The Panorama programme on GM foods and crops last Monday was a masterpiece of spin, bluster, misrepresentation and outright deceit, write Lawrence Woodward & Pat Thomas, with the BBC's top investigatory strand hijacked to force feed the UK population with the purest of pro-GMO propaganda.
Investigation or advocacy? The BBC reveals its pro-GMO bias Lawrence Woodward Pat Thomas | 10th June 2015 Comment GMOs Media UK Science Food Farming Bangladesh …
Animal Equality published footage showing chickens destined for Nando's, Lidl and Asda were being kept in appalling conditions. One month later, has enough been done to ensure animal welfare and food hygiene standards are met? FRANCES RANKIN reports
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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 …
A BBC documentary claimed 90% success for a controversial GM crop in Bangladesh, Bt brinjal, writes Claire Robinson. But as journalist Faisal Rahman discovered, there's no evidence to support the claim, the BBC relied on biased sources, and its journalists failed to investigate reports of widespread crop failure. Was it all an exercise in pro-GMO propaganda?
… His evidence, together with subsequent investigations by GMWatch, casts serious doubt …
Lettuces, peppers and other vegetables grown under 'semi-slavery' conditions in Spain are filling supermarket shelves in the UK, writes Almudena Serpis. Workers are routinely abused, underpaid, sprayed with pesticide, and sacked if they dare complain, an C4News / Ecologist investigation has found. But now they are getting organised to defend their rights.
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The Environment Agency and Interpol are being forced to tackle the growing trade in electrical waste to stop our unwanted TVs, computers and refrigerators falling into the wrong hands
… Paul Leinster confirmed to the Ecologist that investigations currently being conducted into … its new intelligence-led approach to crime investigations has resulted in a 98 per cent …
Mark Field, Foreign Office Minister, is under investigation after 'horrific' moment when he physically grabs climate protester is filmed by Greenpeace.
Sack Minister for 'assaulting' protester Brendan Montague Helen William Jennifer McKiernan | 21st June 2019 News Greenpeace Climate Breakdown Mark Field Labour Party Change Makers …
UK government needs to 'wake up' to the dangers of offshore drilling and outlaw the practice, demand activists
Gulf oil disaster not unique to BP and will 'happen again' The Ecologist | 9th September 2010 News Oil Gulf Oil Spill Bp Energy Greenpeace Platform Platform London oilspillbpmexico.jpg Activists …
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 …
A charge of 'criminal defamation' against Andy Hall, the Finnwatch migrant labour researcher who revealed the plight of migrant food sector workers in Thailand, was dismissed today. But with another three civil and criminal cases pending, he's back in court tomorrow.
Thailand: migrant labour investigator 'not guilty' The Ecologist | 29th October 2014 News Thailand Food Labour Human Rights pineapple-workers-cut.jpg A charge of 'criminal defamation' against Andy …
A Complaint has been filed today with the European Commission to prevent import of the 'super-GM' SmartStax maize developed by Monsanto and Dow AgroSciences.
Stop import of 'super-GM' SmartStax maize! Oliver Tickell | 9th January 2014 News GMO Gm Food EU Food Farming Health poison-pollen.png A Complaint has been filed today with the European Commission to …
The UK government has endorsed plans by oil giant Shell to leave some decommissioned North Sea oil infrastructure in place.
Government backs Shell over North Sea oil rigs Catherine Early | 22nd February 2019 News Unearthed Oil Royal Dutch Shell Marine Greenpeace Pollution Decommissioning oil_platform_in_the_north_sea.jpg …
The new Brazilian Forest Code proposes to relax land regulation in the Amazon rainforest which will increase logging, cattle ranching and other destructive activities. Tell President Dilma to veto the decision before it is too late
Urge Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff to save the Amazon rainforest Ben Hudson | 14th December 2011 Activism Campaigning The Basics How To Make A Difference Amazon Rainforest Brazil Veto Save The …
A Greenpeace investigation exposed the gender-bending chemicals used in clothing production. Puma, Nike and Adidas have agreed to phase out the toxic chemicals, but can we expect others to follow, asks Tamara Stark
Stop making China suffer toxic pollution for Western fashion Tamara Stark | 15th September 2011 Comment Fashion Ethical Fashion Society Comment Pollution Greenpeace greenpeace-comment.jpg A …
A pilot study of American mothers' milk has found levels of the herbicide glyphosate around 1,000 times higher than allowed in European drinking water. Campaigners are demanding a ban on the use of glyphosate on food crops.
Glyphosate found in breast milk The Ecologist | 28th April 2014 News Food Farming Water Regulation USA EU mothers-milk-cut.jpg A pilot study of American mothers' milk has found levels of the …
A 2001 study that showed that glyphosate caused cancer in mice was ignored by the EFSA after the unsubstantiated allegation of a former US-EPA official that the mice used in the study were suffering from a viral infection that might have given them cancer, writes Claire Robinson. The EFSA failed to properly investigate the allegation, which appears to originate in a document linked to Monsanto, maker of the world's top-selling herbicide, glyphosate-based Roundup.
EFSA dismissed glyphosate cancer study after unsupported 'viral infection' slur of ex-EPA official Claire Robinson GMWatch | 25th May 2017 News Science Pesticides Regulation Corporations Food Health …
A broad community of independent scientific researchers and scholars challenges claims of a 'consensus' that genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are 'safe' to grow and eat. The claims - which continue to be widely and often uncritically aired - are a false and artificial construct that have been misleadingly perpetuated through diverse media.
… and should be followed up by more detailed investigations over an extended period of …
Reporting from the frontline of environmental activism, Andrew Wasley takes a closer look at those who fight the abuse of marine environments.
The struggle to report on the marine environment Andrew Wasley | 1st June 2009 Activism Overfishing Oceans Fish Andre Wasley Greenpeace Seashepards Wildlife Civil_disobedience_MAIN.jpg Reporting from …
From the day that Danish pig farmer Ib Borup Pederson switched away from GM soy, his animals became healthier and more productive. Birth deformities reduced, sows became more fertile, medicine costs fell, and profits went up. The changes were linked to the reduction in the levels of the herbicide glyphosate in their feed.
… seen on my farm and about the on-farm and lab investigations carried out in collaboration … not connected. The researchers note: "Further investigations are urgently needed to prove or …
The Ecologist Guide to Food is no soft-centered feel-good flim-flam, warns Jan Goodey, as it tackles tough topics like the slave labour behind your prawns and tomatoes: essential reading for concerned gourmets everywhere.
… The positive side of change But the investigations don't end there. Interviews … When it comes to livestock and farming the investigations at home and abroad lead to …
Tuna industry showing disregard for consumers and future sustainability of fish stocks, according to Greenpeace
Lidl supermarket tuna 'contains fish species not on the label' Kara Moses | 24th November 2010 News Tuna Fish Sustainable Food And Farming News Overfishing Oceans Lidl Greenpeace News …
UK companies are flooding poorer countries with agrochemicals that are banned in the EU.
UK exporting toxic pesticides Catherine Early | 14th September 2020 | News Pesticides Export Chemicals Greenpeace Pesticide spraying UK companies are flooding poorer countries with agrochemicals that …