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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...
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 ...
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...
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...
September 9, 2024
In a deeply concerning move, the European Commission plans to allow residues of three highly toxic pesticides in certain imported food. The substances are banned in the EU due to their severe health r...
July 29, 2024
According to a recent EU communication, the use and risk of chemical pesticides decreased by 46% compared to 2015-2017. Miraculous, for it contradicts Eurostat's pesticide sales data which show no cle...
July 25, 2024
The EU needs better protection of its water, but representatives of Member States don’t seem to understand. Water quality in the EU is protected by different laws, which are not currently respected. T...
July 24, 2024
Most conventional strawberries are not suitable for children. That is concluded by PAN Netherlands after testing 15 samples for pesticides. One to three different PFAS pesticides were present on 69% o...
July 19, 2024
Spraying pesticides on crops from small planes or helicopters is explicitly prohibited by law. Following a complaint from Ecologistas en Acción, the Ombudsman reiterates that aerial spraying of rice f...
July 18, 2024
PAN Europe recently revealed that PFAS pesticides residues are found in many fruits and vegetables. We also showed that one of their breakdown products TFA – a small and very soluble and mobile PFAS –...