Letters

December 2023

Braunschweig meeting

Dear Health Commissioner Ms. Kyriakides,

November 2023

Approved herbicide pendimethalin is a PBT substance

Dear Mr Delgado Rosa,

With this letter we wish to highlight our concerns regarding the handling of the approval of the active substance pendimethalin by DG for Health and Food Safety (DG SANTE). We respectfully request DG for Environment (DG ENV) to intervene and help obtain the swift ban of this substance meeting the Persistent, Bioaccumulative and Toxic (PBT) criteria of the Pesticide Regulation (EC) 1107/2009. 

November 2023

Call upon Members of the European Parliament to support a Strong SUR at Plenary Vote, for the future of our farmers, citizens and biodiversity

Dear Members of the European Parliament,

We write to you in view of the plenary vote on the proposal for a Regulation on the Sustainable Use of Pesticides (SUR), on 22nd of November. The SUR is of very broad public interest, and can have far-reaching impacts on the well-being and welfare of current and future generations. Sustainable farming practices and a healthy environment are the essential foundation of a prosperous future for EU citizens, ecosystems and agricultural areas.

November 2023

Leukämie-Risiko von Glyphosat: Bitte schützen Sie die Gesundheit der Bürgerinnen und Bürger durch die Ablehnung der Glyphosat-Wiedergenehmigung

Sehr geehrter Bundesgesundheitsminister Professor Lauterbach,

neuste Studienergebnisse weisen einen Zusammenhang von Glyphosat mit der Entstehung von Leukämie bereits in jungen Jahren nach. Mit diesem Brief möchten wir Sie daher eindringlich dazu auffordern, sich in Ihrer Fraktion gegen eine Wiedergenehmigung des Herbizidwirkstoffs Glyphosat auszusprechen und die Regierung darin zu bestärken, am 16. November 2023 gegen den Vorschlag der Kommission zu stimmen, Glyphosat für weitere zehn Jahre zu genehmigen. 

November 2023

Take independentscience seriously when deciding on glyphosate

Dear minsters,

November 2023

Call upon Members of Renew Europe to support a Strong SUR at Plenary Vote, for the future of our farmers, citizens and biodiversity

Dear Members of Renew Europe,

We write to you to express our deepest concerns regarding attempts of members of your group to severely water down the proposal for a Regulation on the Sustainable Use of Pesticides (SUR). The SUR is of very broad public interest, and will be determinative for the health, well-being and welfare of current and future generations.

November 2023

Open letter: NGOs calling upon President VDL to take action against the renewal of glyphosate

Dear President of the European Commission,

November 2023

Urgent call to protect European citizens by opposing glyphosate renewal in light of leukaemia risk

Dear Permanent Representative to the European Union,

October 2023

Calling for the non-renewal of the approval of glyphosate in the European Union

Dear Commissioner Kyriakides,

October 2023

Open letter on the EU legislative framework for sustainable food systems and a strategic dialogue on the future of food

Dear President von der Leyen,

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