Press releases
June 4, 2025
Today’s ‘Water Resilience Strategy’ by the European Commission makes bold claims but offers little ambition in protecting water resources from one of its most persistent threats: pesticide pollution. ...
June 3, 2025
PAN Europe and Global 2000 call for an immediate ban of PFAS pesticidesA new study reveals alarmingly high levels of the ‘forever chemical’ trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) in everyday cereals and cereal pr...
May 27, 2025
PAN Europe welcomes ECHA’s publication of the German proposal to classify TFA as toxic to reproduction. The substance is a breakdown product of PFAS pesticides. We urge the EU to take immediate action...
May 21, 2025
Acetamiprid is a neonicotinoid insecticide that is massively used in the EU as an agricultural pesticide and as a biocide. New scientific evidence shows that it presents a risk of developmental neurot...
May 21, 2025
EU Member States approved the renewal of 8-hydroxyquinoline (quinolin-8-ol), a pesticide classified as toxic for reproduction. The substance, known to affect healthy pregnancies and be toxic to childr...
May 16, 2025
The leaked draft version of the EU Water Resilience Strategy reveals a shockingly low level of ambition behind the Commission’s bold promises to promote low-input agriculture and tackle PFAS and pesti...
May 15, 2025
New figures released by the European Food Safety Authority [1] reveal that 42% of European food sold across Europe contains pesticide residues, with fruits such as pears and oranges being at the top o...
May 13, 2025
In an urgent call for action, Members of the European Pesticide Action Network (PAN Europe) projected a clear message onto the European Commission headquarters in Brussels demanding immediate politica...
May 7, 2025
Today, the European Parliament adopted its own-initiative report on the upcoming EU Water Resilience Strategy, signalling the need for stronger efforts to tackle water pollution, including that from p...
April 23, 2025
No contamination before 1988 - sharp increase since 2010 - current levels very highBrussels, 23 April 2025 – New data revealing a dramatic rise in levels of the forever chemical TFA (trifluoroacetic a...