Spring is here, full of new life. But it is also the start of the spraying season. With a Pesticide Action Week, we and our members and partners in different EU countries ask attention to the devastating effects of pesticides on our health, soil, water, and biodiversity.
Here are some of the events:
Belgium:
19/03/2020: Expert meeting by PAN Europ in EU Parliament hosted by MEPs Friis and Guarda: Regulating PFAS Pesticides: Ensuring Clean Water for Future Generations
22/03/2025: World Water Day - attention for TFA and PFAS pesticides - PAN Europe
25/03/2025: Breakfast for Members of the European Parliament - PAN Europe, Friends of the Earth Europe, Corporate Europe Observatory and BeeLife
25/03/2025: Public action in front of CropLife Office in Brussels
26/03/2025: Impacts of pesticides on human health(link is external) - webinar by HEAL
27/03/2025: Manifestation in front of EU Commission building: Close Toxic Loopholes: Stop Hazardous Exports & Save Biodiversity(link is external) - PAN Europe and partners
PAN Europe and Friends of the Earth Europe will distribute 3 different factsheets on Health, Biodiversity and Citizens' opinion
France:
26/03/2025: Justice pour le Vivant (JPLV)
27/03/2025: Cycle de formations : "Le Jardin de Demain"(link is external) - Adalia
27/03/2025: Atelier Sentinelles - les conditions d'utilisation des pesticides(link is external) - FNE Nouvelle-Aquitaine
28/03/2025: Agriculture, Pesticides & Santé - Enjeux de recherches et solutions agricoles(link is external) - Solagro
The Pesticide Action Week was started 20 years ago by our French member Générations Futures. For all of the events, small and big, taking place in France have a look HERE(link is external).
Italy:
30/03/2025: March against pesticides in Kaltern an der Weinstraße and Cison di Valmarino Treviso - Marcia Stop Pesticidi(link is external)
Netherlands:
20/03/2025: SPRINT ask the author webinar: pesticides and soil microorganisms(link is external) - SPRINT
21/03/2025: March for a Clean Spring, Ede Wageningen
11/04/2025: Pesticide Free Day(link is external), manifestation in The Hague on World Parkinson's Day - PAN Netherlands, Natuur & Milieu, Parkinson's Association
Switzerland:
20, 29 & 31/03/2025: Visites de fermes(link is external) - Associations des Petits Paysans/Kleinbauern
Spain:
25/03/2025: La Voz del invernadero(link is external) – Ecologistas en Accion
Read more about urgent pesticide issues:
Contact:
Natalija Svrtan, +32 499 32 88 92, natalija@pan-europe.info
Tjerk Dalhuisen, +31 614 699 126, tjerk@pan-europe.info