Food & Water

Aluminium is one of the most common metals found in the Earth’s crust and so it is naturally present in the environment, in many food stuffs and in...

In the UK we enjoy some of the highest quality drinking water in the world, but in order to get it so clean; various chemicals first need to be...

Chlorinated water has been around for the last 100 years or so, with its first recorded use as a water disinfectant being in 1897, when it was used...

The heavy metal contamination of fish does not mean that the oceans are buzzing with the sound of salmon and tuna, head banging to AC/DC – although...

Remember the days when the first strawberries of the year were the ones shown on television at Wimbledon? How times have changed, for now all kinds...

A couple of years ago there was a story going around that if you didn’t want to suffer pesticide poisoning, you had to chop at least the first two...

For years, we’ve been told that in order to help maintain a healthy lifestyle, we need to incorporate at least 5 servings of fruit and vegetables...

How much salt? Wrong kind of fat? Too high in sugar? Is it organic? We’ve all been there – staring at a food carton in the supermarket aisle,...

I’m sure most of us keep a can of baked beans in the cupboard for emergencies or use tinned tomatoes in our cooking. But are they good for our...

More than two thirds of the Earth’s surface consists of water and man can’t survive without it. However, our water sources, the world over are...

Most people use pesticides at some point in their life – whether it is something to kill those persistent weeds, to get rid of slugs, flies, or...