Dewayne Johnson v. Monsanto (Appeal) United States The lawsuit challenges Monsanto’s position that its herbicides are proven safe and asserts that the company has known about the dangers and hidden them from regulators… See details >>
Générations futures et al v. Ministère de l’Agriculture France 9 NGOs challenge the ministerial instruction of 3 February 2020, the press release “Safety distance for plant protection treatments near homes”… See details >>
Terre d’abeille et al v. the order of February 5, 2021 France The associations file an appeal to suspend the order of February 5, 2021 reauthorizing neonicotinoids in seed protection for the cultivation of sugar beets… See details >>
Neonicotinoids in Courts March 9, 2021 March 9, 2021: Justice Pesticides has produced, with the financial support of the Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament, a summary of court cases involving neonicotinoid pesticides in Europe and around the world. Widely used since the 1980s and 1990s, neonicotinoids are extremely toxic insecticides in infinitesimal doses. In spite of their danger to the… Read More
Justice Pesticides issues its first newsletter on pesticides. February 8, 2021 February 1, 2021: Justice Pesticides undertakes the initiative to deliver to you regularly (every two months) a short newsletter containing judicial, legislative and Civil Society Organizations news regarding pesticides in the world, and initiatives to fight against these global poisons. We hope that you will find this information interesting and useful. Please share this newsletter… Read More
Pesticide poisonings in Yavatmal (India): OECD complaint against Syngenta admitted – Door to mediation open December 15, 2020 Press release from our partner ECCHR: On December 15, the Swiss OECD National Contact Point (NCP) accepted the complaint against agrochemical company Syngenta over alleged pesticide poisonings in the central Indian region of Yavatmal caused by the company’s insecticide Polo*. The complaint was filed on behalf of 51 affected families on 17 September 2020 by the… Read More