Letters
Adoption of the Scientific Committee on Health, Environmental and Emerging Risks on PFAS and TFA
Dear Commissioner, Dear Chair of the Environment Council, Dear Rapporteur,
We, the undersigned civil society organisations working together to phase out the use of harmful pesticides in agriculture, are writing to you urging you to take stronger action to protect European’s water resources from per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) - and especially trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) a common and very persistent metabolite of PFAS pesticides.
Les organisations de santé, les mutuelles et les organisations environnementales et de protection de la nature demandent au ministre Vandenbroucke de faire entendre sa voix dans les décisions sur les pesticides, comme il en a la prérogative
Les pesticides ont un impact majeur sur la santé. Il est donc essentiel que le ministre fédéral Frank Vandenbroucke (Santé publique) participe aux décisions sur les pesticides. Selon la loi belge, le ministre de la Santé publique dispose de ce droit. Mais, lors de la précédente législature, il ne l’a pas appliqué suite à un accord avec le ministre de l'agriculture. Les organisations de défense de la santé, de l'environnement et de la nature demandent au ministre d’assumer pleinement ce droit de codécision lors de la présente législature.
Gezondheidsorganisaties, mutualiteiten en milieu- en natuurorganisaties roepen minister Vandenbroucke op om zijn stem te laten horen bij beslissingen over pesticiden
Pesticiden hebben een grote gezondheidsimpact. Het is daarom essentieel dat minister Vandenbroucke (Volksgezondheid) mee beslist over pesticiden. Volgens de Belgische wet heeft de minister van Volksgezondheid dat recht. In de vorige regeerperiode paste de minister dat recht niet toe, door een afspraak met de minister van Landbouw. Gezondheids-, milieu- en natuurorganisaties vragen dat de minister dit medebeslissingsrecht wel opneemt.
Suspension of the EU-approval of acetamiprid, following recent scientific publications on developmental neurotoxicity of acetamiprid
Dear Mrs. Gallina,
EU Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed (SCoPAFF); 14-15 May - position of Pesticide Action Network (PAN) Europe
Dear Members of the SCoPAFF committee,
On May 14th and 15th, you are invited to the EU Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed to discuss and potentially adopt opinions on several European Commission proposals. Ahead of this meeting, we would like to share PAN Europe's position on key issues concerning human health and environmental protection. We kindly request that you give these matters your careful attention.
Call for a ban of the PFAS active substance flutolanil and the withdrawal of national authorisations of PFAS pesticides
Dear members of the EU Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,
New study highlights the urgent need to withdraw the approval of all PFAS active substances
Dear Ms. Claire Bury,
On behalf of PAN Europe, I am writing to share with you our latest report, Message from the Bottle, which reveals alarming levels of the “forever chemical” trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) in European wines. These findings highlight the urgent need to phase out PFAS pesticides — a major source of TFA pollution, as it has been clearly established.
Open Letter to Bayer Shareholders
Dear Sir or Madam,
In anticipation of Bayer’s AGM, we, civil society organisations from both sides of the Atlantic ocean and beyond, are writing to you regarding the company’s ongoing lobbying activities, in particular those deployed in the US at the expense of US citizens’ rights. In our view, these activities do not live up to Bayer’s own Code of Conduct, nor to general principles of corporate responsibility, such as the International Code of Conduct on Pesticide Management and the basic principles of the UN Global Compact.
Open letter calling for swift adoption of updated EU water pollution standards
Dear Commissioner,
Dear Polish Representative to COREPER I,
Dear Chair of the Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety,
