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Wednesday, May 7, 2025

Administrative court of Toulouse confirms ban on glyphosate products

The French Administrative Court of Appeal in Toulouse confirmed the earlier ruling to cancel the renewal of two glyphosate-based products.

Tuesday, May 6, 2025

Neurotoxic pesticides in Polish honey exceed safety limits

An investigation of Polish honey reveals a deeply concerning level of contamination. Dangerous pesticides are even found in some of the honey produced by small, family-run apiaries.

Thursday, April 24, 2025

Call to Bayer shareholders: Stop the attack on health and environment protection

Organisations from across the globe call on Bayer shareholders to end their attempts to undermine laws and regulations that protect the population and the environment.

Thursday, April 10, 2025

Interview with entomologist Theo Zeegers - A world without bumblebees?

We are in the middle of a mass extinction. This alarming loss of biodiversity jeopardises our joy of life and endangers food production. No bugs, no fertile soil. The current EU pesticide regulation fails to protect non-target organisms.

Tuesday, April 8, 2025

Highly toxic pesticides on sale for inexpert users

Karate, Delete, trade names for highly toxic pesticides sold to individuals online and in garden shops. We looked at gardening products and insect repellants in Belgium. PAN Netherlands did the same in their country.

Tuesday, April 1, 2025

Spain exported 17,000 tons of pesticides banned in the EU in one year

Spain authorized the export of nearly 17,000 tons of substances harmful to people and the environment  in 2023, mainly to the Global South. This is exposed in the new report ‘Double Standards, Double Risk’.

Monday, March 31, 2025

Close Toxic Loopholes: Stop Hazardous Exports & Save Biodiversity!

We gathered in front of the European Commission building in Brussels with representatives of environmental and international NGOs, to demand urgent action to stop the export of EU banned pesticides and to save biodiversity.

Wednesday, March 26, 2025

Pesticides threaten the bulk of life on Earth - Interview with Prof. Dave Goulson

Insect and other arthropod populations are rapidly declining. This alarming loss of biodiversity jeopardises our joy of life. After all, what would the world be like if children grew up without the joy of fluttering butterflies or buzzing bumblebees?

Thursday, March 20, 2025

Pesticide Action Week 2025

Spring is here, full of new life. But it is also the start of the spraying season.

Tuesday, March 18, 2025

Pesticides contaminate on a landscape scale - far beyond the fields

A new groundbreaking study

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