Press releases
October 22, 2026
Velt, member of PAN Europe, published a new report today: 63 different pesticides were found in indoor dust of 10 classrooms spread across Flanders. This is the first-ever pesticide research inside Eu...
October 13, 2026
Five UN human rights experts have raised “substantive concerns” about the European Commission’s Food and Feed Safety Omnibus. They warn that the proposed changes on pesticide and biocide rules would w...
September 30, 2026
Today, EU Member States endorsed the Irish Presidency’s compromise on the Food and Feed Safety Omnibus, supporting the Commission’s plan to roll back safeguards protecting human health and the environ...
September 16, 2026
Today, the European Parliament supported, in plenary session, last week's veto from the Environment Committee against increased Maximum Residue Levels (MRLs) of Flupyradifurone, a controversial neonic...
September 15, 2026
A new scientific analysis of official monitoring data shows a marked increase in TFA contamination in Austrian groundwater linked to agricultural activities. Concentrations of the “forever chemical” t...
September 10, 2026
Today, the Environment Committee of the European Parliament vetoed an attempt from the European Commission to increase Maximum Residue Levels (MRLs) of Flupyradifurone, a controversial neonicotinoid, ...
September 3, 2026
Yesterday’s joint hearing of the European Parliament’s ENVI and AGRI committees on the Food & Feed Safety Omnibus was dominated by claims that farmers need continued access to toxic pesticides to ...
August 12, 2026
The highest Dutch administrative court has ruled that the pesticide formulation Pitcher containing the endocrine-disrupting substance fludioxonil needs to be banned as soon as possible. The verdict fo...
July 22, 2026
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has acknowledged today that TFA - a common PFAS pesticide metabolite and widespread pollutant - is far more toxic to human health than previously recognised, ...
July 14, 2026
Today, PAN Europe received the European Commission Decision on the review of the EU approval of Cypermethrin. Last December the EU Court declared the 2021 reapproval of Cypermethrin to be illegal. Ins...