Want to import toxic chemicals into Britain with scant scrutiny? Labour says: go right ahead

Jacob Rees-Mogg’s Tory fantasy of a post-Brexit bonfire of regulations is coming true. Our bodies and ecosystems will pay the price, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

How to reduce your food footprint: if it’s better for you, it’s better for the planet

Curbing waste, eating a plant-rich diet and limiting ultra-processed food (and sadly, coffee and chocolate) will dramatically reduce your carbon footprint

The Guardian view on the cultural life of trees: we must protect our natural heritage

Editorial: From Shakespeare to Radiohead, ancient woodlands have shaped the UK’s creative landscape. They deserve to be celebrated

There’s no excuse for chopping down a thing of beauty. And I don’t just mean the Sycamore Gap tree

Talking therapies save lives, keep people out of hospital, help them back into work. So why is NHS England cutting them in its ‘financial reset’?

Plastics in everyday objects may disrupt sleep in same way as caffeine, study finds

Findings show for first time how plastic chemicals throw off the body’s internal clock by up to 17 minutes

Experience: I walked the length of the UK with a donkey

After a relationship breakup, rambling 700 miles from the Highlands to Dorset with Martin helped restore my faith in people

Microplastics found in human ovary follicular fluid for the first time

Peer-reviewed study’s findings raises fresh question on the toxic substances’ impact on fertility

Wooden spoons are making us sick? I thought that was fish slices

Another day, another health scare. I’m struggling to know which dangers I should take seriously, writes Arwa Mahdawi

‘I was causing harm’: author Helen Jukes on motherhood and our polluted bodies

In her latest book, Mother Animal, the writer gives a personal account of the impact of ‘forever chemicals’ on her and her child during and after pregnancy

What I have learned in my filthy, bloody, sisyphean quest to tame my garden

It’s chaos as small jobs become big jobs, tools disappear and distractions lead to furious frustration, writes Adrian Chiles. Then you spot spring’s first flower ...