Bayer v. French State France The Council of State annuls the decree of December 30, 2019, which extends the scope of the ban on neonicontinioids to a list of pesticides with identical modes of action, such as flupyradifurone and sulfoxaflor… See details >>
Nathaniel Evans et al v. Monsanto United States All Plaintiffs in this action seek recovery for damages as a result of developing Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma (NHL), which was directly and proximately caused by such wrongful conduct by Monsanto, the unreasonably dangerous and defective nature of Roundup,… See details >>
Two widows of Indian farm workers et al v. Syngenta Switzerland Two widows of Indian farm workers blame Syngenta for the death of their husbands, as well as an Indian farmer for his illness, after the insecticide Polo was sprayed on their fields… See details >>
EU: Member States block the extension of the authorization of glyphosate. November 15, 2022 While controversy over a possible renewal of the European approval for glyphosate rages on, European Union member states blocked the Commission’s proposal to extend glyphosate’s approval for another year, which expires on December 15, 2022, by not giving it qualified majority votes at the November 15, 2022, Appeal Committee meeting. This Appeal Committee meeting followed the SCOPAFF (Standing Committee… Read More
Justice Pesticides Newsletter N°9 October 10, 2022 For its ninth newsletter, Justice Pesticides looks back at the news of the last few months related to pesticides. The consequences of these toxic products affect every country in the world, and the information in this newsletter includes Argentina, Brazil, the European Union, France, Germany, Guernsey, India, Italy, Mexico, Switzerland and the United States. We hope you… Read More
The export of banned pesticides to Africa and Central America is unlawful. September 28, 2022 On September 26, 2022, our partner Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) published a legal opinion on the export of pesticides banned in Europe (European Union, Switzerland and United Kingdom) to Africa and Central America. The Basel Convention, which regulates international trade in hazardous waste, is insufficient to effectively protect all countries from the impacts… Read More