EU delayed safety bans for dangerous chemicals
Pre-empting announcements isn't easy
EU officials broke the law by delaying bans on dangerous chemicals over the course of nearly two decades, a European...
“Alarmingly high” public exposure to harmful chemicals
Flipping hundreds of science papers into a mainstream story
Europe’s largest ever screening programme for hazardous chemicals has found significant parts of the population exposed to multiple hazardous substances...
EU to drop plans for stronger chemical protections
A last minute exposure of industry's lobbying power
EU officials are tomorrow set to drop bold plans to strengthen health and environmental protections against hazardous chemicals, a leak...
90% of babies exposed to highly toxic nappies – official
Flipping a forgotten official document into a mainstream story
Officials say 90% of European babies have been exposed to “very severe” chemicals in nappies / diapers sold throughout Europe...
The great detox – largest ever ban of toxic chemicals announced
Stepping in when officials are too shy
NGOs announcement scoops the Commission
New asbestos’ warning to chemical sector from investors with $10 trillion in assets
Triple front page report
PFAS chemicals are ‘the new asbestos’ for the chemical sector and firms should quit production, a group of over 50...
Europe failing to keep its chemicals promise
Using an anniversary as a media hook
An EU plan to ban more harmful chemicals than anywhere else in the world is failing, NGOs warned this week....
Autumn fruit highly contaminated
Exposing ongoing pesticide contamination on the anniversary of Silent Spring
Autumn fruit is highly contaminated with the most hazardous category of pesticides, the latest government data shows. High rates of...
Dramatic rise in ‘illegal’ pesticides on fresh fruit
Over 1,000 articles for Forbidden Fruit report
There has been a dramatic rise in fruit sold to the public with residues of the most toxic pesticides that...
Toxic shock
Ensuring a leaked document got serious attention
Health officials in Brussels are blocking progress on the biggest upgrade of EU chemical safety laws in a decade, according...
