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TFA is polluting our water – We have crossed a Planetary boundary

November 6, 2024

Without realising it, we are crossing a new planetary boundary. A small human-made molecule is increasingly polluting our drinking water on a global scale. It has been detected in tap water, groundwat...

Tap Water
Our drinking water is in danger: widespread contamination with TFA

October 16, 2024

Our drinking water is in danger. Everywhere in Europe, TFA is found in surface and drinking water. Alarmed by our reports, the Belgian region of Wallonia asked the Water Distribution Company to monito...

Fields and Water
News from EU’s secretive SCoPAFF pesticide committee

October 14, 2024

Important decisions in relation to some toxic pesticides were taken in the recent meeting of the EU pesticide committee SCoPAFF, behind closed doors. Two PFAS pesticides will be banned, but only becau...

Strawberries
Straight to your hormones: 59 endocrine-disrupting pesticides detected in Spanish food

October 8, 2024

According to the study “Straight to Your Hormones” by our member, Ecologistas en Acción, food sold in Spain in 2022, both imported and state-produced, had residues of 106 pesticides. The study analyse...

Conference with the Hungarian EU Presidency
Conference with the Hungarian EU Presidency: How to Reduce Pesticide Dependency in Europe

October 3, 2024

On September 17, 2024, Friends of the Earth Hungary in collaboration with PAN Europe, Hand Alliance, and Friends of the Earth Europe organised a conference titled “A Path Towards Resilient EU Agricult...

Flowers
Conference calls for better protection of citizens health and biodiversity against pesticides

October 1, 2024

During a recent conference in the European Parliament a variety of speakers displayed the ongoing health and environmental threats posed by pesticide use. It called for urgent legislative action, bett...

Pregnant
'Don’t worry, you will not be exposed to this very harmful pesticide'

September 30, 2024

The European Commission is using a dangerous concept to renew the authorisation of a very harmful pesticide that can damage the unborn child. For the very first time, it plans to use an exceptional cl...

Aerial pesticide spraying of towns
An end to aerial pesticide spraying of towns in Romania

September 12, 2024

Timișoara is a famous Romanian town. This is where the 1989 revolution started that ended the Ceauceșcu dictatorship. Recently, the town made headlines again, less favourable this time. In a Facebook ...

Pesticides: Play it safe!
Pesticide industry objects to disclosing secret pesticide ingredients

September 11, 2024

Is the Dutch pesticide authority CTGB allowed to disclose information on secret pesticide co-formulants to PAN Europe? That is the gist of the hearing taking place today in the Netherlands as a result...

Paris
Let’s be like Paris: ban pesticides in towns

September 10, 2024

During the Olympics, the world saw how the capital city of France still looked nice and clean. It was not overgrown by weeds in the 7 years the city has not used pesticides. The Pesticide Action Netwo...

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