Obanya and colleagues at the University of Portsmouth and Marine Conservation Society published a paper in May 2026 looking at PFAS contaminants in surface waters, effluents, sediments and coastal food webs off the Solent coastline in the UK. PFAS (per- and...
Foodwatch, a European NGO, have published their findings from an independent laboratory analysis of banned pesticide residues in 64 food samples, including products purchased in Austria, France, Germany, and the Netherlands. As Foodwatch highlight, the European Union...
Greenpeace UK’s new report, Our Poisoned Land, which warns that intensive pesticide and fertiliser use is not only posing serious risks to human health, The report highlights that a typical British roast dinner, followed by strawberries for dessert uses a cocktail of...
A paper published in the Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry has reported that whilst it is known that emerging contaminants can accumulate in water, soils, and crops this appears to also be the case for honeybees. Using samples collected surrounding arable...
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) conducted a 12-week consultation on the proposed ban of bisphenol A (BPA) and its analogues in food contact materials (FCMs) across England and Wales that concluded in December 2025.Food Standards Scotland (FSS) undertook a parallel...
In April 2026 California’s Assembly Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials brought forward a bill to phase out, by 2035, pesticides containing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) intentionally added as active, adjuvant, or inert ingredients. A...
A paper published in Nature Health has explored whether exposure to mixtures of pesticides in the environment may be linked to cancer risk. The study focused on Peru, where agriculture is widespread and pesticide use varies across regions. Researchers combined...
The latest national French biomonitoring study (ESTEBAN), published by Santé Publique France in 2021 (data from 2014–2016), indicated higher cadmium contamination levels than their previous survey (National Nutrition & Health Study 2006-2007). In addition the...
A recent report by Greenpeace International highlights potential health risks linked to plastic packaging used for ready meals and takeaway foods. The report reviewed 24 peer-reviewed scientific studies examining the migration of chemicals and plastic particles from...
A recent review published in Current Opinion in Food Science examined evidence linking food chemical contaminants (FCCs) with neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease. FCCs include a wide range of substances that may enter the...
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