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.
Malaysia: eco-activists combat judicial repression Meena Raman | 26th September 2014 Comment Malaysia Health Pollution Law anti-lynas_protest-cut.jpg The environmental movement in Malaysia remains …
How much rainforest does it take for one celebrity to snort another one under the table? Nick Kettles investigates the devastating environmental impact of cocaine use.
The environmental impact of drugs Nick Kettles | 19th May 2009 News Drugs Cocaine Cannabis Rainforest Ecocide Drugs Natural World Health cocaines_impact_01.jpg How much rainforest does it take for …
Plans for US-style mega-dairy farms in the UK are being heralded for their potential for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, but scaling up may create as many problems as it attempts to solve reports Tom Levitt
What is the environmental footprint of mega-dairy farming? Tom Levitt | 15th November 2010 News Dairy Farming Food And Farming Nocton Super-dairy Health Milk Mega-dairy cowsindoors.jpg Large-scale …
Over a year after violent conflict began in East Ukraine, indications are emerging of its severe environmental impacts in the highly industrialised Donbas region, and the grave health risks to civilians that will endure long into the future. The area will need international assistance both to reduce the hazards, and to 'green' the region's often polluting industries.
Ukraine war leaves a long shadow of pollution, ill-health and ravaged industries Nickolai Denisov Otto Simonett with Doug Weir Dmytro Averin | 24th May 2015 News Was Pollution Health Ukraine …
Public Health England is guilty of gross scientific misconduct, writes Paul Mobbs, for its apparently deliberate whitewashing of the public health impacts of fracking. But it's all part of a pattern of maladministration that reaches to the heart of government.
Shale gas and public health - the whitewash exposed Paul Mobbs | 6th May 2014 News Fracking Health UK Law Fossil Fuels Pollution Radiation gasmasks-cut.jpg Public Health England is guilty of gross …
The US is denying huge numbers of black and brown children their chance to achieve their cognitive potential by quietly poisoning them with lead and other toxins, writes Rita Turner. The offense is then compounded by providing the victims deeply unequal educational opportunities, and disregarding their civil rights.
The slow poisoning of Freddie Gray and the hidden violence against black communities Rita Turner | 6th May 2015 Comment Toxics USA Health Human Rights baltimore-cut.jpg The US is denying huge numbers …
Cincinnati has passed a new law introducing 'environmental justice permits', and will use police powers to force polluting businesses to clean up their acts or get out of town
Cincinnati law to police polluting businesses The Ecologist | 3rd July 2009 News Green Living Investigations Health Society Cincinnati Environmental Justice EPA Air Business Economic cincinnati.jpg …
A health study in Pennsylvania, USA, shows that people living near fracking and other natural gas wells are more likely to suffer from skin conditions and upper respiratory symptoms. It calls for further study of the associations, including the role of specific air and water exposures.
Skin, respiratory symptoms increase near gas wells The Ecologist | 25th September 2014 News Gas Fossil Fuels Science Fracking USA Health pa-gas-well-cut.jpg A health study in Pennsylvania, USA, shows …
Hundreds of square kilometres of Iraq are eclipsed by dense clouds of toxic smoke from fires at oil facilities and a sulphur factory blown up by 'Islamic State' terrorists, writes Doug Weir. With the fires left to burn for months on end, entire towns are suffering a public health catastrophe. But the Iraqi government is slow to act, or even collect vital health and environmental data.
Iraq's oil inferno - government inaction in the face of eco-terrorism Doug Weir | 30th November 2016 News Iraq War Health Oil Terrorism 102736scr-cut.jpg Hundreds of square kilometres of Iraq are …
A leading US research body has said the range of confirmed or suspected carcinogens to which we are exposed on a daily basis is cause for serious concern, but UK campaign groups refuse to change their views
US Cancer Institute issues stark warning on environmental cancer risk The Ecologist | 17th May 2010 News Health Cancer Pollution Toxins chemicals.jpg We are underestimating the risk of exposure to …
Oil company admits guilt and expresses ‘regret’ over safety breaches after oil depot explosion that caused injuries and environmental damage
Oil giant Total pleads guilty in Buncefield case The Ecologist | 13th November 2009 News Buncefield Natural World Health Pollution inthenews.jpg Lawyers believe Total's sentencing could set a …
From asthma and allergies, diabetes and reproductive problems to cancer and obesity, environmental degradation plays a role... HEAL ensures our voices on these issues are heard in Brussels
CAMPAIGN PROFILE: Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) Matilda Lee | 1st December 2010 Activism Health Climate Change HEAL Mercury Pesticides Cancer Carcinogens European Union MEPs healpic.jpg From …
An anti-environment plot by Junckers' Commission would abandon agreed 'green' laws for clean air, waste reduction and recycling. But the leak of key documents to EurActiv has stimulated fierce opposition by Green MEPs and environment groups, while eleven EU countries have called on Junckers to hold to the green laws and speed up their implementation.
Leaked: EU Commission plot to ditch waste and air pollution laws EurActiv | 12th December 2014 News EU Politics Corporations Waste Pollution Health de-gelsenkirchen-cut.jpg An anti-environment plot …
China's growing 'bling' culture has taken off big time, writes Thembi Mutch - yet it is widely reviled among ordinary people who in the face of China's industrial boom hold resolutely to traditional values of economy and frugality, quietly yearning for the old days of clean air and safe, wholesome food to fill their stomachs.
… Chinese environmentalism: driven by a deep desire for …
Fed up with fudged statistics Beijing’s increasingly environmentally-aware population has forced it's Government to come clean about air pollution in the city.
Beijing's blue skies...or little white lies? Olivia Boyd | 6th July 2012 News Pollution Activism Protest Climate Change Smog Health beijingpollution.jpg Fed up with fudged statistics Beijing’s …
Orthodox economic measures like Gross Domestic product fail to measure the things that matter most, write Judith Schleicher & Bhaskar Vira: like human wellbeing and ecological health. This creates a systematic bias in 'development' policies that must urgently be addressed if we are to build an inclusive, equitable and sustainable society
Measures of poverty and well-being still ignore the environment - this must change Judith Schleicher Bhaskar Vira University of Cambridge | 15th March 2017 Comment Economics Green Economy Natural …
A six-month investigation finds that the revolving door between government and the chemical industry has led the EPA to rely on easily manipulated toxicology research carried out entirely on computers - and this 'in silico' science often trumps both biology and epidemiology when it comes to regulatory action, or lack of it. The result? Toxic substances remain in everyday products.
Triumph of digital toxicology: why the US won't regulate deadly chemicals Valerie Brown Elizabeth Grossman | 27th November 2015 News Science Toxics Regulation USA Health computer-cut.jpg A six-month …
A new study shows it's not just neonicotinoids that impair bees' ability to navigate to nectar and pollen sources, and to their nests: now the herbicide glyphosate has been found to have the same impact even at very low levels.
Glyphosate harms bees' spatial learning Beyond Pesticides | 20th September 2015 News Health Toxics Ecology Farming Science Ecology bee-va-cut.jpg A new study shows it's not just neonicotinoids that …
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 …
In the second part of our adaptation of Fatal Harvest’s iconoclastic analysis of agribusiness propaganda, The Ecologist reveals the real cost of industrial food.
Fatal Harvest The Ecologist | 1st November 2002 News Supermarket Health Industrial Food Chemicals F Processed Foods Food And Farming Pollution Archive_43.jpg In the second part of our adaptation of …
An invisible cloud of man-made chemical toxins is sweeping the globe, writes Tony McMichael - disrupting ecosystems, damaging human health and shortening our lives. Our response so far has been utterly inadequate, as Julian Cribb reveals in his new book. But there are solutions - and it's up to us to get them implemented.
Poisoned Planet - the chemical attack on our Earth Tony McMichael | 15th August 2014 Reviews Toxics Health Corporations poisoned-planet-cut.jpg An invisible cloud of man-made chemical toxins is …
Environmental toxins have given us lesbian seagulls and transgender crabs, but pollutants may also be causing gender ambiguity in humans, says Eric Francis
Ch-ch-changes Eric Francis | 1st October 2008 News Pollution PCBs Dioxins Hormones Sex Health Pollution Society gender_unspecific.jpg Environmental toxins have given us lesbian seagulls and …
A growing interest in the links between exposure to chemicals and obesity is a testament in part to the pioneering work of Dr Paula Baillie-Hamilton
The mother who exposed the links between obesity and common chemicals Laurie Tuffrey | 12th January 2012 News Obesity Chemicals Obesogen Health paula.jpg A growing interest in the links between …
478 cosmetic products on sale in the US contain doses of toxic chemicals which are unsafe, even when used as directed on the bottle, the US NGO the Environmental Working Group has revealed.
Nearly 500 US cosmetics 'unsafe' 1st October 2007 News Cosmetic Cosmetics FDA Environmental Working Group Health Chemicals FDA Environmental Working Group Risk Cosmetics US Pharmaceuticals Health …