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This week a federal judge in San Francisco has been reviewing claims that glyphosate, the active ingredient in the popular weed killer Roundup, poses a cancer risk. In week-long hearings, US District Judge Vince Chhabria has been listening to experts on both sides about whether there is scientific evidence to support the claims of more […]

We are now well and truly into the New Year and it feels like there has barely been a break between the craziness of 2017 and what looks to be the wild ride of 2018. At the turn of the year I try to determine which health issues will be the most prominent over the coming […]

Six years ago Neal’s Yard Remedies Natural News launched with a simple premise: to help visitors feel more confident in managing their own health naturally. The website debuted quietly but has grown quickly to become an impressive archive of more than 2000 news stories, articles and campaigns. Over the years millions of people have visited […]

When I was a child the science fiction vision of the future was of a world without food. In the future, we were told, we could do away with the drudgery of farming, cooking and even eating and just take a pill that would deliver all our daily nutritional requirements. Even at a young age […]

The EU has failed – once again – to agree on how to proceed with the relicensing of glyphosate, the active ingredient which underpins Roundup, the world’s most widely used herbicide. Yesterday representatives of Member States in the European Council voted on a proposal, put forward by the European Commission, to relicense glyphosate for a […]

A new international report, to which I made a small research contribution, has revealed a shocking lack of science behind the infant formula ranges sold by baby milk companies – and some pretty shady marketing tactics.

Recently a UK analysis of the benefits for newly licensed cancer drugs dropped a bombshell. The research, published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) found that nearly two thirds (57%) of cancer drugs authorised by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) between 2009 and 2013 were approved without any clear evidence they improved the quality or […]

In a series of tests on Ben & Jerry’s ice cream sold in the UK and EU, worrying levels of glyphosate were found. Here’s what that means – and how Ben & Jerry’s responded and why you shouldn’t be too hopeful.

In a week when the world has watched as man-made climate change whip up spectacular, scary, damaging weather – along with continued and ridiculous debate – two stories have emerged that underscore the links between food, farming and climate change. We ignore them at our peril. In the early days of our awareness of climate […]

These are stressful times The effect on our mental and physical well-being from life events such as divorce, a death in the family, money worries, dysfunctional relationships and job pressures are all well researched. Less well studied – though maybe someone should – are the geographical and sociopolitical stresses we all face: climate change certainly, […]