Press releases
December 3, 2019
Earlier this year, the Austrian parliament had decided to vote a ban on glyphosate, Bayer/Monsanto’s flagship herbicide. Austrian lawmakers decided to link the ban to the absence of a negative opinion...
November 25, 2019
“Save Bees and Farmers! Towards a bee-friendly agriculture for a healthy environment” - European Citizens’ Initiative.A European Citizens’ Initiative launches today to phase out synthetic pestici...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...