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Snack vegetables are supposed to be a healthy, easy way to get kids to eat more greens. However, a new report by our member PAN Netherlands has sent shockwaves through the country, also resonating in the Dutch-speaking part of Belgium.

The arrival of spring comes this year alongside troubling news from the European Commission. Their recent legislative rollback risks allowing even more pesticides into our fields and food.

This month's EU pesticide meeting presents a mixed picture. We finally see some long-overdue ban proposals on substances harmful to humans and wildlife under consideration. However, political deadlock persists on banning endocrine disruptors and PFAS pesticides.

The insecticide Flupyradifurone proves to be much more harmful for bees than previously thought. It also potentially poses a risk to a child’s developing brain. Like all neonicotinoids, it can pass the blood-brain barrier.

Soil covers this month’s front page of the science journal Nature, headlining with: “Down to Earth - How pesticides reshape soil biodiversity”.

The European institutions finally reached a long-awaited political agreement to update EU rules on water pollution.

Arnaud Apoteker at the Monsanto Tribunal, The Hague 

As Denmark’s EU Council Presidency ends, Cyprus took over in January 2026 at a crucial time for health, environment and food production.

Today is World Soil Day. That is important, given the fact that soils have been, for a long time, largely overlooked. The official World Water Day has been celebrated since 1993. The first official World Soil Day was only held in 2014, more than 20 years later.

A new study from the German Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) uncovers something troubling: even very small amounts of commonly used pesticides can significantly change how bees and fish behave.