Thousands of tons of glyphosate are now applied every year to UK farmland as well as to municipal green spaces and domestic gardens. But the herbicide’s safety record has become deeply contested and – with its license up for renewal in December – there are calls for it to be banned or severely restricted.

The world's top infectious killer, tuberculosis (TB), has plagued humans for thousands of years, and it isn't going anywhere just yet.

A large new study has found a strong link between pesticide exposure and cancer rates, raising questions about how safe some commonly used chemicals really are.

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has issued a new charter for a CDC vaccine advisory committee that expands the role of the panel to include a focus on vaccine risks and gaps in vaccine safety evidence.