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December 5, 2025
Today is World Soil Day. That is important, given the fact that soils have been, for a long time, largely overlooked. The official World Water Day has been celebrated since 1993. The first official Wo...
December 1, 2025
A new study from the German Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) uncovers something troubling: even very small amounts of commonly used pesticides can significantly change how bees and fi...
October 29, 2025
If Europe is serious about tackling cardiovascular disease and other chronic illnesses such as Parkinson’s, it must look at what’s on our plates. What we eat — and how our food is grown — plays a key ...
October 15, 2025
The European Commission’s Vision for Agriculture and Food proposes easing market access for biological control substances (biocontrol). PAN Europe welcomes more capacity for biocontrol risk assessment...
October 6, 2025
The Danish Environmental Protection Agency has withdrawn the approval of 8 more pesticides that contain PFAS active substances. They can form and leach TFA into the groundwater. Pesticides approved fo...
October 1, 2025
The European Commission and Member States are meeting on the 1 - 3 October this week. The SCoPAFF committee’s somber agenda is overtaken by further delays of urgently-needed bans and extensions of the...
September 27, 2025
On 27 September, French and Belgian Health Mutuals are launching in front of the European Parliament an 'Odysseum for our Health' to mobilise health actors to advocate towards a pesticide-free future....
September 26, 2025
Living near a vineyard can have serious health consequences. According to a national study in France, people who live close to vineyards are more exposed to pesticides than those who live farther away...
September 24, 2025
All over Europe and beyond, drinking water is increasingly polluted with TFA, the small, mobile, toxic and very persistent PFAS. In our report, we found that TFA accounts for 94% of the PFAS found in ...
September 22, 2025
Pesticides are a major driver of insect decline. The current authorisation system is insufficient and does not protect non-target species. This harms agriculture, for it depends on pollinators and org...