Testing of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream in the EU has revealed traces of the toxic herbicide glyphosate at levels which, studies show, are high enough to induce liver damage in animals.
11 October, 2017A new report has found resides from over 100 different pesticides on the free fruit and vegetables supplied to English schools by the Department of Health.
5 September, 2017Newly published evidence shows that at levels many thousands of times below what regulators consider ‘safe’ glyphosate can trigger liver disease.
10 January, 2017Laboratory tests have revealed alarmingly high levels of the herbicide glyphosate in a wide range of best-selling foods across the US.
15 November, 2016Records reveal that levels of the toxic herbicide were higher than could be considered ‘safe’ by the standards of other countries.
16 September, 2016Two decades of data show that bees that forage on crops treated with neonicotinoid insecticides are at significantly great risk of population declines.
17 August, 2016The European Union is set to ignore the opinions of its citizens – and scientists – and give the cancer-causing herbicide glyphosate a ‘free pass’ for another 15 years
13 April, 2016Fungicides, commonly used on ‘healthy’ fruit and veg, have been found to produce genetic changes in brain cells similar to those in people with autism, Alzheimer’s disease and Huntington’s disease.
5 April, 2016USDA researchers have discovered that an essential oil distilled from a native plant known as sweetgrass can repel mosquitoes as well as DEET
19 August, 2015New study finds bees are attracted to nectar containing common pesticides, thus increasing their chances of lethal exposure
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