A decade ago, soya was being hailed as a superfood but in recent years, numerous issues surrounding deforestation and its impact on health have come to light
The dark side of soya: how one super crop lost its way Amy Hall | 1st May 2012 Ethical Living Soy Deforestation WWF Greenpeace Gm Soya Health Farming Food And Farming Climate Change Natural World …
A study of GMO cotton varieties shows they disrupt an important beneficial soil fungus, writes Eva Sirinathsinghji, apparently due to the Bt insecticide they are engineered to express. Disruption caused by the transgenic cotton to mycorrhizal fungi, and the wider soil ecosystem, may underlie the low yields and poor pest resistance now endemic among Bt GM crops.
Vital soil fungi damaged by GMO Bt cotton Dr Eva Sirinathsinghji | 24th November 2016 News GMOs Farming Ecology Agroecology Pesticides csiro_scienceimage_7410_a_larva_of_helicoverpa_armigera-cut.jpg …
The Reuters news organisation has just sullied its reputation with a disgraceful attack on the WHO's specialist body on cancer, the IARC, writes Claire Robinson. Resorting to smear, innuendo and anonymous critics, it relies heavily on discredited industry sources including tobacco defenders in its attempt to undermine IARC's view that glyphosate probably causes cancer.
Industry fingerprints all over Reuters' attack on IARC over glyphosate and cancer Claire Robinson GMWatch | 21st April 2016 News Media Health Toxics Pesticides Un EU Regulation Corporations …
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 …
Main ingredient of Monsanto's Roundup weed killer is being linked to cancer, birth defects and Parkinson's disease and should be banned, according to campaigners behind new report
Greenpeace takes on Monsanto over 'pesticides arms race' Tom Levitt | 30th June 2011 News Monsanto Pesticides Chemicasl Food And Farming roundup.jpg Monsanto's Roundup is one of the most commonly …
Widespread use of insecticides affecting bee populations but also causing decline in numbers of birds, butterflies and moths, warns Dutch toxicologist
Controversial pesticides linked to 'total ecological collapse' of insects and birds Dearbhla Crosse Tom Levitt | 16th November 2010 News Pesticides Bees Birds Ecology Natural World Food And Farming …
After leaving the EU the government could allow dangerous pesticides banned elsewhere in Europe to be used in the UK, writes Keith Tyrell. Today, Pesticides Action Network is launching a new campaign calling on citizens to fight back against the pesticide industry - and ensure that EU directives and regulations serve as a baseline for British pesticide laws.
Fighting the Brexit threat to pesticide laws Keith Tyrell PAN UK | 8th February 2017 Activism Pesticides Regulation UK EU Brexit Corporations spraying-cut.jpg After leaving the EU the government …
As the EU prepares to vote on whether to re-authorise glyphosate this week, a new study finds that commercial formulations of the herbicide alter the development of rats' uteruses, potentially causing cancer and affecting fertility.
Glyphosate disrupts rats' uterine development GMWatch | 21st June 2016 News Science Pesticides Health EU Regulation lab-rat-cut.jpg As the EU prepares to vote on whether to re-authorise glyphosate …
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 …
In her book 'The 21st Century is Making you Fat' former Ecologist Editor Pat Thomas details the full range of industrial and everyday chemicals known to encourage us to get fat
Which chemicals are making us fat? The Ecologist | 12th January 2012 News Health Fat Obesity Chemicals Pesticides obesity.jpg Researchers increasingly refer to chemicals that can promote weight gain …
A federal judge has ruled that the US Environmental Protection Agency is under no obligation to force pesticide makers to disclose supposedly 'inert' ingredients in their products - even where those ingredients are seriously hazardous to health or environment.
Judge rules: no right to know hazardous pesticide ingredients Oliver Tickell | 14th June 2016 News Law Toxics Pesticides FOI Regulation USA pesticide-packs-cut.jpg A federal judge has ruled that the …
As reform of the EU's agriculture policy gets underway, Miles King of the Grassland Trust tells Matilda Lee how intensive farming has all but destroyed England's 'rainforests' and why it's time we started asking for more from our farmers
… reveals why the biodiversity crisis may be humanity's biggest challenge HOW TO MAKE A …
Bayer's $66 billion takeover of Monsanto represents another big click on the ratchet of corporate power over farming and food, writes Colin Todhunter. With the 'big six' of global agribusiness now set to turn into the 'even bigger three', farmers and consumers are facing more GMOs and pesticides, less choice, and deeper price gouging. Agroecology has never looked more attractive.
… mix of farming practices designed to feed humanity, from India to Africa indigenous … what should be considered as crimes against humanity . Despite the likes of Hugh Grant … on the rest of society and the future of humanity." Professor John Ikerd, ' Healthy …
Is it worse than Mc Donalds? The BLT sandwich is an icon, the ultimate symbol of convenience culture. Tesco alone sells 5 million a year. This is what the £1.80 you pay for your BLT buys...
BLT Sandwich: The Big Lifestyle Trade Off Jon Hughes Pat Thomas | 22nd September 2006 News Food BLT Fast Food Junk Food Pigs Bacon Farming Pesticides Proccessed Food Processed Farming Fast Food Green …
Growing enough healthy and sustainable food has been moved to the forefront of the agriculture industry.
A world without pesticides? Emily Folk | 2nd September 2019 Comment Food And Farming Pesticides Sustainability Science & Systems 285573_9f25e44d.jpg Growing enough healthy and sustainable food has …
If you don't know what's gone into making your drink, stick to organic beer and wine this Christmas, says Pat Thomas
Behind the Label: better booze Pat Thomas | 16th November 2009 Ethical Living Christmas Green Living Behind The Label Alcohol Pesticides wine_web.jpg If you don't know what's gone into making your …
Urgent action is needed nationwide as Japan becomes a hotspot for insect loss.
The Ramsar Convention and Japan's rice-paddy ecosystems Phil Carter | 6th July 2020 News Japan Pesticides Rice Firefly International Fireflies at Kawaura River Urgent action is needed nationwide as …
The history of humankind might also be said to be the history of warfare. From Roman times to the present day, human conflict has been the hallmark of our historical progression. But the fight against ourselves isn’t the only war we’ve embarked upon.
The War on Bugs by Will Allen Phil Moore | 26th November 2008 Reviews Bugs Book Review Farming Pesticides Farming Agribusiness Food And Farming Health Pollution Society Bug_War_MAINjpg.jpg The …
Bristol's decision to trial vinegar as a weedkiller in place of glyphosate certainly grabbed headline-writers' imaginations, writes Harriet Williams. But with a wide choice of proven chemical-free weed control strategies available, might this experiment be 'set up to fail'?
Pesticide-free cities are possible! But there's more to it than vinegar Harriet Williams | 9th May 2016 Comment Pesticides Cities Health UK pfz_school-cut.jpg Bristol's decision to trial vinegar as a …
The fashion industry listens to shoppers, even if governments don't. Use your power as a consumer to make safer, organic cotton more widely available:
Help fashion go organic The Ecologist | 1st January 2009 Ethical Living Organic Clothing Fashion Clothes Cotton Organic Cotton Campaigns Action Campaigns Consumerism Pests And Pesticides Organics …
Scientists have been debating the conclusions of a recently published research on insects that reportedly found alarming declines, reports CATHERINE EARLY.
Insect armageddon - the devil is in the detail Catherine Early | 3rd November 2017 News Insects Ecology Pesticides Farming 405652.jpg Scientists have been debating the conclusions of a recently …
Progress towards measuring and reducing risks from pesticide use in the EU has been limited, according to a new report from the European Court of Auditors.
EU shows little progress on pesticides Staff Reporter | 17th February 2020 News Science And Systems EU Pesticides Food And Farming Thought Leaders pesticides_spraying.jpg Progress towards measuring …
Banned chemicals can still be found in rivers across Europe, according to the latest study.
100 pesticides pollute Europe's waterways John von Radowitz | 9th April 2019 News Pesticides Pollution Europe Waterways river_otter_devon.jpg Banned chemicals can still be found in rivers across …