Press releases
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...
April 10, 2025
At 4:30 on Thursday morning, EU institutions reached a provisional agreement on the long-awaited, and first-ever, EU legislative framework for soils: the Soil Monitoring Law. However, the deal f...
April 9, 2025
The European Parliament’s Environment Committee failed to take a step forward in its ambition to protect Europe’s water resources under the EU Water Resilience Strategy. It adopted a report that has b...
March 27, 2025
The EU is reviewing a guidance document to protect insects and other arthropods against the negative effects of pesticides. The current document is outdated and was co-written by the pesticide industr...
March 24, 2025
A group of over 450 scientists is calling on the European Union to swiftly update its water pollution standards to address the increasing threat of chemical pollution, including PFAS (‘forever chemica...