One great success and one abject failure ...
Europe's highly controversial new REACH chemicals legislation - which was announced by the EU today - has achieved a great success in the control of toxic 'Silent Spring' chemicals that build-up in wildlife, but it will still allow gender bending and possible cancer causing chemicals to get into the environment.

Blair's miserable failure on chemicals
Tony Blair's government has torpedoed attempts to control hazardous chemicals and has put the environment - and the health of current and future generations of people - at risk.

WWF and Boots work together calling for strong chemicals legislation
Boots has joined WWF to call on the EU to ensure that its new chemicals legislation - 'REACH' - provides consumers with the best possible protection from potentially harmful chemicals and provides them with the chance to make informed decisions about what they are buying.

Breast cancer increases: Are hormone disrupting chemicals the reason?
Researchers may have been overlooking crucial factors in their hunt for an answer to why breast cancer cases are increasing - especially the impacts of hormone disrupting chemicals (known as EDCs), a new paper concludes today.

REACH - European Parliament committee backs safer chemicals rules
Brussels, 10 October 2006 - Environmental, women's, health and consumer organisations see today's Environment Committee vote on the new EU chemicals law (REACH) as a vital step towards protecting health and the environment from chemical contamination.

Toxic boat paint pollution must stop
Member countries of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), including the UK, are perpetuating pollution from the Arctic to Antarctic that is contaminating wildlife and entering our food chain.

Cameron forces Tory U-turn on chemicals
Tory Leader David Cameron has made a dramatic change in Conservative policy today and a landmark commitment protecting people and the environment from harmful man-made chemicals, WWF said today.

Toxic shop syndrome
A new book which lifts the lid on the toxic chemicals in every-day products is launched today, finally giving consumers the chance to make an informed decision about what they buy and bring into their homes.

How Green is your Blue?
David Cameron's new 'green' Conservatives are on the verge of failing in the first real test of their environmental credentials, WWF said today.

Waiter! - There's a phthalate in my soup!
There is no escape from hazardous man-made chemicals because they have permeated the food that we eat, the air that we breathe and are present in our grooming and electrical products, a new report from WWF has concluded.

Summer Greenery
Summer sees Scotland at its luscious best, a green haven of stunning scenery.

Arctic peoples ask the EU to stop polluting them with chemicals
A delegation of the Arctic Indigenous Peoples has told Members of the European Parliament in Brussels that the EU must take responsibility for the hazardous chemicals that make their way from industrialised areas like the EU to the Polar Regions.

Arctic wildlife contaminated by chemicals
The arctic ecosystem is being ravaged by chemicals that may lead to a "silent spring" scenario in this once pristine environment, with the survival of wild animal populations threatened.

Indecent Exposure in Cambridge
If you thought that sponge cakes could never be subversive, think again. The members of the Cambridge Federation of Women's Institutes recently feasted on a 'toxic' cake and surfed the internet to fight for their rights to clean blood and an uncontaminated environment.

Indecent exposure - which unwanted chemicals are lurking in your life?
An unprecedented survey of the nation's possible exposure to hazardous man-made chemicals has been launched by WWF-UK.

Heart of Borneo: medical treasure-trove at risk
Plants that could help treat or cure diseases such as cancer, AIDS and malaria have been found in the forests of the heart of Borneo, according to a new WWF report. But WWF says that this medical treasure-trove is under threat and calls for its long-term protection.

Lucky escape for the marine environment
The collision in the Channel in the early hours of this morning between a chemical tanker, the vessel Ece, and a bulk carrier, happened about 30 miles north west of Guernsey. The 8,000 tonne tanker was carrying a significant quantity of phosphoric acid which has been leaking into the sea since the collision.

Seasons greetings from WWF-UK
The Chief Executive and staff of WWF in the United Kingdom offer you our warmest good wishes for the Christmas season and 2006.

A chemical betrayal
EU ministers betrayed their people today by throwing away an opportunity to protect human health and the environment from the threat of toxic chemicals.

Killer whales: the Arctic's most toxic mammals
Norwegian killer whales are the most toxic mammals in the Arctic a new study has found. This also means that they are likely to be one of the most contaminated groups of animals on the planet, because the Arctic - perceived by most people to be the epitome of pristine environments - is severely polluted by hazardous ma...

New campaign launched to highlight chemical dangers
Four male and female models came straight from their bathrooms, wrapped in towels and brandishing toiletries, to launch a new campaign called WaterSense.

EU chemicals votes leaves crucial loophole open
A critical decision which will help to put the health of people and wildlife ahead of chemicals industry profits was made today in the European parliament.

Blair poised for failure on toxics and climate change
Tony Blair's international rhetoric on environmental issues masks the fact that he is poised to fail to deliver on the two key opportunities his premiership has provided.

Grandmother takes chemical load to Brussels
A grandmother from Sudbury and an Ecology Lecturer at University College, Worcester, are set to descend on the European Parliament on Tuesday (11 October 2005) to highlight the number of hazardous chemicals in everyday objects.

Environment ejected from Labour conference
A busy week for WWF at the Labour Party conference in Brighton.

Safer chemical future demanded from Prime Minister
On Thursday 8 September a group of mothers and children delivered a petition, signed by over 3,000 WWF supporters, to the Prime Minister. The petition asked Tony Blair to ensure that his government leads the EU towards a safer chemical future.

Why are non-stick chemicals in our babies?
Babies in the womb are being contaminated with hazardous non-stick chemicals, flame-retardants, perfumes and other gender-bending chemicals, a new report by WWF-UK and Greenpeace has found.

Climate change spells disaster for Scottish seas
A new report by WWF, reveals the disastrous impacts that climate change will have on the seas around Scotland, with disruptions across the marine food chain from plankton to fish and dolphins.

Chemical ban is good news, but not good enough
Today's decision by the European Parliament to permanently ban the use of several phthalates in children's toys is excellent news, but only scratches the surface of the chemicals problem.

Baby boys' sexual development threatened
WWF's Chemicals and Health Campaign is very concerned about the findings of a major new study linking one commonly used chemical to problems in the sexual development of baby boys.

WaterSense launched in Forfar
Scottish Women's League Cup winners, Forfar Farmington Ladies F.C., took time out of their busy schedules to take a fresh look at their kit and launch the WaterSense Campaign in Forfar.

I'm a celebrity... Get it out of me!
It's easy to imagine that we have little in common with the celebrities who grace our TV screens, but a new investigation has shown that we all share something - man-made chemicals pumping through our veins.

Arctic is a chemical dump
The Arctic is becoming a chemical dump, with higher concentrations of some man-made chemicals than the countries where the pollutants were made, a new WWF report shows.

Avoid Valentines Day headaches - don't buy your lover perfume
If you are thinking about charming your lover into bed with an expensive bottle of scent this Valentine's Day perhaps you should think again.

Baltic fish may be too toxic for Britain
Fish from some areas of the Baltic Sea are so contaminated that they may be too toxic for British shops.

WWF and WI take a bus full of toxics to the EU
On the 18 January 2005 WWF and the National Federation of Women's Institutes descended on the European Parliament in a double-decker bus filled with hazardous chemicals.

A new year... and new challenges
The Chief Executive and staff of WWF in the United Kingdom offer you our warmest wishes for 2005.

Environment minister's blood contaminated
The Rt. Hon Alun Michael MP, Environment Minister, is contaminated with dozens of industrial chemicals according to results of a blood test coordinated by WWF.

Britain's toxic teens
Some British children have higher numbers and levels of certain industrial chemicals than their parents and grandmothers reveals a report released by WWF and The Co-operative Bank. This suggests all British children are likely to be contaminated with hazardous chemicals.

Every child tested contaminated
A report released today by WWF and The Co-operative Bank reveals for the first time that every child in Britain is likely to be contaminated with hazardous chemicals.

Go wild at the Co-op!
Take a trip to your local Co-op if you fancy a walk on the wild side. From 26 September 2004, stores across the UK will be selling wild animal soft toys to highlight the plight of endangered species and their habitats.

Chemicals threaten the future of our children
At a meeting at the SNP conference in Inverness, eminent scientist Professor Malcolm Hooper will warn that the future of Scotland's babies, male fertility and health of the elderly are being put at risk from the contamination of our environment by manmade chemicals.

Toxics put 22,000 polar bears at risk from infection
New scientific research provides evidence that 22,000 polar bears are exposed to the risk of infection due to toxic contamination affecting their immune systems.

Flame retardants contaminating fish
Manmade chemicals are contaminating our food supply shows a peer-reviewed scientific study.

Legislation must increase protection for wildlife and people
In responding to the UK government's consultation on a new European Chemicals law (REACH) WWF's submission emphasised that the central aim of REACH must be to increase protection for people, wildlife and the environment from hazardous chemicals.

Government response on REACH falls short
The government response to the Science and Technology Committee's report, Within REACH: the EU's new chemicals strategy, recognises the current impact that chemicals have on people, the environment and wildlife, but is weak in offering protection for them.

Children have a right to a clean and safe environment
Legal advice obtained by WWF confirms that at the international level a child has the right to a clean and safe environment, and that this protection extends to hazards as well as actual harm.

Government must heed public's chemical concern
79 per cent of people in Great Britain are concerned about the build up of chemicals in the bodies of people and wildlife, according to an opinion poll conducted by IPSOS on behalf of WWF.

Children's brain development affected by chemicals
"We are all living in a global chemical experiment of which we don't know the outcome."...

Science and Technology Committee report: extremely disappointing
There is deep concern that the findings of the Science and Technology Committee on the proposed EU chemicals legislation (REACH), has been hijacked by the industry lobby at the expense of addressing key issues of concern to the public.

Sustainable New Homes Award winners announced
Greenwich Millennium Village, London, and Childwall Neighbourhood, Liverpool, scooped the award presented by celebrity writer and presenter Kevin McCloud, at the first Sustainable New Homes Awards ceremony in London.

European blood survey reveals record level of man-made chemical
The highest European level of human contamination by a controversial man made flame retardant (deca brominated diphenyl ether or deca-BDE) has been revealed by a blood survey commissioned by WWF and The Co-operative Bank.

Blair - the dirty man of Europe risks health of the nation
WWF has released a damning report exposing the UK government's abysmal record on tackling toxic chemicals in everyday products. It criticises the UK's lack of effective action to address the threat from hazardous chemicals in its current chemicals policy - reflecting the narrow interests of the chemicals industry.

Chemicals and Health: A Global Experiment ?
Find out the facts - a WWF/Royal Society of Chemistry debate at the Edinburgh International Science Festival...

77,000 UK citizens demand end to their chemical contamination
A UK delegation including members of WWF and the National Federation of Women's Institutes have travelled to the European Parliament in Brussels to demand safer chemicals in everyday products and an end to the contamination of people and wildlife.

Kitchen chemical kills canaries
Cancer-causing chemicals used in non-stick frying pans are killing pet birds as well as contaminating both people and wildlife, such as whales and peregrine falcons, reveals a WWF report published today that highlights recent scientific evidence.

UK fails to sign landmark toxics treaty
The UK continues its shameful record on controlling toxic chemicals with its conspicuous absence as a signatory to a historic treaty that will significantly reduce toxic threats to wildlife and people.

Green credit card helps reduce contamination
If money makes the world go around, you can now help make our world a little greener by taking out the new PVC-free WWF Visa Card. The annual fee-free card has a 0% p.a. introductory rate for nine months on balance transfers and a competitive 15.9% APR on card purchases.

Frying pan fumes kill canaries
A suite of toxic chemicals produced from non-stick frying pans heated at high temperatures are killing pet birds. Both people and wildlife, such as whales and falcons, are being contaminated reveals a recently published WWF report that highlights recent scientific evidence.

Highly toxic chemicals contaminate the nation
A cocktail of highly toxic man made chemicals has been found in every single person tested in a UK-wide blood survey commissioned by WWF.

Hazel's toxic relief
How aware are you of the toxic chemicals circulating in your blood? It's a terrifying fact but hazardous chemicals are found in the tissue of nearly every person on Earth and exposure to these toxics have been linked to a higher incidence in several cancers, reproductive problems and birth defects.

WWF decries draft EU chemicals law as inadequate
WWF is calling on the European Parliament and the Council of EU Ministers to strengthen the inadequate draft EU law on chemicals published on 29 October by the European Commission.

Draft chemicals law won't stop contamination of children and wildlife
The draft chemicals legislation to be published on 29 October by the European Commission will gamble the health of our children and wildlife by continuing to allow the use of hazardous man-made chemicals even when safer alternatives are available.

Search for for truly sustainable housing begins at home
WWF has teamed up with the House Builders Federation (HBF) to help make the ambitious aim of genuinely sustainable homes a reality. WWF and HBF share a vision of homes that have a minimal impact on the environment, save money and are designed for people to reduce their impact on the planet.

Hazel is tested for chemical contamination
WWF depends on the kind donations of its supporters to fund much of its work. But sometimes money just isn't enough. This year, over 120 volunteers from all over the UK offered up their veins, rather than their purses, in an effort to rid the world of harmful man-made chemicals.

Take steps for polar bears at WWF's 25th Walk for Wildlife
Put on your walking boots, round up your friends and family and put your best feet forward to protect polar bears and the Arctic at this year's Walk for Wildlife on 12 October.

Chemical industry accused of scaremongering over legislation
The claim that tougher EU legislation will decimate the UK chemicals industry has been exposed as self-interested scaremongering by an independent report commissioned by WWF in association with The Co-operative Bank.

Scotland's women's rugby team call for volunteers to Walk for Wildlife
WWF Scotland is inviting residents of Scotland to get their boots on this Autumn and help save polar bears by taking part in WWF's 25th Walk for Wildlife.

Commissioner Wallström joins WWF chemical contamination test
Margot Wallström, the EU Commissioner for the Environment, today gave a blood sample as part of a biomonitoring tour being organised by WWF. She joined over 150 people across the UK who have already been tested as part of this study to establish how contaminated people are by industrial chemicals that persist (stick a...

Chemical contamination is costing us billions, reveals WWF
A new report commissioned by WWF reveals that the UK could save over £50 billion (Euro 74.9 billion) in health expenditure over the next 17 years due to reduced impacts of chemicals on our well-being, if the European Union pushes through its proposed Chemicals Regulations.

European citizens say, protect us from hazardous chemicals
Thank you to everyone who signed WWF's Chemicals and Health campaign demand to help bring hazardous chemicals under control. It has been submitted to the European Commission's consultation on future chemicals law along with signatures collected by a coalition of European groups, making it Europe's most widely supported...

Royal Commission publishes report on chemicals in products
WWF welcomes the publication of the Royal Commission's report on chemicals and products. It is a valuable and timely addition to the debate on the control of chemicals when WWF has launched its biomonitoring survey, part of the Chemicals and Health Campaign.

Scots Tested for Chemical Contamination
On Monday 30 June 2003, volunteers from all over Scotland had their blood tested outside Our Dynamic Earth in Edinburgh for some of the most persistent chemicals ever made.

WWF launches national contamination test
On Friday 20 June volunteers, including Michael Meacher MP and Mary Honeyball MEP, will have their blood tested for the for some of the most persistent chemicals ever made. The event launches the WWF, NFWI and Co-operative Bank biomonitoring tour, which will test people for over 70 man-made chemicals that may have cont...

WWF and top scientists call for action on chemical threat to wildlife and people
Over 60 leading independent UK and European scientists have signed a declaration calling for measures to reduce exposure to both very persistent and very bioaccumulative chemicals, and hormone or endocrine disrupting chemicals. The publication of their declaration marks the launch of WWF's Chemicals and Health Campaign...

WWF calls for reduced exposure to certain chemicals
The publication of a declaration by over 60 leading independent scientists, calling for measures to reduce exposure to hazardous man-made chemicals, marks the launch of WWF's Chemicals and Health Campaign.

Aquaculture Strategy puts the industry on the right track
WWF welcomes the publication of the Executive's aquaculture strategy on 24 March as an important first step towards properly regulating the industry.

UK chemicals position: a missed opportunity
WWF has joined a coalition of organisations in criticising a new UK government position paper for missing an opportunity to protect people and wildlife from the effects of harmful chemicals.

Chemicals are harming your baby, say ASA and WWF
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has agreed with a WWF advertisement warning that man-made chemicals are causing widespread contamination of humans and wildlife.

UK delegation must pull out all the stops at WSSD
Following Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott's warning that "If we fail here, things could unravel on a scale not seen before," WWF has urged the UK delegation to pull out all the stops if they are going to help turn around negotiations at the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD).

WWF warning suppressed in toxic chemical debate
WWF is surprised and disappointed that the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has upheld a complaint against a new WWF print advertisement highlighting the potential risks from man-made toxic chemicals.

Wake-up call for Planet Earth as natural resources decline
Planet Earth is suffering such a rapid loss of its natural resources - its biodiversity - that we are now eating into its capital stocks of forest, fish and fertile soil. That is the stark reality laid out in the latest Living Planet Report, WWF's periodic update on the state of the world's ecosystems, published today.

Ministers ignoring critical toxic chemical issues
WWF is calling on Europe's Environment and Health Ministers to make toxic chemicals a top priority in the lead-up to next week's World Health Organisation Conference in London on Environment and Health.

Government urged to tackle hand-me-down poisons
A new WWF report warns that babies in the UK are being exposed to between 10 and 40 times the World Health Organisation's (WHO) daily limit of a range of hormone-disrupting chemicals.

Tackling the toxic threat
WWF has produced a new practical guide to help minimise your exposure to toxic chemicals.

Toxic chemical threatens children's health
WWF is warning that children are at risk from bisphenol A, a chemical which affects the hormone system of humans and other mammals.

UK sea life on red alert
The health of the UK's marine environment is in serious decline as a result of decades of pollution, neglect and over-exploitation, according to a new WWF report.

Call for more research into 'gender benders'
CHEMICAL POLLUTION ­ in water and throughout the food chain ­ has increased dramatically since the Second World War but endocrine disrupting chemicals now pose an especially disturbing problem.

Ministers ignoring critical toxic chemical issues
More than 50 organisations have joined WWF's call for government ministers to tackle the growing threat of toxic chemicals in our environment. The call comes as environment and health ministers from 51 European countries begin a three day meeting in London to discuss critical environment and health issues.