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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...
August 11, 2022
The EU has presented a proposal for a new regulation on pesticide reduction. This law will regulate how we deal with pesticides for many years to come and can be a real game changer. However, the curr...
June 2, 2022
Following a PAN Europe letter highlighting recent scientific findings on the alarming risk posed by neonicotinoid insecticides to children’s brain development, the EU Commission said no action would b...
May 30, 2022
The city of Florence has signed the Pledge in which it bans pesticides in public places. This change will bring many benefits, such as an increase in life quality, the elimination of da...
May 20, 2022
On World Bee Day, it is compelling to highlight that the level of protection of bees against pesticides remains far from optimal in the EU. While bee-toxic sulfoxaflor insecticide was banned earlier t...