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With young people speaking up and becoming more aware of food, health and environmental issues, they deserve the platform to voice their concerns and join in a wider global network of youth working for positive change in the world they will inherit. Our Food Our Future is asking kids in the Americas to send in […]

Where do our greenhouse gases come from? It all depends on how you look at the data. The world’s workshop – China – surpassed the United States as the largest emitter of greenhouse gases on Earth in 2007. But if you consider that nearly all of the products that China produces, from iPhones to tee-shirts, […]

If you are a regular user of herbal remedies, you may have just shrugged off the article in the Daily Mail as yet another example of herb bashing. But it was worth paying attention to because in a few short paragraphs it illustrated so much of what is wrong with the way our media perceives […]

When the words ‘global public health emergency’ pop up on the TV screen or in the headlines of a newspaper, it’s reasonable to hope that there is good information out there to reassure you – or at least inform you. Not so with the zika virus. The whirlwind of hype and hysteria, half-baked theories and […]

“It was 20 years ago today…” as the song goes – and in many ways the sparkly side-show that is genetically modified food is as lacking in substance as the eternal showmen of Sgt Pepper’s band. On this day in 1996 the first GM product – a tomato puree made from the Flavr Savr tomato […]

As a society we absolutely eat too much added sugar. There’s no doubt, also, that for some drinking the requisite 1½ litres of water a day necessary for health can be challenging. So a study showing that artificially sweetened sodas can actually work just as well, and in some cases better than water in aiding […]

Just when you thought the news had hit a slow patch a new ‘report’ has got everyone in turmoil about the household death traps that are scented candles. Talk about first world problems! Many of us use candles, scented or otherwise to improve the ambiance of our homes. It seems like harmless pleasure and for […]

For many the experience of depression is nothing more than yesterday’s bad mood. For others it is a debilitating, chronic illness which affects them and those around them. A “bad” mood becomes a major health problem when it is severe enough and persistent enough to interfere with work, friendships, family life and even physical health. […]

“Get ready, cousin, because problems are coming your way…” That was the message from a relative in Colorado, who has been a vocal and active opponent of ‘fracking’, on hearing that the UK will soon begin drilling for shale gas in this way. In January 2015 Britain imposed a ban on fracking inside national parks […]

Let’s face it, when it comes to kids, it’s usually the mother who gets the blame when things go wrong. There is a wealth of information to show that a woman’s health before conception and during pregnancy is influential to both the short- and long-term health of her children. Moreover, we now know more about potential […]