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Groundbreaking EU Court ruling should stop all highly toxic pesticide derogations – now

January 31, 2023

We urge the European Commission and EU Member States to end all emergency pesticide derogations right now. This should be the result of a recent groundbreaking ruling by the European Court of Justice....

Tractor
Denmark to ban groundwater polluting fungicide - after 18 years of use

January 28, 2023

A fungicide that is used a lot in potato cultivation in Denmark is entering groundwater, a new study shows. The Danish authorities will now ban it, after almost 20 years of use. "The case shows that t...

Cypermethrin
Cypermethrin: reason to challenge Belgium's authorisation system of toxic pesticides in national court

January 17, 2023

Fruits and vegetables grown in Belgium are frequently contaminated with residues of dangerous pesticides. These include the beekiller cypermethrin, one of the toxic twelve pesticides that should be ba...

Tractor
Insecticides contaminated with Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) need to be urgently addressed

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...

ECI 1
Bye bye EU Green Deal ?

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...

Pesticice Tractor
EU pesticide regulation and Green Deal under attack

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...

Lettuce
Far too many pesticides in Spanish food

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...

Symposium in Slovenia
Symposium in Slovenia - Solutions for the transition to agroecology

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...

Appels
Conventional apples - not recommended for babies and children

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...

Rachel Carsons Silent Spring
Wildlife populations hit new lows - how to avoid Silent Spring?

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...

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