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New developments on glyphosate
New developments on glyphosate

June 18, 2019

While soon in Europe we will be discussing again the renewal of the glyphosate, on the other side of the Atlantic, the second Roundup cancer trial in San Fransisco’s Federal court concluded that Monsa...

Bees continuously threatened
Bees continuously threatened

May 5, 2019

Bees are still under threat despite the EU ban on three highly bee-toxic neonicotinoids. A loophole in the Pesticides Regulation (1) continues unlawfully allowing ‘emergency authorisations’ through wh...

NGOs call on EU regulators to protect Europeans from endocrine disruptors
NGOs call on EU regulators to protect Europeans from endocrine disruptors

April 2, 2019

As PAN Europe, we’re very disappointed with the lack of commitment in the recent Commission’s communication “Towards a comprehensive European Union framework on endocrine disruptors(link is exter...

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EU Member States continue putting bees at risk

December 4, 2018

Inspired by UN’s World Charter for Nature, the precautionary principle represents one of the cornerstones of EU’s environmental legislation[1]. Technically speaking, this concept puts safety ahead of ...

Prosecco: A story of not a sparkling wine, but a local resistance against pesticides
Prosecco: A story of not a sparkling wine, but a local resistance against pesticides

December 3, 2018

Conegliano is a « a miracle of nature in the Veneto region of Italy located in the famous Prosecco area : both for the wine it produces, and for the splendid hilly countryside», as described in g...

Why are our EU regulators so reluctant to protect us from hormone disruptors?
Why are our EU regulators so reluctant to protect us from hormone disruptors?

December 3, 2018

Europeans were once again disappointed this month from the lack of commitment of European policy makers to phase out the use of endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs), set clear targets and increase th...

Sugar Beet Industry vs Bees
Sugar Beet Industry vs Bees: High time for the EU to support low input, bee-friendly and healthy productions

September 24, 2018

PAN Europe's Reaction to International Confederation of European Beet Growers (CIBE)(link is external)The European Commission and 76% of EU Member States have decided to ban 3 highly bee-toxic ne...

What is next on EDCs?
What is next on EDCs?

July 10, 2018

The Commission has recently published a roadmap(link is external) on an EU framework for endocrine disruptors (ED) and it's open for public consultation until the 19th of July.This initiative is a fol...

Pesticide free towns are on the move! But are they sufficiently supported by the European regulators?
Pesticide free towns are on the move! But are they sufficiently supported by the European regulators?

July 10, 2018

EU citizens are increasingly concerned about their health and well-being, and that of the natural environment. We have been witnessing massive dramatic decline in numbers of bees, birds and insects. T...

Earth Tour: Torres Vedras Edible City (Pesticide Action Week 2018)
Earth Tour: Torres Vedras Edible City (Pesticide Action Week 2018)

April 30, 2018

To mark the Pesticides Action Week was designed this innovative activity, which was held on March 25, 2018, linking the Glyphosate / Herbicide free Autarchy campaign, the Edible Nature project, the La...

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