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23rd Januari 2011
EFSA had no control over infiltration of toxics working group by industry network, documents reveal

   
European Parliament

18th Januari 2012 Joint Press Release
EU biocides law considered a “standstill” by NGOs
The new EU biocides regulation adopted today by the European Parliament (1) sounds ambitious but represents a standstill for health and environmental protection, according to health and environment groups.

   

19th December 2011
Network of industry agents uncovered in Food Authority EFSA
A new PAN Europe report reveals that 10 out of 13 members of the EFSA working group on TTC (Threshold of Toxicological Concern, a method to decide on the health impacts of chemicals), have a conflict of interest.

   
European Parliament

11th November 2011
European Innovation Partnership 'Agricultural Productivity and Sustainability': Where is the green spirit
PAN Europe warns that this approach risks to be another step in the dead-end road to external input dependency and as a result unable to ensure long term food security.

   
lettuce and madarins

8th November 2011
EU food still heavily contaminated with dangerous cocktails of pesticides
EFSA's 2009 report on pesticides residues in food shows.

   
shelf of pesticides

2nd November 2011
Massive use of dangerous soil fumigant Metam based on loophole construction
PAN-Europe reports: Fifteen EU member states show no appetite for a transition to sustainable agriculture.

   
European Parliament 12th October 2011
CAP reform: a pale and unhealthy shade of green
The Common Agricultural Policy reform proposal is a step in the right direction but far too light a green to make the needed change to reduce external input dependency and to ensure long term food security.
   
European Parliament 15th September 2011
Draft Common Agricultural Policy legislation proposals - green washing rather than real greening
Leaked documents of the European Commission's plans to reform the Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) reveal that measures to protect the environment and public health have been severely watered down.
   
shelf of pesticides 30th August 2011
Food Authority EFSA embraces industry proposal to stop safety testing of chemicals
European food watchdog EFSA proposes to substitute the actual testing of chemicals with a fixed exposure figure.
   
shelf of pesticides 14 July 2011
SANCO proposal for pesticide test requirements protects industry – not EU citizens
DG SANCO has made the tests more flexible and cheaper for industry and does not take account of scientific progress and fails to protect citizens.
   
European Parliament

14 June 2011
NEW REVOLUTIONARY REGULATION ENTERS IN FORCE
………but will Europe abandon its bad old habits?

   
hazardous substance to nature

25 May 2011 Joint Press Release
Hostile raid of UK/Germany on EU endocrine disrupting criteria.
PAN Europe urges the Commissioners to stick to the 'cut-off' regime|.

   
European Parliament

4 May 2011 Joint Press Release
Re-assessment of harmful herbicide silently postponed in Europe
PAN Europe and Greenpeace to European Court challenging Commission’s decision to ingore growing evidence on the harmful effects of glyphosate on health and the environment.

   
European Parliament 1 April 2011 Joint Press Release
European Food Safety Authority sued for lack of transparency over pesticides guidance
ClientEarth and PAN Europe to European Court on refusal of EFSA to provide documents.
   
European Parliament 1 March 2011
European Food Standards Agency chooses industry studies over independent science
PAN Europe and ClientEarth disappointed about EFSA guidance favouring industry studies.
   
shelf of pesticides

26 Januari 2011 Joint Press Release
France European backdoor champion on pesticides
PAN-Europe presents new report "Meet (chemical) agriculture, The world of backdoors, derogations, sneaky pathwyas and loopholes".

   
shelf of pesticides 21 Januari 2011
Thank you, Mr. Dalli
Health Commissioner Dalli gets a big THANK YOU from PAN-Europe for holding ground in the battle for the non-inclusion of the pesticide 1,3-Dichloropropene.
   
shelf of pesticides 20 December 2010 Joint Press Release
Toxic Christmas gift: Council decides to keep hazardous biocides on market
PAN Germany, PAN Europe, HEAL, HCWH Europe, FIW and PAN UK.
   
European Parliament 15 December 2010 Joint Press Release
More guidance for countries on EU pesticide legislation needed
PAN Europe, HEAL.
   
European Parliament 18 November 2010
The Common Agricultural Policy communication - a lost opportunity to show the real potential of Europe's agricultural sector..
   
hazardous substance to nature 12 November 2010
Huge pressure on Health Commissioner Mr. Dalli to allow dumping of harmful chemical waste -used as a pesticide- in agriculture.
PAN-Europe calls on Mr. Dalli to stick to a strict NO to 1,3-Dichloropropene.
   
European Parliament 20 October 2010
EFSA undermining new pesticide Regulation on use of science.
PAN-Europe will do a request for access to documents to find out what happened in EFSA.
   
European Parliament 22 September 2010 Joint Press Release
EP fails to protect consumers and the environment from biocides
PAN Germany, PAN Europe, HEAL, HCWH Europe, WECF and EEB criticise the EP vote on the biocide regulation.
   
shelf of pesticides 21 June 2010
Toxic shock: European Parliament to expand harmful products in the home?
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.
   
lettuce and madarins 17 December 2009
What's for Christmas dinner? Food industry flouts EU pesticide limits
As Christmas approaches, PAN Europe has asked if the fresh food on Europe's dining tables is safe.
   
vegetables 25 November 2009
Commission must reduce pesticides in Europe’s food
“The European Commission has endangered public health for many years by failing to protect food supplies from excessive pesticide contamination.”
   
European Parliament 21 October 2009
"Why so long?" EU pesticides laws finally signed
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 unjustifiable delays to the process.
   
European Parliament 13 January 2009
Parliament clears final hurdle towards EU pesticide blacklist
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 pesticides legislation.
   
Grapes 24 November 2008
Pesticides in grapes: unsafe, illegal and unauthorised
Largest ever supermarket survey reveals dangerous levels of pesticides in grapes; LIDL is Europe’s greenest supermarket.
   
European Parliament 05 November 2008
Parliament reaches compromise on health and environment
The Parliamentary Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) today voted on proposals for a Regulation and Framework Directive on the use and authorisation of pesticides.
   
15 October 2008
Highest ever levels of pesticides in foods
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.
   
28 August 2008
New standards on pesticides violate food safety
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 residue limits will become unsafe for consumers.
   
hazardous substance to nature 02 July 2008
UK government lobbies to keep hazardous pesticides on the menu
The UK government participates in a media initiative aimed at attacking proposed European legislation that would remove the most hazardous pesticides from food produce grown in the EU. PAN Europe describes the move as 'an insult to common sense'.
   
hazardous substance to nature 23 June 2008
Ministers approve pesticide blacklist
Landmark in European health policy could see some of Europe's most hazardous pesticides removed from food products grown in the EU.
   
Androulla Vasiliou 19 May 2008
Commission comes out fighting for better EU pesticides legislation
Despite heavy handed lobbying from the pesticides industry the European Commission insists that tougher laws are 'essential'
   
Wine contaminated 26 March 2008
European wines systematically contaminated with pesticide residues
An investigation led by PAN Europe uncovers large numbers of pesticide residues in bottles of wine on sale in the European Union.
   
EU 10 October 2007
Hazardous pesticides in the European Parliament
Fruit samples purchased inside the European Parliament building contain illegally high levels of pesticide residues.
   
   

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