New food poisoning outbreak leaves 83 ill
· Twice as many females hit by rare salmonella · Health alert comes two weeks after Cadbury scare
How a tobacco farm in Kent could provide a life-saving drug for millions
· Genetic tweak allows HIV drug to be harvested · Environmentalists fear cross-contamination
How can I make my baby greener?
Little can be done to scale down the nappy mountain, but kids can play their green card by reusing toys, says Lucy Siegle.
Study looks at pesticide link with Parkinson’s
Scientists have begun a three-year study aimed at establishing whether pesticides can cause Parkinson's disease as part of an attempt to assess the extent of long-term health risks from the chemicals.
Wrong choice of brand can double salt intake
· Food watchdogs urge parents to check labels· Fat levels vary wildly in products for children
Mass medication with Omega 3 would wipe out global fish stocks
Our children need their fatty acids, but after we have fed our stocks to cattle and pigs there simply aren't enough left, says George Monbiot
Yellow clouds on the horizon
Hayfever sufferers in the east of England have been watching anxiously as a huge dust cloud heads their way, writes Mark Oliver.
Industry lobbying ‘derailed junk food ban’
· Broadcasting regulator met food bosses 29 times · Advertising controls too weak, say campaigners
Is it OK … to join a gym?
Leo Hickman: There are many who pedal or row furiously on a machine in a gym and wonder why all the energy isn't being harnessed somehow and made to, say, power the television showing MTV above their heads. They are right to wonder this. You would have the added incentive that if you stopped pedalling, the loud music video driving you on, or the cooling air, would cease.
Tesco rejects traffic light food labelling
The Food Standards Agency's attempt to introduce consistent health labelling of processed foods looked certain to be thwarted.