Press releases

January 11, 2017 - 12:57

The provision of false or incomplete information is a very common tactic the industry makes use of in order to cast doubt among decision makers[1]. After the November 2016 publication of 2 new EFSA reports reiterating the high risk of neonicotinoids on bees, the pesticide industry and industrial farming lobby are doubling their efforts to influence decision-makers and increase pressure on the European Commission to maintain their products on the market.

December 7, 2016 - 08:00

The substitution of animal testing of chemicals by non-animal testing prediction systems (NATPS) could lead to large-scale misuse of these systems, the new PAN Europe report "AOP, the trojan horse for industry lobby tools?" warns. The still immature NATPS were originally intended for chemicals in cosmetics where animal testing is banned.

December 6, 2016 - 09:39

Happy birthday! But, again, no gift!! The European Commission is two years late in delivering a simple report, failing to ensure implementation of the Sustainable Use Directive on Pesticides.

December 5, 2016 - 16:02

In observation of World Soil Day, today December 5th, 2016, Pesticide Action Network Europe (PAN Europe) stands in solidarity with the #People4Soil campaign and 430 other organisations to extend important protections to our soil.

December 2, 2016 - 11:59

Pesticide Action Network Europe (PAN Europe) has welcomed the European Commission's intention to proceed with its proposal to ban the use of pesticides in productive Ecological Focus Areas (EFA) as soon as possible and in time for the 2017/18 planting season at the latest. The proposal is being made in the context of the simplification of the 2013 CAP reform based on experience to date.

November 16, 2016 - 09:27

Today, the European Crop Protection Association (ECPA) has organised a conference in the European Parliament on the importance of pesticides in EU agriculture. The fallacious century-old “we need to feed the world” argument is still regularly claimed by the pesticide industry to support a model that is a dead end: low-efficiency, high health costs, low employment rate, high environmental impacts. The real inconvenient truth is the conventional agriculture model has failed in Europe.

November 3, 2016 - 12:35

The draft legal act proposed last June by EU Commission on the criteria to identify endocrine disrupting pesticides/biocides has generated so far little support by EU Member States in the Commission’s Standing Committee meetings. The Commission now has no choice but to radically change their draft in order to find a (qualified) majority among Member States in the next meeting.

October 28, 2016 - 10:17

Today, 26th October 2016, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) published its annual report on pesticide residues found in food in the EU member states. Year after year, the proportion of food without detectable residues is decreasing while the proportion of food that contains residues from multiple pesticides is increasing... Gooseberries, currants and strawberries are among the favourite fruits of children. Having a fresh orange or grape fruit juice is seen as a healthy habit.

October 11, 2016 - 05:00

In a “state of the science” review released today, PAN International presents a large body of research documenting the adverse human health and environmental impacts of glyphosate and glyphosate-based herbicides and underscores the need for a global phase-out. Environmental and health advocates say the monograph on the world’s most widely used herbicide, commonly known by its original trade name Roundup, should serve as a wake up call for regulators, governments and users around the world.

October 10, 2016 - 11:52

Today the Agricultural Council will be discussing measures to streamline or simplify the CAP greening payments. 18 member States oppose the European Commission’s proposal to ban use of pesticides in the Ecological Focus Areas.

PAN Europe appeals to the European Commission to maintain their proposal for the ban of pesticides in ecological focus areas. The current proposal is a simple and logical way for EU citizens to recognize the importance and intent of ecological focus areas.  

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