Is orange juice as healthy and natural as it claims to be? Can it ever be 'eco'? Pat Thomas reports
… labour in the orange picking industry in Brazil and Mexico. In fact, Brazil is the largest orange producing country … and all of Tropicana's juice here, comes from Brazil. Deforestation in the Amazon, to …
In his final State of the Union address, George Bush announced his support for the adoption of biofuels on a massive scale. But is the plan such a good idea? By Pat Thomas
… sustainability at a national or global level. Brazil is a good example of this illusion. … is good about the biofuel revolution. Yet Brazil is a troubled country. Its sugar-cane … into bioethanol and, while 40 per cent of Brazil’s cars may be running on this fuel (the …
Far from being the healthy drink implied by its sports sponsorships, Diet Coke is a worrying cocktail of neurotoxic and potentially carcinogenic chemicals
… – the US, the UK, Germany, Canada and Brazil – guzzle more of this supposedly …
One of the major causes of rainforest destruction and biodiversity loss in tropical zones is the illegal logging of hardwoods. The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) label, broadly speaking, exists to address this by promoting environmentally appropriate, socially beneficial and economically viable management of the world’s forests.
… of large-scale tree plantation companies in Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Ireland, …
Sir Nicholas Stern was asked to find out what way of averting climate change was economically feasible. A loaded question that has allowed him to find a perverse solution to a fatal problem.
… for China to take the lead. Or India. Or Brazil. America even. Why should China and … is so palpably resistant to change? Brazil is entering a period of prosperity that …
The good, bad, and ugly sides of chocolate addiction.
… preserve and restore the northern part of the Brazilian Atlantic forest. The report highlighted that if Brazil, the world’s fifth largest … the Ivory Coast, Ghana, Indonesia, Nigeria, Brazil, and Cameroon. More than 90 per cent of …
It has spawned a dozen urban legends. It gets praised and reviled by bloggers. And it tastes like carbonated cough syrup. But does Red Bull do you any good? Pat Thomas reports
… alcohol is similarly risky. A recent study in Brazil found that college students didn’t …
The development of meat-like foods is introducing GM and novel technology into our diets. This presents new risks to our health, but also to the complex development of behaviour to prevent environmental destruction, argues PAT THOMAS
… small, powerless farmers. Ask countries like Brazil and Argentina whether we need to grow …
Bird flu has been raging through Asia for more than a decade. But it is only recently that most of us have started to pay attention to the story. Pat Thomas seperates fact from fiction and asks whether this is a random act of nature or yet another man-made disaster.
… of all the world’s poultry. After the US, Brazil, and the EU, Thailand is the fourth …
Humans have been breastfeeding for nearly half a million years. It’s only in the last 60 years that we have begun to give babies highly processed convenience food called ‘formula’. Pat Thomas investigates
… increases have been found in Bangladesh, Brazil and China. Unfortunately, interest in …
The human species has been breastfeeding for nearly half a million years. It’s only in the last 60 years that we have begun to give babies the highly processed convenience food called ‘formula’.
… increases have been found in Bangladesh, Brazil and China. Unfortunately, interest in …