Tag: pesticides

Heavy pesticide exposure poses similar cancer risk as smoking

We all know the link to tobacco, but what about pesticides? A…

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EU policies should support farmers to reduce harmful pesticides

IFOAM Organics Europe launches a campaign to raise awareness of the social,…

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Ella’s Kitchen and RSPB announce conservation collaboration

Ella’s Kitchen has teamed with the RSPB to protect and restore 30…

Jane Wolfe

SA calls for retailers to act on Brazilian pesticide poisonings

Over 30,000 people have signed the Soil Association’s (SA) Stop Poison Poultry…

Jane Wolfe

SA fights ‘hidden scandal’ of pesticides in poultry

A petition has been launched by the SA calling for supermarkets to…

Rosie Greenaway

Government ‘abandons’ protection of pollinators

Following a decision to authorize emergency use of thiamethoxam, the SA says…

Rosie Greenaway

New report calls for urgent action on insect decline

A new report is calling on the whole of society as well…

Jane Wolfe

Government ‘failing public’ over pesticide cocktail threat

A major new report exposes how mixtures of pesticides commonly found in…

Jim Manson

Soil Association calls for urgent action over pollinator decline

Following a report citing a widespread crash in bees and pollinators –…

Jane Wolfe

BetterYou launches environmental enterprise

Natural health brand BetterYou has unveiled its Better Planet Project – an…

Jane Wolfe

Kale fail: clean eaters’ favourites contain highest pesticide residues

While they are revered in ‘clean-eating’ circles, spinach and kale are ranked…

Jim Manson

New pesticide data is in ‘sharp contrast’ with previous claims

Delegates at the Royal Society of Medicine have heard that the true…

Rosie Greenaway

A toxic blow to bees

Dangerous levels of neonicotinoid insecticides have been found in 75% of the…

Rosie Greenaway

First pan-European field trial confirms that neonics harm bees

In the largest ever field study investigating the impact of neonicotinoids on…

Jane Wolfe

EFSA ‘overly upbeat’ on pesticides

The annual European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) report on pesticide residues in…

Diane Millis

UN experts call for greater pesticide regulation

UN experts call for new global treaty to regulate and phase out…

Diane Millis

Make organic a ‘laboratory’ for healthy food production

The EU should increase investment in organic agriculture and use it as…

Jim Manson

Aldi makes a push for Whole Foods customers in the US

Aldi is making a further push to steal customers away from the…

Jim Manson

Unpublished pesticide trials reveal harm to honey bee health

Bayer and Syngenta have been criticized for not publishing research that found…

Jane Wolfe

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…

Jane Wolfe