarian Vegan Food Meat EU Climate Change Change Makers sainsburys_veggie_butcher.jpg EU proposal to ban the use of words like …
If it wasn't climate change, was the real purpose of the Number 10 meeting of Theresa May's advisors and President Trump's environmental transition supremo Myron Ebell to plan the post-Brexit deregulation of UK farming, including pesticides? That's how it looks, writes Georgina Downs - and we had better begin now to fight for our health, wildlife and environment.
Pesticide deregulation - the real reason for Myron Ebell's Number 10 meeting? Georgina Downs | 3rd February 2017 Comment Health Pesticides Farming Politics UK USA Regulation spray-home-cut.jpg If it …
Campaigners reacted with shock and anger at the news of the violent death of one of the world’s leading researchers into the illegal ivory and rhino horn trade, Esmond Bradley Martin. CATHERINE EARLY reports
… Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), a global agreement that regulates …
A dog food based on insects instead of meat is being launched in over 150 pet stores and online - aiming to reduce the carbon pawprint of man’s best friend.
Sustainable pet food – are insects the answer? Catherine Early | 10th January 2019 News Food Insects Climate Change Methane Dog insect_dog_food.png A dog food based on insects instead of meat is …
Ethical shopping could reach record levels this Christmas if trends continue, with growth of sustainable products up across the board. CATHERINE EARLY reports.
Shoppers dreaming of a green Christmas as ethical sales boom Catherine Early | 15th December 2017 News Shopping Shoppers Ethical Consumer Vegetarianism Shopping in charity shops rose by 6.6% in 2016. …
After an apparent cave-in to Europe's pesticide industry, the European Food Safety Authority's latest guidance on pesticides conflicts with European law, writes Georgina Downs - by ignoring the real-life agrochemical exposure of rural residents. Commission President Juncker must step in and demand the withdrawal of this disgraceful document.
Negligent and unlawful: EFSA's latest guidance on pesticide use and exposure Georgina Downs | 4th December 2014 News Food Farming EU Corporations Law Regulation Toxics windy-day-spray-cut.jpg …
News headlines today suggest that a UN report on glyphosate residues has given the controversial herbicide a clean bill of health, writes Georgina Downs. But that's seriously misleading: the panel concludes that exposure to the chemical in food is unlikely to cause cancer. But that does not apply to those exposed to it occupationally or who live near sprayed fields.
No, the UN has not given glyphosate a 'clean bill of health' Georgina Downs | 17th May 2016 News Pesticides Health Toxics Un Regulation Media one.jpg News headlines today suggest that a UN report on …
The risk of cancer from the world's top herbicide, glyphosate, is just the tip of the iceberg of health damage caused by exposure to pesticides and other toxic agrochemicals, writes Georgina Downs. It's time for governments to correct their scandalous failure to protect rural residents from the cocktails of poisons sprayed on crops.
It's not just glyphosate and neonicotinoids! Why we need a pesticide-free future Georgina Downs | 30th April 2015 News Health Toxics Farming Corporations Regulation pesticide-spraying-cut.jpg …