Chemical

RAF Kinloss in Moray, Scotland, at the centre of an investigation into radioactive contamination and chemical weapons buried at the site

Government orders to use dangerous organophosphate chemicals left hundreds of sheep farmers with debilitating ill health, Tom Levitt reports on the UK's forgotten pesticide tragedy

UK opposition to restricting the use of pesticides in the 1990s and 00s has at times even seen the intervention of former Prime Minister Gordon Brown to lobby the case for the farming industry

Campaigners call for ban on suspected hormone-disrupting chemical BPA after study discovers high quantities in paper receipts and bank notes

Norwegian study highlights the effects of PFC and PCB chemicals on human health

A twenty-five year wait for first convictions relating to the gas leak at Bhopal chemical plant in India ends, but the contamination of the local environment and population continues

Early falls in pesticide use on GM crops in the United States have been replaced by rapid increases according to study

Environment Agency officials searching for culprit as cyanide spill kills thousands of fish

A key chemical used in modern plastics has been found in human tissues at 10 times the concentration considered safe, new research has found.