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Manufacturing Doubt: How Industry Downplays TFA’s Toxicity

New Report Exposes industry tactics to downplay toxic ‘forever chemical’ TFA

September 29, 2025

A new report by PAN Europe reveals how major chemical companies have systematically cast doubt on the toxicity of trifluoroacetic acid (TFA), delaying urgently needed protective measures against one o...

Return to Sender: toxic EU trade in banned pesticides should end

September 25, 2025

‘Return to Sender’ is a new campaign launched today by the European coalition ‘End Toxic Pesticide Trade Coalition’ (1) to hold the European Commission to account for letting the exports of bann...

EU deal on water pollution: no action, extreme delay

September 24, 2025

The EU institutions have reached a long-awaited deal on updated rules for pollution of EU surface and groundwater, but Member States have managed to delay and weaken obligations.Yesterday, nearly thre...

French court of appeal orders French government to review environmental toxicity of hundreds of pesticide authorisations within 24 months

September 4, 2025

In a landmark decision, the Paris Court of Appeal has held the French State accountable for ecological harm resulting from outdated and inadequate pesticide environmental risk assessments. The ruling ...

CTGB gaat opnieuw grof de fout in bij beoordeling pesticiden

September 4, 2025

Het CTGB negeert arresten van het Europees Hof van Justitie, uitspraken van het College van Beroep voor het bedrijfsleven en recente inzichten van de Europese voedselautoriteit EFSA. De instantie besl...

PAN Europe demands EU Commission to act on PFAS pesticides

July 24, 2025

PAN Europe is calling out the European Commission for its inaction on PFAS pesticides. These substances break down into trifluoroacetic acid (TFA), a highly persistent, mobile and toxic degradation pr...

PAN Europe and DUH object to 18 month ‘grace’ period for Flufenacet - Banned for its toxicity to children’s development and water pollution

July 16, 2025

The EU has banned the PFAS pesticide flufenacet because it’s harmful to human health and contaminates groundwater with its breakdown PFAS product, trifluoroacetic acid (TFA), a smaller but still toxic...

Pesticide Paradise: How industry and officials protected the most toxic pesticides from a policy push for sustainable farming

EU should keep its promise and end toxic trade in banned pesticides

June 24, 2025

Where the world is on fire with various wars, the EU is continuing an invisible chemical war, exporting tonnes of banned, toxic pesticides to all corners of the world. Today, the “End Toxic Pesticide ...

Weed management: Alternatives to the use of glyphosate

New scientific publication confirms glyphosate causes cancer at EU “safe” exposure levels – evidence ignored in EU reapproval

June 11, 2025

Long-term exposure to glyphosate and glyphosate-based herbicides causes cancer in laboratory animals at doses deemed “safe” by EU authorities, according to a new landmark publication. Despite early wa...

EU Court Advocate General considers EU re-approval of pesticide cypermethrin unlawful

June 5, 2025

Today, the Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the EU concluded that the European Commission acted unlawfully by re-approving the pesticide cypermethrin with major toxicity data gaps in the re...

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