PRESSURE for a total ban on Brazilian beef imports to the European Union mounted yesterday after the findings of the latest veterinary investigation into production systems in the South American country were published.

ALMOST 850 potentially cancer-causing pesticides have yet to be tested and are still being used without the necessary precautions, the EU’s Health and Consumer Protection Commissioner has warned.

SOME 58,000 EU citizens commit suicide every year but little is being done to tackle mental illness.