Articles (NYR Natural News)

When our children ask us – and they will – what we did to make the future safe and healthy for them, what will we say? A large part of my own career was established when I became what some people dubbed the ‘Chemical Cassandra’. Long before it was fashionable, I was involved in exposing the toxic […]

You probably saw the story today: scientists have told the UK government to stop ‘over-hyping’ and ‘over-promoting’ the flu vaccine. But like good little soldiers most of these same scientists still recommended, according to the story in the Independent newspaper, “getting the jab as it is currently ‘the best we have’” – the implication being that […]

We have just published an exclusive video interview with Dr Philippa Darbre who, in a 2004 study, found parabens – ubiquitous preservatives used in cosmetics – in the breast tumour samples of women who regularly use paraben-containing under arm products such as deodorants. Earlier this year we reported on another study by Darbre and colleagues […]

I’ve just returned from Slow Food International’s Terra Madre/Salone del Gusto conference and I’d like to ask you a question: Are you as sick as I am of hearing about how a good, clean, fair food system is just a frivolous preoccupation of the rich? In the Salone I was being jostled by grannies with […]

There are some people who believe that organic is just a lifestyle choice. I see it differently. Increasingly, organic is the only rational choice to maintain a sustainable and productive farming system, to preserve the essential diversity of the natural world and to ensure the quality and safety of the foods we eat. Now there’s […]

We’d be the first to admit that the health news over the last month or so has been pretty distressing. As someone who has been campaigning on health and environment issues for 20 years even I had to stop and ask myself  ‘what on earth is happening to us?’ A world awash in chemical toxins, […]

The knives came out immediately in the wake of this week’s study showing that rats fed a lifelong diet of GM maize developed more and bigger breast tumours, as well as kidney and liver dysfunction.  But these comments, mostly from rent-a-quote scientists and web trolls, are too little too late. As we noted in our […]

Rats fed a lifelong diet of one of the best-selling strains of genetically modified maize suffered tumours and multiple organ damage, according to a French study published today. The report which is well-timed to support the Just Label It campaign in the US and inform the vicious battle over Proposition 37 in California, is set […]

A recent report by the UN Environment Program (UNEP) warns of the potential damage to health and to the environment caused by emerging economies in developing nations that are built on ‘chemical intensification’. Between now and 2020 chemical production in North America and Europe is expected to grow by about 25%. Compare this to growth […]

We all like to think that the decisions we make – and those that are made for us – are based on good information, on evidence, on facts. But for anybody who believes in evidence-based medicine this has been a pretty frustrating week. Quietly, and without consultation with relevant bodies, the MHRA (Medicines and Healthcare products […]