Diseases

Climate breakdown provides a more habitable environment for many types of insects - resulting in pests, crop damage and increased diseases.

Covid-19 is hitting mine workers hard, revealing the underlying burdens of disease and inequality caused by extractivism.

Millions of us are using the coronavirus lockdown as a time to reflect on our own actions and the world we live in.

How is asbestos regulated around the world, and what can we do to move towards a total ban?

There is a painful truth about disease in the UK countryside. These diseases among farm animals cause death and financial loss on a huge scale. Chris Pitt, deputy director of policy, communications and campaigns at the League Against Cruel Sports, explains.

Increasing density of livestock production and poor biosecurity in Asia is encouraging epidemics, with a new disease emerging every four months, says new International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) report

Wander down the meat aisle of any supermarket and you will find mountains of chicken being sold at unbelievably cheap prices. The real reasons for this cannot be found on the label.