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June Newsletter 2023

  • For the very first time: ban proposed because pesticide is an endocrine disruptor
  • Conservatives announce general attack on Green Deal
  • Toxic 12 down to 10! One of Europe’s most toxic pesticides finally banned 
  • New guidance document to better protect bees against pesticides
  • Two new legal procedures against EU Commission
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May Newsletter 2023

  • 10 recommendations to close the gaps in EU pesticide authorisation
  • European Commission answers to Save Bees and Farmers: It’s far from over
  • The arguments to ban glyphosate pile up
  • Yes, EU countries can ban glyphosate products - but Luxembourg made a mistake
  • Social Manifesto on Pesticides
  • Call for a swift ban of the active substance s-metolachlor
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April Newsletter 2023

  • Help us to reveal more facts about glyphosate - please donate
  • Yes, glyphosate is harmful to bees
  • Fact check reveals many falsehoods in EU debate on pesticide reduction
  • EU finally bans 2 very toxic pesticides - including one of the Toxic 12
  • No obstacles to ban glyphosate: alternatives exist for all uses
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March Newsletter 2023

  • We need effective buffer zones against a cloud of pesticides
  • Lower residue limits for pesticides in food to protect pollinators
  • Pesticide debate in EU Parliament - Save Bees and Farmers
  • PAN Netherlands wants more organic products in supermarkets
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February Newsletter 2023

  • Strong presentation of Save Bees and Farmers proposals in EU Parliament
  • EU Court of Justice: no more derogations for bee-toxic neonicotinoids and other EU-banned pesticides
  • Cypermethrin: Belgium's authorisation system challenged in national court
  • From Toxic 12 to Toxic 10?
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Winter Newsletter 2022

  • EU pesticide regulation and Green Deal under heavy attack
  • 1 Million EU citizens tell EU Commission: end the war against nature
  • EU Commission gives green light for another deadly Glyphosate year
  • Court Case in Belgium to ban beekiller product
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Pesticide Autumn Newsletter 2022

  • Over 1 million Europeans want to Save Bees and Farmers 
  • Insects and Wildlife populations hit new lows - how to avoid Silent Spring?
  • Pesticide Paradise Report, a Toxic 12 follow up
  • Pesticide Atlas 2022: +80% pesticide use worldwide since 1990
  • Extend the prolongation of glyphosate?
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Rachel Carson Month Newsletter 2022

  • Sixty years after Rachel Carson’s book Silent Spring is almost here
  • Why is FAO so complacent with Syngenta’s killer herbicide Paraquat ?
  • Legal actions against derogations and the re-approval of beekiller cypermethrin
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Pesticide Summer Newsletter 2022

  • Russian aggression used by the agribusiness lobby
  • New Campaign: Ban the Toxic 12
  • Florence joins the Pesticide-Free Town Network
  • Sulfoxaflor will be banned but wild bees are still at risk ​
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Pesticide Winter Newsletter 2021

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Pesticide Action Network Europe (PAN Europe) gratefully acknowledges the financial support from the European Union, European Commission, DG Environment, LIFE programme. Sole responsibility for this publication lies with the authors and the funders are not responsible for any use that may be made of the information contained herein.