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Bunch of flowers: a cocktail of pesticides

May 16, 2025

In a new research in the Netherlands, a total of 23 pesticides were found on 6 bouquets of flowers, 8 of which were banned. This new research was commissioned by TV consumer program Radar and carried ...

TFA
EU Pesticide meeting: Reprotoxic, Hormone-Disrupting, and Forever Pesticides

May 14, 2025

The European Commission and Member States will meet on 14 and 15 May this week. The SCoPAFF committee will discuss a possible ban of a TFA-generating PFAS pesticide. This should be the start of the ur...

Pesticides
Administrative court of Toulouse confirms ban on glyphosate products

May 7, 2025

The French Administrative Court of Appeal in Toulouse confirmed the earlier ruling to cancel the renewal of two glyphosate-based products. In April 2025, the judges concluded that the authorities had ...

Bees
Neurotoxic pesticides in Polish honey exceed safety limits

May 6, 2025

An investigation of Polish honey reveals a deeply concerning level of contamination. Dangerous pesticides are even found in some of the honey produced by small, family-run apiaries. More than half of ...

Pesticides: Play it safe!
Call to Bayer shareholders: Stop the attack on health and environment protection

April 24, 2025

Organisations from across the globe call on Bayer shareholders to end their attempts to undermine laws and regulations that protect the population and the environment. In Europe, for example, Bayer an...

Arthropods
Interview with entomologist Theo Zeegers - A world without bumblebees?

April 10, 2025

We are in the middle of a mass extinction. This alarming loss of biodiversity jeopardises our joy of life and endangers food production. No bugs, no fertile soil. The current EU pesticide regulation f...

Garden
Highly toxic pesticides on sale for inexpert users

April 8, 2025

Karate, Delete, trade names for highly toxic pesticides sold to individuals online and in garden shops. We looked at gardening products and insect repellants in Belgium. PAN Netherlands did the same i...

Pesticides Spry
Spain exported 17,000 tons of pesticides banned in the EU in one year

April 1, 2025

Spain authorized the export of nearly 17,000 tons of substances harmful to people and the environment  in 2023, mainly to the Global South. This is exposed in the new report ‘Double Standards, Do...

Protest
Close Toxic Loopholes: Stop Hazardous Exports & Save Biodiversity!

March 31, 2025

We gathered in front of the European Commission building in Brussels with representatives of environmental and international NGOs, to demand urgent action to stop the export of EU banned pesticides an...

Arthropods
Pesticides threaten the bulk of life on Earth - Interview with Prof. Dave Goulson

March 26, 2025

Insect and other arthropod populations are rapidly declining. This alarming loss of biodiversity jeopardises our joy of life. After all, what would the world be like if children grew up without the jo...

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