Letters

Swift and ambitious actions needed for the update of EU water pollution standards

July 15, 2025

Dear Ambassador Søren Jacobsen,We, the undersigned representatives of environmental and health civil society organisations, healthcare professionals, social partners, recreational fishing associations...

Urgent Actions Needed for Sustainable Agriculture and Pesticide Regulation in the EU

July 3, 2025

Together with Danish NGOs Rådet for Grøn Omstilling, Danmarks Naturfredningsforening, Dansk Ornitologisk Forening, Greenpeace Denmark, DANVA (Danish Water and Wastewater Association), we wrote to...

EU Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed (SCoPAFF); 9-10 July - position of Pesticide Action Network (PAN) Europe

June 30, 2025

Dear Members of the SCoPAFF committee,On July 9th and 10th, you are invited to the EU Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed to discuss and potentially adopt opinions on several European...

NGOs AND TRADE UNIONS DEMAND THE END OF EU’S PRODUCTION, EXPORT AND IMPORT OF BANNED PESTICIDES

June 24, 2025

The EU has banned the use of a number of pesticides found to do serious damage to human health and the environment.However, companies remain free to manufacture these hazardous pesticides in the EU fo...

Uphold your promise to end the export of EU-banned pesticides

June 24, 2025

Dear Commission President von der Leyen,We, the undersigned civil society organisations, write to you to share the attached statement signed by 600 civil society organisations, trade unions, and farme...

Call for a swift ban on four known endocrine-disrupting pesticides

June 23, 2025

Dear Ms. Gallina,With this letter, PAN Europe urges the European Commission to promptly propose the non-renewal of four pesticide active substances identified as endocrine disruptors by the European F...

Every life counts: European Union to stand as a global leader on the protection of human health and the environment from hazardous pesticides

June 16, 2025

Dear Chair of the Environment Council, Dear Environment Minister,We, the undersigned civil society organisations, are writing to express our deep concerns about the European Commission backtracking on...

Adoption of the Scientific Committee on Health, Environmental and Emerging Risks on PFAS and TFA

May 22, 2025

Dear Commissioner, Dear Chair of the Environment Council, Dear Rapporteur,We, the undersigned civil society organisations working together to phase out the use of harmful pesticides in agriculture, ar...

Gezondheidsorganisaties, mutualiteiten en milieu- en natuurorganisaties roepen minister Vandenbroucke op om zijn stem te laten horen bij beslissingen over pesticiden

May 21, 2025

Pesticiden hebben een grote gezondheidsimpact. Het is daarom essentieel dat minister Vandenbroucke (Volksgezondheid) mee beslist over pesticiden. Volgens de Belgische wet heeft de minister van Volksge...

Les organisations de santé, les mutuelles et les organisations environnementales et de protection de la nature demandent au ministre Vandenbroucke de faire entendre sa voix dans les décisions sur les pesticides, comme il en a la prérogative

May 21, 2025

Les pesticides ont un impact majeur sur la santé. Il est donc essentiel que le ministre fédéral Frank Vandenbroucke (Santé publique) participe aux décisions sur les pesticides. Selon la loi belge, le ...

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