Blog
March 3, 2025
Insects and other arthropods are disappearing at an alarming rate all over Europe and pesticides play a major role. We interviewed the German Professor Dr. Carsten Brühl, specialist in ecotoxicology. ...
February 25, 2025
With a new campaign, we pay special attention to the major role pesticides play in Europe’s catastrophic collapse of insect populations. The chemicals decimate the broad family of arthropods - includi...
February 24, 2025
Stopping the import of US products with residues of pesticides no longer approved in Europe is not an ingredient of a trade war. The EU simply has a legal obligation to keep hazardous pesticides ...
February 12, 2025
Thinking of buying a bouquet for Valentine’s Day? While celebrating love is beautiful, it is worth considering what is in flowers. Your gift might be more toxic than romantic. Valentine’s Day falls in...
February 10, 2025
The European Commission seems to be rethinking its stance on importing food with pesticides. Recently, the new EU farm chief, Christophe Hansen, recognised that it is unfair to allow food imports from...
February 6, 2025
Our partner IFOAM Organics Europe launched a campaign to raise awareness of the social, economic and environmental impacts of pesticides. They aim to inform and support farmers to adopt agronomic and ...
February 5, 2025
Europe faces an urgent challenge: protecting its water resources from harmful chemical contamination. At the center of this issue are PFAS pesticides that contribute to significant levels of trifluoro...
February 4, 2025
Today is World Cancer Day. We all know the link to tobacco, but what about pesticides? A new U.S. study found that living in agricultural areas with heavy pesticide exposure can raise cancer risk just...
January 21, 2025
Last week, supermarket chain Albert Heijn had to recall its endives due to excessive levels of the “forever chemical” pesticide tau-fluvalinate, which is toxic to bees and belongs to a group of p...
January 16, 2025
The chemical industry lobby is wielding its influence against an EU's proposal to restrict PFAS – "forever chemicals”. According to a new investigation by The Forever Lobbying Project — a collaboratio...