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06/11/2018 / By Jayson Veley

A win for nature: EU supports ban of neonicotinoids proven to decimate bees

In a major win for mother nature, the European Union backed a proposal last month to ban the use of insecticides known as neonicotinoids, which studies have shown do a tremendous amount of harm to honey bees. The ban, which has been strongly supported by environmentalists, applies to the use of three active substances: imidacloprid, […]

05/18/2018 / By David Williams

EU sets a 70 percent recycling target for waste by 2020, starts by designing a modified bacteria that lives off plastic

Plastic pollution is a very serious problem in many different parts of the world. It has caused a great deal of harm to the environment and continues to affect many people’s lives every single day. Europe suffers from it just like any other place on Earth. Fortunately, the concept of plastic recycling exists. And that […]

06/06/2017 / By Amy Goodrich

Despite links to cancer, the EU proposes a 10-year license renewal for key ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup

The World Health Organization’s (WHO) cancer agency, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), classified glyphosate as “probably carcinogenic to humans,” which is the second-highest classification for substances that can cause cancer. Glyphosate is the main ingredient of Monsanto’s best-selling herbicide Roundup. Instead of protecting public health and removing it from their products, Monsanto […]

04/04/2017 / By Vicki Batts

16 countries in the EU vote against GM crops as GMO backlash sweeps the globe

As the month of March came to an end, a majority of European Union members voted against a proposal that would bring in two new types of genetically modified maize. Sixteen members of the EU took a stand against the introduction of new GMO crops, but will that be enough to keep them out of […]

02/28/2017 / By Amy Goodrich

UK warned to clean up its air as deadly pollution continues to increase

When we think of air pollution, the image of an overpopulated Asian metropolis covered in a thick layer of smog immediately springs to mind. However, it was the U.K. that recently made the headlines after air pollution levels in London briefly jumped over the levels recorded in Beijing, China. Since 2010, the U.K. repeatedly failed […]

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