Heatwaves increase risk of early births and poorer health in babies, study finds

Research that looked at 53 million births says Black and Hispanic mothers and those in lower socioeconomic groups most at risk

What are PFAS? Everything you need to know about the ‘forever chemicals’ surrounding us every day

Toxic chemicals have been found in everything from strawberries to waterproof clothing. Should we worry?

They’re in pans, fruit, dust – and even tap water. But can I eradicate toxic forever chemicals from my home?

Invisible toxins that leach into the body are almost unavoidable. Could I get rid of PFAS from my kitchen, bathroom, wardrobe and more?

The search for the perfect wetsuit: is there one that doesn’t harm the planet?

Neoprene is made from toxic chemicals, hard to recycle and, with 400,000 tonnes made a year, a growing problem. So can surfers and swimmers find green wetsuits?

Country diary: Cherry blossom has given way to apple blossom

St Dominic, Tamar Valley: Few insects are about, but we hope the variable and staggered blossoming times will help pollination

UK tenants should have ‘right to garden’, leading horticulturist says

Jason Williams, known as the cloud gardener, is campaigning for green spaces in new builds and rights for tenants to grow plants

‘The trout lasagne is very good!’ How I recreated six classic beef dishes – with oily fish

Replacing red meat with fish could prevent diabetes, reduce our carbon footprint and save lives. So who’s for spaghetti and fishballs?

‘The courgettes were so good last year, I got a tattoo of one’: life on a Birmingham allotment

A city of welly-wearers, Birmingham has more allotments than any other UK local authority – some of its keen plotholders tell us why

Much of England’s ‘national landscapes’ out of bounds, say campaigners

Right to Roam finds areas of outstanding natural beauty have on average poorer footpath access than rest of England

Pregnant women in Indiana show fourfold increase in toxic weedkiller in urine – study

Seventy percent of pregnant women in state had herbicide dicamba in their urine, up from 28% in an earlier study