Westminster Council launches scheme to cut cooking emissions in restaurants to improve air quality
- 20 May 2025
Westminster City Council has launched a new pilot scheme aimed at tackling harmful air pollution caused by cooking emissions in restaurants. Commercial cooking is the third-largest single source of Particulate Matter (also known as PM2.5 emissions) in London, which is estimated to account for 59% of total emissions. These emissions originate from cooking fuels such […]
BBC investigation finds low nutritional value in baby food pouches
- 19 May 2025
Nutritional analysis of infant food carried out by the Aberdeen Scientific Services Laboratory for BBC Panorama has found low levels of certain nutrients and high sugar content. Laboratory testing of 18 pouches made by Ella’s Kitchen, Heinz, Piccolo, Little Freddie, Aldi and Lidl found many to be low in vitamin C and iron, while some […]
Proposed changes to the Soft Drinks Industry Levy
- 19 May 2025
The UK Government are consulting on proposals to extend the soft drinks industry levy (SDIL) to more drinks. The consultation sets out proposals for changes to the minimum sugar content threshold at which the levy applies, and the current exemptions for milk-based drinks and milk substitute drinks. The government is not seeking to revisit the SDIL’s […]
IFEH Publication
- 7 May 2025
The IFEH Magazine Environment & Health International Volume 25 No 1, April 2025Edition is now available HERE
REHIS News – April 2025
- 25 April 2025
Pollution Update Course, 21 May 2025 The forthcoming Pollution Update event will be again online, on the 21 May 2025. The event will focus on a range of pollution topics and will offer updates and insights on contaminated land, noise and the new generation of sports activities, air quality legislation and equipment, and the role […]
Farmer who starved five Highland cows fined
- 25 April 2025
A farmer who starved his Highland cows during a drought has been fined. David Cameron left the animals in a field at Broadleys Farm near Stirling without checking on them during an extended period of dry weather in the spring and summer of 2023. An anonymous caller alerted the SSPCA, who passed the matter on […]
Four men and a business convicted for diverting meat unfit for human consumption back into the human food chain
- 24 April 2025
Following an investigation by Southwark Council and the Food Standard Agency’s National Food Crime Unit (NFCU), three men entered guilty pleas, and one man and his business entered not guilty pleas at proceedings at the Inner London Crown Court. Three men, Mark Hooper, Azar Irshad, and Ali Afzal entered guilty pleas for their involvement in […]
Daily doses of peanuts tackle allergic reactions in adults
- 24 April 2025
The first clinical trial to test whether adults allergic to peanuts can be desensitised has shown great success with two thirds of the cohort consuming the equivalent of four peanuts without reacting. The Grown Up Peanut Immunotherapy (GUPI) trial is the first study entirely in adults with severe allergy to test whether daily doses of […]
Green MSP lodges bill to ban greyhound racing
- 23 April 2025
Scottish Green MSP Mark Ruskell has officially lodged his bill to ban greyhound racing in Scotland. The bill has received crossparty support allowing it to progress to this stage, but it is yet to secure the support of the Scottish Government. In April the Welsh Government announced that it would ban the cruel gambling-led entertainment […]
80% of Arctic sulphur dioxide traced to Icelandic volcano
- 23 April 2025
Scientists have studied the 2023 eruption of the Sundhnúkagígar volcano in Iceland and found that the sulphur dioxide it released seriously affected air quality up to 2,000km away in the arctic. The team from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, used satellites equipped with high-resolution sensors that can detect […]
Gas hobs polluting indoor air, Which? study finds
- 22 April 2025
New research by Which? suggests cooking on a gas hob can create more air pollution indoors than levels found on one of the UK’s busiest roads. In order to see how everyday cooking activities affect levels of pollution in the average home, Which? conducted a snapshot investigation which looked specifically at Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) and […]
Scottish Government invest almost £200,000 to support dog control measures
- 20 April 2025
Funding for new police vans and training for officers and dog wardens has been agreed following a Responsible Dog Ownership Summit hosted by the Scottish Government. Police Scotland has received £166,000 to train officers to identify banned breeds and buy specially-equipped vans to transport dangerous and out of control dogs. The National Dog Warden Association […]
