Press releases
March 23, 2017
Eight years have already passed since the Plant Protection Product Regulation (EC) 1107/2009 entered into force and the European Commission has yet to ban a single pesticide active substance that coul...
March 22, 2017
On the UN World Water Day (22nd March) and 3d day of the Pesticide Action Week1, PAN Europe takes the opportunity to highlight that pesticides are one of the main sources of pollution of European wate...
March 8, 2017
Today (8 March 2017), the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food will present a report1before the UN Human Rights Council on the many issues posed by pesticides. Inefficient to guarantee food safe...
February 23, 2017
Today, 12 years have passed since the Regulation on pesticide residues in food (Reg. 396/2005) was adopted and Commission, Council and EU parliament jointly decided that the harmful effects of mixture...
February 15, 2017
Today (15 january) and tomorrow, Luxembourg will be the field of a battle opposing Bayer and Syngenta against the European Commission on the 2013 ban on neonicotinoids. The pesticide companies are att...
February 8, 2017
“Campaigners and activists are meeting today in Brussels and other cities all across Europe (Madrid, Rome, Berlin and Paris) to launch a European Citizens Initiative (ECI) in order to put pressu...
January 11, 2017
The provision of false or incomplete information is a very common tactic the industry makes use of in order to cast doubt among decision makers[1]. After the November 2016 publication of 2 new EFSA re...
December 7, 2016
The substitution of animal testing of chemicals by non-animal testing prediction systems (NATPS) could lead to large-scale misuse of these systems, the new PAN Europe report "AOP, the trojan horse for...
December 6, 2016
Happy birthday! But, again, no gift!! The European Commission is two years late in delivering a simple report, failing to ensure implementation of the Sustainable Use Directive on Pesticides.In 2009, ...
December 5, 2016
In observation of World Soil Day, today December 5th, 2016, Pesticide Action Network Europe (PAN Europe) stands in solidarity with the #People4Soil campaign and 430 other organisations to extend impor...