Regulatory failures are allowing Danish pigs infected with lethal antibiotic-resistant bacteria into British farms, writes Andrew Wasley, with contaminated pork found in UK supermarkets, and three human infections recorded. The official response? Deny there's a problem, take no action, and hope for the best. Six people may have died from the bug in Denmark, but the UK is safe, surely?
Superbug-infected pigs get into Britain unchecked, contaminate food chain Andrew Wasley Bureau of Investigative Journalism | 14th October 2016 News Health Food Farming UK Denmark EU Regulation …
More than 31,000 animals were used in glyphosate 'safety' tests. Are we safe now?
Pesticide safety and flawed animal testing Emily McIvor | 28th February 2019 News Pesticides Monsanto PETA Food And Farming Animal Testing Thought Leaders animal-1554745_960_720.jpg More than 31,000 …
Antibiotics have saved countless millions of lives since the 1930s, but their power is failing due to their massive use in factory farming, horticulture, aquaculture and industry, says a new report from the All Party Parliamentary Group on Antibiotics. We must stop all inessential uses of antibiotics, or face a future where we risk death from minor injuries and routine surgery.
Restrict antibiotics to medical use, or they will soon become ineffective Laura J V Piddock Richard Meek Victoria Wells Hrushi Vyas | 23rd October 2015 News Health Farming Science Regulation UK …
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 …
Australia's climate change commissioner and author of new book Here on Earth talks to Matilda Lee about Gaia's true principles, the power of the internet and why legally binding climate treaties are pointless
… the globalised common intelligence of humanity, is a massively powerful information … minister Michael Meacher on the place of humanity in the universe, intelligent design, … Are We The Virus? - James Lovelock Does humanity need to be cut out of the ecosystem? …
With industry spinning that glyphosate is harmful to health, if at all, only with co-formulants like tallowamine, the World Health Organisation's cancer agency IARC has just released a Q&A document (below) stating that 'pure' glyphosate poses similar cancer and genotoxicity risks as its formulations. Banning particular co-formulants, as proposed by some EU countries, does not solve the problem.
WHO / IARC: glyphosate itself is the cancer and genotoxicity problem IARC | 11th March 2016 Comment Health Un Pesticides Toxics Regulation EU glyphosate-3d-vdw-cut-2.png With industry spinning that …
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 …
Pesticides remain the 'elephant in the room' for Michael Gove, the environment secretary, and DEFRA. But until the issue is properly addressed the environmental crisis and fears for human health will only continue, argues GEORGINA DOWNS
Is the new UK Agriculture Bill a triumph or a travesty? Georgina Downs | 14th September 2018 Comment Pesticides Agriculture Bill DEFRA Thought Leaders gove_snowy_3271751b.jpg Pesticides remain the …
Doctors have been told to limit their use of antibiotics to limit the spread of microbial drug resistance, writes Emma Rose. But 40% of the UK's antibiotics are used on farms, of which 85% is fed to disease-free animals. We can no longer ignore the massive agricultural overuse of the drugs, now a major driver of antibiotic resistant infections.
Antibiotic resistance - what about routine misuse in farming? Emma Rose | 11th September 2015 Comment Health Farming Regulation UK EU pigs-in-pen-cut.jpg Doctors have been told to limit their use of …
Environmental regulation is the new ‘front line’ in the fight against future pandemics
The power of regulation Sam Curran James Curran | 5th May 2020 Comment Regulation Environment Zoonosis Pandemic Coronavirus Covid-19 Ecological Emergency madagascar_deforestation.jpg Environmental …
Human rights violations have been reported at plantations in virtually all major tea producing countries, while tea growing itself has a profound effect on the local environment. William McLennan reports
Environmental damage and human rights abuses blight global tea sector William McLennan | 13th April 2011 News Tea Africa Food And Farming Pesticides billy-final-tea-image.jpg Tea being loaded in …
Ebola and many other diseases have their origin in wild animals, writes Robert Young. The biggest opportunities for infection arises when people hunt and eat diseased animals, exposing themselves to their viruses and bacteria. To keep 'other ebolas' at bay, we must put an end to the bushmeat trade.
Take bushmeat off the menu before humans are served another ebola Robert Young | 14th October 2014 Comment Health Natural World Hunting Regulation bushmeat-croc-antelope-cut.jpg Ebola and many other …
Apparent 'victories' in the fight against toxic chemicals - like the EU's failure to re-approve glyphosate yesterday - are illusory, writes Jonathan Latham. The real problem is not one of specific 'bad actors', but the entire system that allows new, likely to be toxic compounds to pollute the environment in near-total ignorance of their impacts. It's time to take our campaigning to a whole new level.
The problem is not glyphosate, or DDT, or BPA - we must challenge the entire system! Jonathan Latham | 20th May 2016 News Toxics Pesticides Regulation Corporations Campaigning Science …
The UN Committee on World Food Security in Rome has today launched a new report examining the impact of chemical intensive, industrial food system on human health. GEORGINA DOWNS responds.
Expert panel identifies unacceptable toll of food and farming systems on human health Georgina Downs | 17th October 2017 News Un Pesticides Food Health Cancer 405530.jpg The UN Committee on World …
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 discovery of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in pork products in UK supermarkets is a call to action, writes Peter Melchett. We must end the unhygienic farming practices that only work with constant antibiotic use, and reserve the most valuable antibiotics for human use only - or face a world in which routine surgery and infections bring serious risk of death.
MRSA superbug found in pork meat and sausages - it's time for action Peter Melchett | 19th June 2015 News Health Food Farming Politics Regulation unhappy-pigs-cut.jpg The discovery of …
Thirty-five distinguished scientists urge the US-EPA not to register new mixtures of the herbicides 2,4-D and glyphosate, intended for use on herbicide-tolerant GMO crops. Approval of the herbicide mixtures would endanger both human and environmental health.
Scientists write: EPA, ban 'agent orange' herbicide mix and GMO crops! The undersigned | 3rd July 2014 Comment Farming Toxics USA GMOs Regulation windy-day-spray-cut.jpg Thirty-five distinguished …
New research suggests that we are heading for an "ecological Armageddon" that will affect all life on the planet, including humans. COLIN TODHUNTER investigates.
… various forms of structural violence on humanity, including the waging of chemical …
Research by GM-Free Cymru shows that studies carried out for Monsanto and submitted to the US's Environmental Protection Agency in 1981 provided ample evidence that glyphosate caused cancer and other health problems. But the key documents were classed as 'trade secrets' and never published.
Monsanto and EPA knew of glyphosate cancer link in 1981 GM-Free Cymru Special Report | 7th July 2015 Comment GMOs Corporations Health Farming Regulation USA roundup-cut.jpg Research by GM-Free Cymru …
As President Trump gets on with dismantling and defunding environmental regulation in the US and withdrawing from the Paris Agreement, his top environmental advisor has branded the Green movement as 'the greatest threat to freedom and prosperity in the modern world.' We must resist now, writes Donnachadh McCarthy - while we still can!
… Trump's war on humanity - which side are we on? Donnachadh … emergency is the greatest threat facing humanity. Meanwhile over 7 million people … to the global Paris Climate Treaty, humanity's best last hope of averting the …
Monsanto is stepping up its attack on the WHO's classification of glyphosate as a probable human carcinogen, writes Peter Saunders. Dismissing the finding as 'junk science' the company is convening its own industry friendly panel and pushing its secret studies at regulators. Don't let them get away with it!
Don't let Monsanto deny glyphosate carcinogenicity! Professor Peter Saunders | 5th August 2015 Comment Health Toxics Regulation Corporation Food Farming osr-glyphosate-cut.jpg Monsanto is stepping up …