Press releases
October 15, 2008
Fruits, vegetables and cereals sold throughout the European Union contain record levels of pesticides - according to an official report to be published later this month. Almost half of fruits, vegetab...
August 28, 2008
From 1 September 2008, the maximum legal limits on the level of pesticides allowed in food items sold in the EU will dramatically increase. Dietary exposure to pesticides is set to rise while many res...
July 2, 2008
The UK government is today participating in a media initiative aimed at attacking proposed European legislation that would remove the most hazardous pesticides from food produce grown in the EU.Speaki...
June 23, 2008
Agriculture Ministers from across Europe today approved the creation of an EU-wide pesticides blacklist. The deal represents a landmark in European health policy and could see some of Europe's most ha...
May 19, 2008
Following weeks of heavy handed lobbying from the pesticides industry, and amid a lack of consensus among Member States, the European Commission this afternoon came out fighting for better EU pesticid...
March 26, 2008
Pesticide Action Network Europe, together with NGOs from Austria, France and Germany, has uncovered substantial evidence that wines on sale in the European Union may contain residues of a large number...
October 24, 2007
Yesterday's vote in the European Parliament on key legislation to determine which pesticides are sold in the EU and how they are used, shows that MEPs are struggling with heavy pressure from industry,...
October 10, 2007
Today in the European Parliament, Brussels, the Pesticide Action Network Europe (PAN-E) and Friends of the Earth Netherlands (Milieudefensie) will present the shocking findings of an analysis into pes...
September 12, 2007
The European Parliament's Environment Committee this morning voted in favour of a more precautionary approach for the system that regulates the sale of pesticides in the EU. The European Environmental...
June 26, 2007
The Environment Committee today voted for an improvement on the proposed Thematic Strategy and Framework Directive on the Sustainable Use of Pesticides. Environmental and health groups EEB, Friends of...