Press releases
September 28, 2023
All recent science needs to be taken into account The policy of Dutch pesticide authority Ctgb to use decades-old guidelines and ignore scientific studies that demonstrate endocrine disrupting ef...
September 27, 2023
Threat of re-approval based on misinformed risk assessmentBrussels, Vienna, September 27, 2023 - In a submission made today to the Vienna Public Prosecutor's Office, GLOBAL 2000 and other member ...
September 20, 2023
The EU Commission's proposal to renew the authorisation for the herbicide glyphosate is published today (1). The proposal is for 10 years, so if a qualified majority of Member States agree, glyphosate...
September 12, 2023
Today, the European Parliament approved new quality standards for surface and groundwater and sent a clear message on the need to curb water pollution in the EU.A vast majority of MEPs (495 of 631) ac...
September 12, 2023
85 social and environmental organisations urge Ursula von der Leyen and the European Commission to hold true to the European Green Deal commitment to ensure that hazardous chemicals banned in the EU w...
September 11, 2023
What do European citizens think of pesticide use, and more specific: what do they think about glyphosate? We have asked IPSOS to conduct an online representative public opinion poll in six countries: ...
September 11, 2023
Scientists show how two EU regulatory agencies failed to fulfil their role as foreseen in EU pesticide law. A new scientific study reveals that ECHA dismissed important carcinogenicity findings and ne...
September 5, 2023
Glyphosate and its metabolite AMPA are found in surface waters across 11 out of 12 countries spanning Europe, even during the end of the pesticide application season. From Poland to Portugal, from Bel...
August 31, 2023
The European Commission just released[1] its latest indicators on pesticide use and risk for the year 2021. This comes on top of its publication[2] in July of the EU 2021 results towards Farm to Fork ...
July 26, 2023
Today, 11 global civil society and Indigenous Peoples organizations representing small-scale farmers, agricultural workers, trade unions, and rights holders urged Mr. Qu Dongyu to begin his new term a...