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November 25, 2024
The European Commission is ignoring an EU Parliament veto. Last September 2024, the Parliament took a strong stand by vetoing regulations that allowed residues of three toxic EU-banned pesticides in i...
November 20, 2024
The EU recently took an important step to lower the permitted levels of the neurotoxic pesticide acetamiprid in our food. A review protocol initiated could lead to a complete ban of this dangerous ins...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...