Archives: Health

Failure to end use of toxic herbicide glyphosate ‘nothing short of scandalous’

Categorised as Articles Food and farming Health
Published on 30 November 2017

Molly writes for the Ecologist questioning Monsanto’s role in the decision by EU countries to re-authorise Europe’s most used weedkiller, glyphosate.

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Greens call on Commission to reject relicensing of glyphosate, as EU countries fail to agree on controversial weedkiller

Categorised as Food and farming Health News
Published on 9 November 2017

Greens continue to press for a full ban on glyphosate which is linked to some cancers and damages biodiversity and soil health.

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Greens call for ban on toxic glyphosate and say ‘green Brexit’ must include moves towards chemical free farming

Categorised as Food and farming Health News
Published on 19 October 2017

A report launched this week refutes claims that glyphosate is a necessary tool for modern day agriculture; Greens are calling for a rapid move towards chemical free farming.

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Greens call on MEPs to stand up for public health and block new criteria for ‘endocrine disruptors’

Categorised as Food and farming Health News
Published on 4 October 2017

Ahead of a vote today in the European Parliament, Greens are urging MEPs to vote down criteria for identifying harmful endocrine disrupting chemicals.

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MEP slams government for hiding over 50 secret studies on impacts of Brexit

Categorised as Brexit Health News
Published on 11 August 2017

Molly calls on the government to come clean and reveal the results of studies into the impacts of a hard Brexit.

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