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December 22, 2022
Many pesticides not only contain very harmful active substances. They also contain so called co-formulants that can be very harmful. Often this also includes highly toxic PFAS substances.What are PFAS...
December 20, 2022
At the COP15 in Montreal, an agreement was signed to protect nature and stop the biodiversity loss by 2030. Very urgent and very important. But will it really work in the EU? On the very same day, the...
December 13, 2022
The EU Pesticide Reduction proposal SUR is under attack. This could derail the complete EU Green Deal and Farm to Fork strategy. While the EU delegation at COP15 in Montreal is discussing ambitious gl...
November 29, 2022
A lot of food sold in Spain is contaminated with pesticides. Some 125 pesticides were found in 35% of the samples analyzed (57 endocrine disruptors, 64 unauthorized, and 13 candidates for substitution...
November 23, 2022
Ecological transition starts with agronomy, increasing IPM uptake with biocontrol and significant pesticide dependency reductionsOn 20 October 2022, PAN Europe, in collaboration with IBMA (Internation...
November 21, 2022
Non organic apples sold in supermarkets in the Netherlands are not fit for consumption by babies and children. This is the conclusion of our member PAN Netherlands after testing 17 samples of the most...
October 17, 2022
Rachel Carsons Silent Spring is dangerously close. Two new studies show the terrible decline in animal life in Europe and the world. The International Union for Conservation of Nature reported this we...
September 20, 2022
On september 20th UN Special Rapporteur on Toxics and Human Rights Marcos Orellano presented his report on pesticide use in Italy. He congratulates Italy with steps taken to reduce pesticides, but exp...
September 7, 2022
Why did PAN Europe ask the EU to suspend payments to the World Food Organisation FAO? And why is the FAO so closely connected to Croplife International, the lobby organisation of the pesticide industr...
September 1, 2022
The world food organisation FAO has been strongly critised by civil society organisations for signing a partnership with pesticide lobby organisation Croplife International. “This is like the world he...