Industrialized farming is often thought to reduce the risk of zoonotic diseases because of better control, biosecurity and separation of livestock. A new study examines the effect of social and ...

Intensive animal farming may increase the risk of future pandemics, a new study has found. The findings go against the conventional wisdom that industrialized farming reduces the risk of disease ...

Intensive livestock farming could raise the risk of new pandemics, researchers have warned. Industrialized farming is often thought to reduce the risk of zoonotic diseases (those transmitted from ...

Overuse of antibiotics, high animal numbers and low genetic diversity caused by intensive farming techniques increase the likelihood of pathogens becoming a major public health risk, according to new ...

The environmental effects of agriculture and food are hotly debated. But the most widely used method of analysis often tends to overlook vital factors, such as biodiversity, soil quality, pesticide ...

In certain regions of Malta, the natural water reserves stored deep underground already contain nitrate levels two to four times higher than international safety limits, driven largely by intensive ...

(Beyond Pesticides, August 5, 2025) A biomonitoring study in Environmental Geochemistry and Health, focused on small-scale farms in Pahang, Malaysia, analyzes levels of essential and toxic elements in ...

In the decades following the U.S. war in Vietnam, the Vietnamese government championed intensive farming methods that boosted rice harvests and turned the country into an export powerhouse. While much ...

Stroll through any trendy neighborhood of Brooklyn, N.Y., and you’ll notice little pockets of green tucked between the concrete and brownstones. Many of these miniature oases are community gardens, ...

Intensive livestock farming could raise the risk of new pandemics, researchers have warned. Industrialised farming is often thought to reduce the risk of zoonotic diseases (those transmitted from ...