The widely used herbicide glyphosate has been judged 'safe', write Pete Farrer & Marianne Falck. But by the time it's used, it's in a 'formulation' with toxic surfactants, which escape EU regulation despite their known dangers. Germany alone has forbidden the use of the most dangerous surfactant - but is keeping its evidence secret.
Toxic glyphosate herbicides fly under the EU's regulatory radar Pete Farrer Marianne Falck | 12th September 2014 News Health Toxics Food Farming GMOs EU Regulation Corporations Germany …
Extensive, long running evidence for the cancer-causing effects of glyphosate, and other toxic impacts, have been ignored by regulators. Indeed as the evidence has built up, permitted levels in food have been hugely increased, writes Dr Mae Wan Ho.
Glyphosate is a disaster for human health Dr Mae Wan Ho | 30th April 2014 News Farming Toxics Regulation Health USA EU Science roundup-ultra-cut.jpg Extensive, long running evidence for the …
Navy vs the Whales. They have the most mysterious and beautiful songs in the natural world. But now they are dying, drowned out by the deafening roar of Western navies’ new sonar devices.
Whale songs drowned out by navy sonars The Ecologist | 1st February 2003 News Whales Sonar Military Whales Military Military Coastal UK US Animal Rights Species Extinction Pollution Science And …
The European Commission must not re-approve the 'probably carcinogenic' weedkiller glyphosate so long as its assessment is based on secret industry studies, actual products are not investigated, and in the absence of scientific criteria for endocrine disruption, write 66 MEPs in this Open Letter to Commissioner Andriukaitis, in charge of health and food safety.
EU must not re-approve glyphosate based on flawed EFSA study Michèle Rivasi 65 other MEPs | 1st February 2016 Comment GMOs Health EU Regulation Corporations Science weedkiller-cut.jpg The European …
To accommodate high levels of Roundup residues in GM soya, limits were raised 200-fold - with no scientific justification and ignoring growing evidence of toxicity. What Monsanto calls 'extreme levels' are now the norm - but only in GM crops.
'Extreme levels' of Roundup are the norm in GMO soya Thomas Bøhn Marek Cuhra | 1st April 2014 News Gm Food GMOs Food Farming EU USA roundup-spraying.png To accommodate high levels of Roundup residues …
Children are an indicator species for the health of our communities, writes Melissa Henry - and they are being forced off our streets by traffic. This adds further to traffic and pollution as children are driven everywhere, depriving them of exercise. It's time to break the vicious circle!
We must make our streets fit for children Melissa Henry | 13th May 2014 Comment Transport Society UK Pollution Education safe-streets-cut.jpg Children are an indicator species for the health of our …
The illegal killing of songbirds on the UK's military base on Cyprus has reached record levels, a study by RSPB has shown, with an estimated 900,000 birds trapped, killed and eaten in autumn 2014.
UK allows songbird slaughter on Cyprus military base The Ecologist | 9th March 2015 News Birds Hunting Cyprus EU UK Food Crime female-blackcap-mistnet-gm.jpg The illegal killing of songbirds on the …
The health of Europe's citizens is on trial as the EU's food safety regulator challenges the World Health Organisation over glyphosate and cancer, writes Corporate Europe Observatory. On the WHO side, published, peer reviewed science, real world epidemiology and open processes. While the EFSA conclusion is based on secret industry studies and opaque procedures. Will science or realpolitik win the day?
EFSA and EU member states vs. WHO on glyphosate as carcinogen: can science win? Corporate Europe Observatory | 2nd December 2015 News Health Science Regulation EU Corporations Toxics …
The UK’s short sighted approach to energy is damaging people’s health and costing the NHS £3.7 billion a year.
Bad energy policy 'costs billions' Staff Reporter | 30th January 2020 News Thought Leaders Energy Efficiency Travel Transport Insulation Pollution walk-2635038_1280.jpg The UK’s short sighted …
Rio Tinto's QMM ilmenite mine in Madagascar has breached a legal buffer zone, exposing local people to “unacceptably high” environmental risks, a new study by the Andrew Lees Trust has found. YVONNE ORENGO and STEVEN EMERMAN report
Fears of radionuclide-enriched water pollution as Madagascar mining breaches legal limits Yvonne Orengo Dr Steven H Emerman | 3rd September 2018 News Pollution Radioactive Waste Mining Madagascar …
A new Trade Secrets law to be voted on next week by the European Parliament threatens a massive clampdown on journalists and whistle-blowers, write Anne Friel & Anaïs Berthier, giving corporations the right to sue those who disclose private information even in the public interest to protect health, safety and environment.
EU's 'trade secret' protection risks health, environment and freedom! Anne Friel Anaïs Berthier ClientEarth | 10th June 2015 Comment Law EU Corporations enjoy-coca-cola-cut.jpg A new Trade Secrets …
In the first of a two-part sport and environment special, Isabella Kaminski reports on how habitat damage, waste, nanotechnology and persistent organic pollutants are increasingly linked to our favourite outdoor pursuits
How the boom in climbing, biking and sailing is costing the earth Isabella Kaminski | 28th July 2011 News Pollution Waste Clothing Sports Natural World Investigations Chemicals Nanotechnology …
Government and corporations are resorting to the judicial repression of environmental activism in Malaysia, writes Meena Raman - deploying public order and defamation laws to suppress criticism and protest. Malaysia must value its peoples health and security above corporate profit.
… to the judicial repression of environmental activism in Malaysia, writes Meena Raman - … in the local courts. Environmental activism In the last ten years, two particular … Despite the legal assaults, environmental activism in Malaysia is still strong and …
The European Commission was guilty of maladministration and acted unlawfully in approving pesticides for which there was insufficient safety data, the EU Ombudsman has ruled. It must now reform its practices, writes Vanessa Amaral-Rogers, or face legal action.
'Unlawful'! EU's hasty approval of pesticides condemned Vanessa Amaral-Rogers | 22nd February 2016 News Food Farming EU Regulation Toxics Law farmer spraying field.jpg The European Commission was …
The EU's food and farming safety regulator is trying to create a 'back door' system to licence the use of herbicides that have been banned for their toxic impacts on people and wildlife - under a clearly inapplicable 'plant health' exemption.
EFSA creates 'plant health' loophole for banned weedkillers Oliver Tickell | 8th September 2016 News Pesticides Health Law Farming EU Food poppies-cut.jpg The EU's food and farming safety regulator …
No one believed Big Tobacco could ever be snuffed out - until health warning stickers were made law. If the same principle of science, information and activism were applied to the aviation industry, argues Mark Anslow, the air we breathe could get cleaner yet
… same principle of science, information and activism were applied to the aviation … coordinated campaign of sciencebased activism and use of the media. ASH was staffed …
As if melting ice in Polar bears' Arctic habitat was not enough, Norwegian scientists have found that organic pollutants such as pesticide residues are disrupting their thyroid and endocrine systems, adding a further threat to the species' survival.
Polar bears at risk from pollution as well as warmth Tim Radford | 24th April 2015 News Toxics Pollution Ecology Oceans Waste Arctic Mammals polar-bears-cut.jpg As if melting ice in Polar bears' …
Despite Cameron's promise to lead the 'greenest Government ever', the environment has taken a heavy bashing since the 2015 election, writes David Clubb - whether on oil, fracking, renewable energy or planning policy. But Wales is doing its best to follow a sustainable path, and demonstrating badly needed environmental leadership that the whole UK would do well to follow.
A green Wales is taking off - in spite of UK government policies David Clubb | 16th February 2016 News Energy UK Sustainability Wales Renewables Politics Finance Pollution swansea-barrage-cut.jpg …
Oxygen levels in our oceans are falling, writes Lee Bryant, producing growing 'dead zones' where only the hardiest organisms can survive. The causes are simple: pollution with nutrient-rich wastes, and global warming. But the only solution is to stop it happening - or wait for 1,000 years.
Ocean 'dead zones' are spreading - and that spells disaster for fish Lee Bryant | 9th April 2015 News Oceans Pollution Farming Waste red-tide-dead-fish-cut.jpg Oxygen levels in our oceans are …
The EU's nature directives provide effective protection for endangered species and habitats, writes Leonardo Mazza. So why the Commission's decision to 'review' and 'modernise' the laws? With its commitment to business-friendly deregulation and uninterest in the environment, the aim is surely to gut them - something only EU-wide citizens' mobilisation can prevent.
European Commission's deregulation drive threatens EU nature laws Leonardo Mazza | 11th July 2015 News EU Natural World Biodiversity Law Poland augustow-forest-cut.jpg The EU's nature directives …
Article 6 of the Euratom Treaty provides for nuclear industry practices to be rejustified in the light of new scientific evidence of harm to health, writes Chris Busby. We now have that evidence, in particular that radiation exposure even at very low levels causes severe and heritable genetic damage to people and entire families. Now, we must use the law to protect our health from radiation!
… how Christopher Busby | 28th November 2016 Activism Nuclear Science Health Energy WMD …
London-listed copper giant Antofagasta has been entangled in scandals in Chile involving water depletion, dangers to local communities, corruption of national politics and environmental contamination, write Ali Maeve & Liam Barrington-Bush. Yet the London Stock Exchange remains silent. Following the company's AGM last week, a new London Mining Network report puts their actions and operations into the spotlight.
For how long will the London Stock Exchange give Antofagasta mine a free pass? Ali Maeve Liam Barrington-Bush | 1st June 2017 Ethical Living Chile Mining Finance Water Pollution UK Corporations …