Heavy pesticide exposure poses similar cancer risk as smoking
We all know the link to tobacco, but what about pesticides? A…
EU policies should support farmers to reduce harmful pesticides
IFOAM Organics Europe launches a campaign to raise awareness of the social,…
Ella’s Kitchen and RSPB announce conservation collaboration
Ella’s Kitchen has teamed with the RSPB to protect and restore 30…
SA calls for retailers to act on Brazilian pesticide poisonings
Over 30,000 people have signed the Soil Association’s (SA) Stop Poison Poultry…
SA fights ‘hidden scandal’ of pesticides in poultry
A petition has been launched by the SA calling for supermarkets to…
Government ‘abandons’ protection of pollinators
Following a decision to authorize emergency use of thiamethoxam, the SA says…
New report calls for urgent action on insect decline
A new report is calling on the whole of society as well…
Government ‘failing public’ over pesticide cocktail threat
A major new report exposes how mixtures of pesticides commonly found in…
Soil Association calls for urgent action over pollinator decline
Following a report citing a widespread crash in bees and pollinators –…
BetterYou launches environmental enterprise
Natural health brand BetterYou has unveiled its Better Planet Project – an…
Kale fail: clean eaters’ favourites contain highest pesticide residues
While they are revered in ‘clean-eating’ circles, spinach and kale are ranked…
New pesticide data is in ‘sharp contrast’ with previous claims
Delegates at the Royal Society of Medicine have heard that the true…
A toxic blow to bees
Dangerous levels of neonicotinoid insecticides have been found in 75% of the…
First pan-European field trial confirms that neonics harm bees
In the largest ever field study investigating the impact of neonicotinoids on…
EFSA ‘overly upbeat’ on pesticides
The annual European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) report on pesticide residues in…
UN experts call for greater pesticide regulation
UN experts call for new global treaty to regulate and phase out…
Make organic a ‘laboratory’ for healthy food production
The EU should increase investment in organic agriculture and use it as…
Aldi makes a push for Whole Foods customers in the US
Aldi is making a further push to steal customers away from the…
Unpublished pesticide trials reveal harm to honey bee health
Bayer and Syngenta have been criticized for not publishing research that found…
NFU submits new request to allow use of banned neonic seeds in the UK
After its emergency application to use neonic seed treatments on oilseed rape…