Reports
January 1, 2014
PN Europe activities include being involved in the EU decision making process; disseminate information and raise awareness on pesticide problems, regulations and non-chemical alternatives; advocate po...
January 1, 2014
Growing of genetically engineered plants likely to increase spraying of “agent orange herbicide” - if approved, it could be imported into the EU as GM animal feed.
January 1, 2014
All literature, including independent studies (i.e. science financially independent of private interests), now need to be taken into account when the EU Commission and EU member states (MS) discuss wh...
February 1, 2013
Italy beats all other EU member states in keeping unsustainable farming practices alive in intensive fruit and vegetable production.
January 1, 2013
As you will see in this activity report you are about to read PAN Europe has been more active than ever in 2013! Just to take one major exemple : on the crucial debate on EDCs our network has been on ...
January 1, 2013
Member States ambition to reduce pesticide use is extremely low, problems include:A lack of overall objectives in the National Action Plans (NAPs) for pesticide reduction by the majorityof Member Stat...
July 1, 2012
The “120-day derogation” is a rule in EU pesticide legislation that allows Member States (MS) to use non-authorized pesticides. The authorizations are granted directly by MS on the basis of a danger, ...
May 1, 2012
In the early nineties a group of scientists collaborating with Theo Colborn¹ recognized that these maldevelopments and malformations occurred more frequently in habitats with significant industrial po...
April 1, 2012
Rules demand pesticide companies to deliver dossiers with safety tests and to fulfil all data requirements in the application for their pesticide. However Member States and Health DG SANCO allow data ...
February 1, 2012
One of the food and petrochemical (including pesticides, pharmaceuticals and personal care) industries’ major efforts to protect their money-earning molecules from health & safety regulation, since 19...