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Wednesday, September 11, 2024

An end to aerial pesticide spraying of towns in Romania

Timișoara is a famous Romanian town. This is where the 1989 revolution started that ended the Ceauceșcu dictatorship. Recently, the town made headlines again, less favourable this time.

Wednesday, September 11, 2024

Pesticide industry objects to disclosing secret pesticide ingredients

Is the Dutch pesticide authority CTGB allowed to disclose information on secret pesticide co-formulants to PAN Europe? That is the gist of the hearing taking place today in the Netherlands as a result of our Access to Document request.

Tuesday, September 10, 2024

Let’s be like Paris: ban pesticides in towns

During the Olympics, the world saw how the capital city of France still looked nice and clean. It was not overgrown by weeds in the 7 years the city has not used pesticides.

Monday, September 9, 2024

EU Hypocrisy: allowing banned pesticides in imported food endangers all

In a deeply concerning move, the European Commission plans to allow residues of three highly toxic pesticides in certain imported food. The substances are banned in the EU due to their severe health risk.

Monday, July 29, 2024

EU Commission spreads unscientific information about pesticide reduction

According to a recent EU communication, the use and risk of chemical pesticides decreased by 46% compared to 2015-2017. Miraculous, for it contradicts Eurostat's pesticide sales data which show no clear decrease in pesticide use.

Thursday, July 25, 2024

The EU Member States’ attack on water protection

The EU needs better protection of its water, but representatives of Member States don’t seem to understand. Water quality in the EU is protected by different laws, which are not currently respected.

Wednesday, July 24, 2024

PFAS and very toxic pesticides in 92% of Dutch conventional strawberries

Most conventional strawberries are not suitable for children. That is concluded by PAN Netherlands after testing 15 samples for pesticides. One to three different PFAS pesticides were present on 69% of the strawberries.

Friday, July 19, 2024

The 9 aerial sprayings of pesticides carried out on rice fields in Spain in the last 7 years are illegal

Spraying pesticides on crops from small planes or helicopters is explicitly prohibited by law.

Thursday, July 18, 2024

PFAS pesticides cause havoc in the UK

PAN Europe recently revealed that PFAS pesticides residues are found in many fruits and vegetables.

Tuesday, July 16, 2024

The effects of EU-produced pesticides in other continents

"Every time the planes pass by, your eyes start burning and your arms itch. The smell is terrible, you often feel nauseous.

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