Press releases
March 7, 2007
Rising rates of mental and behavioural disorders could be slowed by tighter EU pesticide regulation, a Harvard University professor will tell the European Parliament today. (1) Prof. Philippe Grandjea...
December 11, 2006
EU authorities will shortly announce whether they will authorise Fipronil, an active substance used in the manufacture of new insecticides. This active substance is suspected of seriously harming bees...
November 3, 2006
This week, the European Commission released the latest EU monitoring results of pesticides residues in food showing alarming levels of contamination [1]. At the same time, 18 environmental, health and...
September 26, 2006
Groups denounce scandalous "clean bill of health" for DDT, call for solutions to malaria that don't put children at risk.A broad coalition of health and toxics experts from every continent called on t...
September 14, 2006
Strong opposition by Member States and environmental and health NGOs caused the European Commission yesterday to give in and apply more precaution in authorising highly toxic pesticides. Next Monday, ...
September 6, 2006
Tomorrow, dozens of Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) representatives from all regions in Europe will gather in a conference to demand national Governments, European Institutions and private compani...
July 12, 2006
After a year's delay, the European Commission today adopted its 'Thematic Strategy on the Sustainable Use of Pesticides', with a proposal to revise the EU pesticides market authorisation rules. It als...
June 12, 2006
European Union Commissioners must tomorrow choose between protecting citizens' health or knuckling under to a coalition of powerful pesticide producers. DG SANCO(1) proposes to approve several hazardo...
January 18, 2006
Within the next ten days the European Commission is seeking approval by the Member States to authorise a number of dangerous pesticides(1) for use within Europe - several of which are mutagenic, hormo...
March 2, 2004
Environmental Groups and Trade Unions Mount Legal Challenge to European Commission Approval of Toxic Herbicide Paraquat.A coalition of international trade union organizations and environmental NGOs ha...