Press releases
July 11, 2012
In 2011, EU Member States granted 230 pesticide authorizations for emergency situations. Again France is the top-user of the 120-day derogation with 32 cases. The use of unauthorised pesticides increa...
July 6, 2012
The Scientific Committees of DG SANCO (SCCS on TTC ) and EFSA (EFSA opinion on TTC ) this week adopted their opinions on the controversial risk management tool TTC, the threshold of toxicological conc...
June 26, 2012
An initial analysis of the new expert panels released by the European Food Safety Authority, published 25 June, raises questions about the effectiveness of EFSA’s new rules on conflicts of interest. T...
June 19, 2012
Today, the International Biocontrol Manufacturers Association (IBMA), the Pesticide Action Network Europe (PAN Europe) and the International Organization for Biological Control (IOBC) organised a conf...
June 14, 2012
Today European General Court ruled [1] that European Commission’s practice of denying NGO's access to court and requesting a review is illegal. In contrast to commercially interested parties who...
June 6, 2012
Neonicotinoids and phenylpyrazoles, two families of pesticides used since the 90’s are accused to be at the origin of the massive disappearance of honeybee colonies worldwide spreading parallel to the...
June 5, 2012
Lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers and apples are the food items with on average the highest dose of endocrine disrupting pesticide residues. European consumers will potentially be exposed to up to 30 diffe...
May 2, 2012
PAN Europe (Pesticide Action Network) starts a court case against the decision of EU Commission to authorize the chemical Prochloraz. This chemical is known for its endocrine disrupting properties but...
April 3, 2012
EU Member States and Health DG SANCO allow data gaps on a massive scale in the approval process of pesticides. This is what PAN-Europe learned analysing one of the major derogation systems of regulato...
March 12, 2012
On explicit request of the dominant farmers unions and the pesticide industry, the department taking care of health and consumers issues within the European Commission (DG SANCO) has proposed (1) to d...