Factsheets

Eleven European supermarkets are now taking steps to reduce the level of pesticides in their food supply chains. Our Factsheet summarises these efforts. 
See also Supermarket Summary Table of Commitments

Latest information on the widespread presence of pesticides in food items sold in the European Union.

Endosulfan is one of the world’s worst pesticides and has devastating impacts on human health and the global environment.

Agriculture is a big contributor to climate change. According to the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC, Fourth Assessment Report, 2007) this accounts to 10-12% on all anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions.

Independent literature shows that the pesticide Carbendazim is a very dangerous "toxin", capable of causing malformations in the foetus at very low doses and it's still uncertain if a safe level exists at all.

Essential to the production of key EU food crops, yet in sudden decline. What links pesticides and mass bee deaths occurring globally?