Press releases
October 13, 2023
The EU Member States did not reach a qualified majority to reapprove the licence for glyphosate In the SCoPAFF meeting today. PAN Europe welcomes the decision. Gergely Simon, Senior Policy Officer at ...
October 5, 2023
European citizens are highly concerned about the use of pesticides and its effect on health and the environment. This is shown in a survey in six member states of the European Union - Denmark, France,...
September 28, 2023
All recent science needs to be taken into account The policy of Dutch pesticide authority Ctgb to use decades-old guidelines and ignore scientific studies that demonstrate endocrine disrupting ef...
September 27, 2023
Threat of re-approval based on misinformed risk assessmentBrussels, Vienna, September 27, 2023 - In a submission made today to the Vienna Public Prosecutor's Office, GLOBAL 2000 and other member ...
September 20, 2023
The EU Commission's proposal to renew the authorisation for the herbicide glyphosate is published today (1). The proposal is for 10 years, so if a qualified majority of Member States agree, glyphosate...
September 12, 2023
85 social and environmental organisations urge Ursula von der Leyen and the European Commission to hold true to the European Green Deal commitment to ensure that hazardous chemicals banned in the EU w...
September 12, 2023
Today, the European Parliament approved new quality standards for surface and groundwater and sent a clear message on the need to curb water pollution in the EU.A vast majority of MEPs (495 of 631) ac...
September 11, 2023
Scientists show how two EU regulatory agencies failed to fulfil their role as foreseen in EU pesticide law. A new scientific study reveals that ECHA dismissed important carcinogenicity findings and ne...
September 11, 2023
What do European citizens think of pesticide use, and more specific: what do they think about glyphosate? We have asked IPSOS to conduct an online representative public opinion poll in six countries: ...
September 5, 2023
Glyphosate and its metabolite AMPA are found in surface waters across 11 out of 12 countries spanning Europe, even during the end of the pesticide application season. From Poland to Portugal, from Bel...