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March 30, 2023
Pesticide Action Network Europe (PAN Europe) invites you to the #STOPGlyphosate Week. Glyphosate poses a risk to our health and endangers biodiversity. The EU authorisation expires in December 2023 an...
March 29, 2023
Two very toxic pesticides will be banned in Europe from 2024. EU Member States agreed on this in their meeting on March 23rd. They are both banned because of their high toxicity to human health and th...
March 28, 2023
One in four pesticide authorisations in Belgium are for products that are potentially carcinogenic, toxic for reproduction, harmful to infants or have endocrine-disrupting effects (hormone disruption)...
March 21, 2023
Many people assume that herbicides, since they are designed to kill plants, are not toxic for bees. This, however, is far from the truth. In our latest briefing, we list scientific findings that revea...
March 20, 2023
Today starts the annual Pesticide Action Week(link is external) in France, Italy and Switzerland. From the 20th to the 30th of March, organisations and local initiatives will raise awareness of the he...
February 22, 2023
The French National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety (ANSES) proposes to ban the main uses of S-metolachlor herbicide. The substance and its breakdown products are highly ...
February 20, 2023
A hot topic in pesticide use: how to protect citizens, water and nature from the spread of these toxic chemicals? If pesticides are allowed, what minimum buffer zone should be applied? The recent prop...
February 13, 2023
Environmental and nature organisations sue the Flemish government in court over its pesticide policy. According to them, not only nature should be better protected, but also schools and rest homes. Th...
February 7, 2023
The European Commission is proposing to ban two fungicides and one insecticide due to their high toxicity to human health and the environment. This ban is good news for human health and the environmen...
February 2, 2023
The Bulgarian ministry has withdrawn the emergency authorisation for maize treated with imidacloprid. This great win for nature and biodiversity is the result of the recent judgement by the European C...