Factsheets
March 25, 2025
Citizens across Europe are alarmed by the dangers to their health, the destruction of wildlife and nature, the decline of pollinators like bees, the contamination of food, soil and water due to harmfu...
March 25, 2025
The European food production relies too much on the use of dangerous chemicals. This comes along with a serious backdrop: we are destroying Europe’s habitats and species. This loss of biodiversity thr...
March 25, 2025
We are exposed to a cocktail of pesticide residues on a daily basis. They are present in dust, water and food. We find them far beyond agricultural areas.They are designed to kill insects, fungi and u...
May 10, 2023
Pesticide products usually contain one or more so-called “active substances” i.e., the component that is declared as acting against the targeted 'harmful' organism.
July 18, 2022
The European Commission has launched a public consultation on the idea of the EU developing a law paving the way towards a Sustainable Food Systems (1). The public consultations aim at allowing citize...
July 7, 2022
The EU Commission systematically prolongs the approval of toxic pesticides, including the most dangerous substances, so-called ‘Candidates for Substitution’. While these substances should be approved ...
November 30, 2021
For the second time, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has produced a flawed assessment on derogations provided by Member States for the use of neonicotinoids, based on article 53 of the pesti...
September 9, 2021
"Save the bees and farmers" is the name of an important and ambitious European Citizens' Initiative that collects signatures across Europe to make EU agriculture harmless to bees, by putting pesticide...
October 7, 2020
The European Commission is planning to consolidate and streamline European statistic for agricultural products and inputs (SAIO). PAN Europe welcomes this effort of harmonisation and rationalisation o...
April 28, 2020
The fungicide Mancozeb is part of a group of chemicals called Dithiocarbamates (DTCs) that also includes Zineb, Maneb, Metiram, Thiram and Propineb. Mancozeb is a combination of Zineb and Maneb. Zineb...