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February 12, 2024
Last week the European Commission announced that they will withdraw their proposal for a new law to reduce pesticide use. However, doing nothing to address the pesticide problem is not an option. Soil...
February 5, 2024
Romania is breaking EU law by allowing the use of banned pesticides. In January last year, the European Court of Justice ruled that such derogations go against EU law. Yet the Romanian Ministry of Agr...
January 24, 2024
The good, the bad and the ugly. That could be the theme of the SCoPAFF meetings on pesticide legislation in the EU. In the next January meeting, representatives of EU countries plan to mix a few good ...
January 19, 2024
The EU institutions are currently discussing a proposal to deregulate plants produced with new genomic techniques (NGTs). The hurry and lack of scientific basis for this proposal is a huge threat to h...
January 18, 2024
Safener, for who? Synergist, with what? Overlooked yet important for public health and especially for the environment, a proposal from the European Commission (EC) could be voted on by European Member...
January 16, 2024
The European Commission wants to allow residues of reprotoxic Thiacloprid on imported food. This is not in line with EU law, is bad for health and the environment and puts EU farmers in unfa...
January 4, 2024
Our French member Generations Futures has launched legal actions against the prolongation of 5 very toxic pesticide active substances in EU Court. They also published a new report to denounce th...
December 11, 2023
The EU is falling increasingly behind in protecting health and the environment. In this week's meeting, the responsible authorities will discuss a ban on three very problematic pesticides. At the same...
November 30, 2023
Last week was a terrible week for health, environment, reason and democracy. A majority in the EU Parliament buried the regulation that should have halved the use of pesticides in Europe and prohibite...
November 15, 2023
The pressure to vote NO to glyphosate on EU governments is increasing. After clear calls by civil society, 2,5 million signatures and a very clear IPSOS opinion poll scientists put their weight behind...