Press releases
November 12, 2010
Spain, Italy and several other EU member states like Portugal and Belgium are pressurizing SANCO Commissioner Mr. Dalli to propose an approval of the nasty pesticide and soil fumigant 1,3-Dichloroprop...
October 20, 2010
Today Belgium Presidency organises an international Round Table on the use of science in food policy thereby given EFSA the floor as key speaker. PAN-Europe is questioning the role of EFSA in the use ...
September 22, 2010
Today, the European Parliament (EP) has set the course for a new European system concerning the authorisation and marketing of biocides for household and other uses. PAN Germany, PAN Europe, HEAL, HCW...
June 21, 2010
On 22 June the European Parliament’s Environment Committee will vote on new EU provisions on the authorisation and marketing of hazardous products like wood preservatives and insecticide sprays. But l...
December 17, 2009
As Christmas approaches, PAN Europe has asked if the fresh food on Europe's dining tables is safe. Its survey, in four EU countries this autumn, shows that most produce sampled had multiple traces of ...
November 25, 2009
"The European Commission has endangered public health for many years by failing to protect food supplies from excessive pesticide contamination." This is the conclusion drawn by Hans Muilerman from th...
October 21, 2009
Environmental campaigners have expressed qualified support for today's official signing by the European Parliament of an historic set of laws on pesticides. But they also deplore what they regard as u...
January 13, 2009
In one of the final legislative acts of the 2004-2009 Parliamentary session, soon to adjourn prior to elections in June, the European Parliament today confirmed its support for a new deal on EU pestic...
November 24, 2008
Largest ever supermarket survey reveals dangerous levels of pesticides in grapes; LIDL is Europe's greenest supermarketAnalysis of table grapes purchased from 18 major food retailers across Europe rev...
November 5, 2008
Following months of political negotiations, the Parliamentary Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) today voted on proposals for a Regulation and Framework Directive on th...