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.
… a single plant makes "pyramiding risks and uncertainties inevitable" . However … to multiply toxicity or reactions of the immune system were not taken into account. "There was hardly any investigation into …
Evidence presented to a Parliamentary select committee shows that excessive use of antibiotics on farms has led to the evolution of three antibiotic-resistant superbugs since 1998.
… of new antibiotics. No new antibiotics are under development for some serious infections. … occurring. SFT Policy Director Richard Young commented: "The SFT is particularly … not be long before we see the emergence of untreatable strains of gonorrhea, because …
Rothamsted Research has applied to field trial GM Camelina plants that make long chain omega-3 fatty acids - an important nutrient currently available only from fish. This poses a dilemma for those who have so far opposed GMO foods.
… spoke today on the BBC's World at One to denounce it as a "desperate attempt" by the GM … merely "tinkering" . She went on to warn of "unintended side effects" that might result … are over-rich in the omega-6 fatty acids abundant in nuts, seeds and vegetable oils like …
2013 was a bad, bad year for Big Coal, writes Bob Burton. If the coal industry's PR dream is for a stream of exuberant articles selling the story line that coal is clean, cheap and desirable, then 2013 delivered the opposite. 2014 will be even worse.
… water supplies and the global climate. Around the world, citizens, farmers and community groups are standing up to Big Coal as … or have been slated for closure. In the United Kingdom alone, coal plants with an …
A new study shows a strong link between exposure to the pesticide DDT and Alzheimer's dementia. Sophie Morlin-Yron reports.
… disease, a team of US scientists has found. The new study published in JAMA … times the level of DDE, the chemical compound left when DDT breaks down, lingering in … but still used DDT has been banned in many countries since 1972, when its impact on human …
L'Oreal, the world's largest beauty and cosmetics company, has committed to remove forest destruction from its products by 2020.
… However the company has granted itself until 2020 to achieve this objective in full - … to be replaced with palm plantations around the tropics, most of all in Indonesia. But … said: "In a win for consumers around the world, L'Oreal has committed to ending …
Sea–level rises, changes to the severity of monsoon seasons and rainfall, flooding, droughts and heatwaves are all having an increasing impact on human health, writes Geordon Shannon.
… on our health is estimated to come in at around US$2-4 billion in just over 15 years time. … last year, a prolonged heat wave claimed around 650 excess deaths in England. Heat wave … risk to people, but also threatens to undermine the country's food security . And …
Air pollution can damage the health of pregnant women and their children - even if the pollution is within permitted limits, according to a study from Lund University in Sweden. Among the risks, diabetes.
… permitted limits, according to a study from Lund University in Sweden. Among the risks, … and health risks for mother and child , found that women in areas with poor air quality …
The debate on protecting cattle from TB has become polarised between supporters of killing badgers, and vaccination. But as Liz Glass reports, there is another solution: breeding cattle with innate TB resistance.
… that some of the variation in bovine TB is underpinned by the genetic makeup of the … (the proportion of the variation accounted for by genetics) is significant in the … all the differences detected, it was found around 21% of this breed's liability to …
The established wisdom that 'high in polyunsaturates' means healthy, and that saturated fat and cholesterol are the way to an early grave, lack any supporting scientific evidence, writes David Brown. Indeed the truth appears to be the precise reverse: over-consumption of the omega-6 polyunsaturate linoleic acid is causing untold harm to our health and wellbeing.
… evidence against this 'healthy' poly-unsaturated oil David Brown | 24th February 2014 News Health Food Science sunflower-field-cut.jpg The established wisdom that 'high in polyunsaturates' means healthy, and that saturated …
Sources close to Defra have revealed that the UK's badger culls were an outright failure. They killed well under the target number of animals, and were unable to meet Defra's own 'humaneness test'
… were an outright failure. They killed well under the target number of animals, and were unable to meet Defra's own 'humaneness test' … The IEP used a more precise methodology, accounting for the discrepancy in the figures. …
The UK's Coalition Government told us it wanted to hand control of the NHS to patients. In truth, writes Caroline Lucas MP, it is attacking NHS democracy on every side.
… NHS staff. The health service remains the country's most cherished institution , polls tell us. It is uniquely bound up in our sense of who we are. The memory …
Matt Mellen joined a growing number of Westerners seeking therapy with Ayahuasca, the Amazonian 'miracle medicine' for mind, body and soul. He emerged transformed, a happier version of ... himself.
… Healing in the jungle Matt Mellen | 1st March 2014 Ethical … Spirit Forests Indigenous Peoples aya-roundhouse.png Matt Mellen joined a growing … - an entry to the heart of the mighty Amazon jungle in Iquitos, Peru. Reeling from a recent …
The long-term effects of synthetic chemicals used in packaging, food storage and processing food could be damaging our health, scientists have warned. Jo Adetunji reports.
… The chemical dangers in food packaging Jo Adetunji | 1st March 2014 News Health Waste … our health, scientists have warned. Jo Adetunji reports. In a paper published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health , the authors said most of these …
As England chokes in Level 10 smog, Rob MacKenzie says we shouldn't worry too much about headline-grabbing sand from the Sahara. Far more insidious and damaging to health are the fumes from our own cars and lorries.
… all the way across Europe, when African countries experience dust storms of much higher … Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, don't account for is the cause behind this large number … The tiniest particles can move through the lungs, into the blood Most of the medical …
New studies document substantial differences of GM maize and GM soybean from their non-GM counterparts, writes Dr Eva Sirinathsinghji - exposing a permissive regulatory regime that has failed miserably in protecting public health and safety.
… GM maize and GM soybean from their non-GM counterparts, writes Dr Eva Sirinathsinghji - … up glaring differences between GMOs and their unmodified versions. This makes a mockery of … of Substantial Equivalence' is both unscientific and arbitrary . An unscientific …
The nuclear industry and its media cheerleaders have raised a chorus of misinformation over Fukushima, writes Karl Grossman. But their attempts to suppress the truth are ultimately doomed to failure.
… of Hiroshima and Nagasaki" , wrote Yale University Professor Emeritus Charles Perrow … England and Chelyabinsk in the Ural Mountains, and the nuclear power plant accidents at Three Mile Island in the United States and Chernobyl in what is now …
Brian May is best known as lead guitarist for the rock band Queen. But as Lesley Docksey discovers, he is also an astrophysicist, and a committed - and highly effective - advocate for Britain's wild animals, including badgers put at risk by England's cull programme.
… had an interest in animals. As a child at Sunday school I struggled with the idea that … him question humanity's central place in the Universe - astronomy. "An astronomer only has to look out into the universe to realise we are just a small planet …
A coal-fired power station in Italy that has caused an estimated 442 deaths has been closed down following a court order. A case of corporate manslaughter is under investigation.
… order. A case of corporate manslaughter is under investigation. An Italian judge has … and between 1,700 - 2,000 cases of heart and lung disease. On Tuesday, police followed the … and shut down the two 330-Megawatt coal-fired units of the Vado Ligure plant. Francantonio …
It's not just people, animals and trees that suffer from radiation at Chernobyl, writes Rachel Nuwer, but also decomposer fungi and microbes. And with the buildup of dead wood comes the risk of catastrophic fire - which could spread radiation far and wide.
… writes Rachel Nuwer, but also decomposer fungi and microbes. And with the buildup of … the Chernobyl plant exploded and caused an unprecedented nuclear disaster. The effects of … live in the extensive exclusion zones around the epicenter, animals, trees and other …
Air pollution has become a leading cause of premature mortality worldwide, causing 1 in 8 premature deaths in 2012 - from transport, industry, energy generation and smoky indoor cooking fires. Aaron Cantú reports on WHO's grim findings.
… affect more people in poor and developing countries, especially in Asia. While outdoor air … forced to cook with solid fuels like coal, dung and agricultural byproducts. … by chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, lung cancer and acute lower respiratory …
Our road space is dominated by, and planned for, motor vehicles, writes Colin Pooley - leaving while people on foot are crammed on to narrow pavements, obstructed by 'street furniture', made to wait long periods to cross busy roads, and exposed to traffic noise and emissions. It's time put pedestrians first!
… National Travel Survey 22% of all trips are undertaken on foot - and walking continues to … than a mile, walking is totally dominant accounting for over 78% of all such travel. One … are also on foot. By contrast, cycling accounts for just 1.5% of all journeys. Even if we …
London cyclists were protesting yesterday at the failure of all but a handful of London's 33 Boroughs to invest in safe cycle routes - and the many thousands of deaths that failure is causing. Donnachadh McCarthy reports.
… feeling my experiences in Southwark were not unique among London's 32 local Boroughs. So our newly founded cycling direct action group Stop Killing … research from Will Nickell of the University of East London. All but a few …
Cancer Research UK's slogan is 'Let's beat cancer sooner'. But Georgina Downs wonders why it ignores the role of pesticides sprayed on crop fields - which is a recognised cause of cancer - and why it has spent over £750 million since 2007 on paying its employees.
… If I really thought that this increase in funds would help "beat cancer sooner" (in the … some of my own family members (including my Auntie Barbara, the first and only British … residents that had contacted the campaign I run on the adverse health impacts of …