Press releases
August 30, 2011
European food watchdog EFSA proposes to substitute the actual testing of chemicals with a fixed exposure figure [1]. An adult can – according to EFSA – for most chemicals [2] safely eat 90 m...
July 14, 2011
Today the Standing Committee on Pesticides will decide on the proposal of EU health and consumer protection division DG SANCO for new pesticide safety testing (‘data requirements’). The present rules ...
June 14, 2011
Today, the new pesticide Regulation 1007/2009 enters in force. This marks the beginning of the new revolutionary system in which ‘cut-off’ criteria will be used in pesticide authorisation for the very...
May 25, 2011
Germany and the UK have produced a joint position paper on how the criteria for endocrine disrupting pesticides need to be developed. These criteria will be part of the new ‘cut-off’ regime of pestici...
May 4, 2011
Time has come to round up glyphosate!The European Commission has delayed a planned re-assessment of glyphosate, a potentially harmful chemical used as a herbicide, to allow chemical companies a three-...
April 1, 2011
Environmental law organisation ClientEarth and Pesticides Action Network Europe (PAN Europe) have launched a case in the General Court of the European Union against the European Food Safety Authority ...
March 1, 2011
The newly published guidance on the use of science in pesticide approvals by European Food Standards Agency (EFSA) [1] downgrades work by independent scientists in favour of industry studies. EFS...
January 26, 2011
New report of PAN-Europe on loopholes, derogations & backdoors in EU pesticide authorisations.Today PAN-Europe releases its report “Meet (chemical) agriculture, The world of backdoors, derog...
January 21, 2011
Today the decision on a non-inclusion in Directive 91/414 of the pesticide 1,3-Dichloropropene was published in the Official Journal. Health Commissioner Dalli therefore gets a big THANK YOU from PAN-...
December 20, 2010
Today, the Environment Council of the European Union adopted its political agreement on a new authorisation system for household pesticides and other biocides. Environment and health NGOs, PAN Europe,...