Toxins in Scheldt River – The art of looking away
June 7, 2022
Enormous quantities of a carcinogenic toxin were dumped by the 3M chemical plant near Antwerp and ended up in the Netherlands via the Scheldt. “We
Tomas Vanheste
Tomas Vanheste (1968) acquired a PhD in the philosophy of science, technology and society. He worked as an editor at publishing house De Bezige Bij and as a researcher at the municipality of Utrecht. His career in journalism began at the magazine Vrij Nederland, where he worked for nine years. In 2013, he joined the online journalism platform De Correspondent. He has been an independent journalist since early 2020, writing about European affairs. Vanheste lives in and works from Belgium. For the Investigative Desk, he works on research into European defence and agricultural policies.
How Europe is fattening a Dutch pig farmer who doesn’t play by the rules
March 11, 2022
Giving farmers a reasonable income and ensuring that their farms are environmentally friendly are key objectives of the Common Agricultural Policy, which accounts for the
The art of looking away
March 9, 2022
We did not know that public health was at risk. So say the ministers responsible for the 2017 decision to keep quiet about the PFOS
Green EU subsidy made largest Dutch dairy farmer even bigger
March 5, 2022
Phosphate ceiling or not, Vreba Melkvee, the largest dairy farm in the Netherlands, continued to grow. During an environmental audit early last year, the company
Harmful neonic pesticides still widely used despite EU-ban
July 7, 2021
Scientists and activists were euphoric when the EU banned the extremely harmful neonic pesticides in 2018. During the next three years, sixteen EU countries used
