Tag: pesticides

Bayer, Syngenta took part in ECP meeting on neonic ban, suppressed minutes show

According to newly published documents, Bayer and Syngenta were involved in a…

Jane Wolfe

FoE prepares ground for potential legal challenge over neonics

Following the UK Government’s decision to temporarily lift the ban on neonicotinoids…

Jane Wolfe

Poisons in our parks? – no thanks, says PAN UK

Pesticide campaign group PAN UK is launching an initiative aimed at ridding…

Jim Manson

Court overturns conviction of biodynamic winemaker who defied spray order

The French biodynamic winemaker fined earlier this year for refusing to spray…

Jim Manson

Don’t allow US hormones and pesticides into our food, Oliver warns

Jamie Oliver has warned that a controversial trade deal between the EU…

Jane Wolfe

Organic has become preserve of well off says Raymond Blanc

The organic movement’s original aim of making good food available to all…

Jim Manson

Seven day organic diet cut pesticide levels by 90%

A NEW study by scientists in Australia shows that eating an organic…

Jim Manson

Up to 98% of fruit and veg contains pesticide

The amount of food contaminated with pesticide residues has nearly doubled in…

Jim Manson

ASA rejects complaint about organic ad’s pesticide claim

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has ruled that an organic industry advertisement…

Jim Manson

President’s Cancer Panel concludes organic is safer

A major new report by President Obama’s Cancer Panel concludes that eating…

Jim Manson