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Endive Fields
New Europe-wide campaign launches to ban pesticides and transform agriculture in Europe

July 31, 2019

A new campaign has been launched today to stop the collapse of nature and to save rural livelihoods in the EU.Civil society organisations from across the EU have submitted a proposal to the European C...

Bees
How agrobusiness and Member States join forces to maintain bee-toxic pesticides on the market

July 18, 2019

In the 16-17 July meeting of the Standing Committee on phytopharmaceuticals, a majority of Member States have shown how little ambitious they are to protect bees against toxic pesticides. Several deci...

Food
Pesticide cocktails in European food

July 4, 2019

Over a quarter of the food consumed in Europe contains residues of two or more pesticides, according to the annual report published by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). For certain foods the ...

Forbidden fruit: The dramatic rise in dangerous pesticides found on fruits and vegetables sold in Europe and evidence that governments are failing their legal obligations
New overview of data on chlorpyrifos residues in fruits strengthens health-case for EU-wide ban

June 19, 2019

Chlorpyrifos, a pesticide known for its damaging effects on children’s brain development, is among the top 15 active substances most frequently found in European unprocessed food and prominently prese...

Children
Children’s playgrounds contaminated with pesticides from apple and wine orchards

May 21, 2019

​Unique worldwide scientific study on pesticide contamination of playgrounds in South-Tyrol (Italy) published. Research team shares concerns about endocrine disruptors.Fruit and wine product...

PAW
Top EU officials fought for higher pesticide exposure - secret documents show

May 9, 2019

Newly released European Commission documents reveal a fight to cripple important European pesticide protections.The haul of over 600 documents was obtained after a two year legal battle won by the Pes...

Export Ban Report
Pesticide intoxication in Brazil and EU's double standards

May 2, 2019

On 7th May in Berlin a gathering of leading scientists in toxicology and pesticides will come together to review the important recent research from Brazilian scientists and make connections between th...

eu parliament
Parliament urges the Commission to take regulatory action on EDCs without delay

April 19, 2019

Today, PAN Europe and the civil society[1] applaud the European Parliament for standing up for the European citizens and adopting a resolution that addresses a long-known concern: daily exposure ...

water
Communication: World Water Day 2019

March 22, 2019

A world’s water day worthy of its name: Protecting our waters from pesticidesWater is essential for life. Yet, intensive agricultural practices release tons of pesticides into our water resources ever...

Flower Field
Pesticide Action Week 2019: No more pesticides in non-agricultural areas!

March 20, 2019

Today marks the first day of “Pesticide Action Week” (1), a ten-day celebration of activities for a pesticide-free world. On this day, Pesticide Action Network (PAN) Europe urges EU Member States and ...

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