Press releases
November 26, 2014
The European Commission missed today’s deadline to submit a report to the Parliament and the Council on increased use of alternatives for pest and disease control. Let us hope that this does not refle...
November 11, 2014
In yesterday and today’s agricultural council, the Austrian and the Hungarian delegations will suggest to allow more pesticides in EU’s maize sector under the excuse of needing to eradicate a well-est...
October 22, 2014
PAN Europe welcomes the decision of DG SANCO and its Standing Committee on pesticides last week not to renew the approval of the fungicide Carbendazim. The EU member states must now withdraw national ...
September 30, 2014
The just-launched public consultation on Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals (EDCs) [1] is a request merely for scientific data and socio-economic impact assessments rather than public opinion. The questio...
September 24, 2014
Across Europe, concern is growing about the use of hazardous pesticides and the effects they are having on people and the environment. There is a growing movement in France to support pesticide free t...
September 17, 2014
For 7 pesticides proposed by industry for re-approval, PAN Europe identified 434 studies with adverse effects in independent literature. Only 23% (99) of these studies were found by industry in the re...
June 18, 2014
The roadmap published yesterday by the European Commission on Endocrine Disruption Chemicals criteria incorporates all the threats to cancel-out the effectiveness of the pesticide and biocide regulati...
June 6, 2014
Every year one European city with over 100.000 inhabitants is chosen as Europe’s Green Capital, the winning city commits to a number of environmental, biodiversity and climate goals (1). However since...
May 27, 2014
A few days ago, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has released the annual report on pesticides residues in food. While the Authority claims that 93% of tested food does not exceed the Maximum ...
May 22, 2014
In 2012 Health Commissioner Dalli demanded a review of the insecticide and nerve poison Chlorprifos [1] because of new evidence put forward by academic studies that showed harmful effects caused by th...