Union européenne : avant la stratégie “de la ferme à la table” et le REFIT, un nouvel article académique critique les pratiques d’évaluation des risques liés aux pesticides April 21, 2020 La “reprise verte” après la crise COVID-19 exige un système alimentaire sain et durable Un nouvel article d’un groupe d’experts en droit, en politique et en toxicologie, identifie des défaillances systémiques dans le processus d’évaluation des risques liés aux pesticides en Europe. La communication de notre partenaire PAN-EU : Ces défaillances étant de nature à… Read More
New academic paper condemns pesticide risk assessment practices ahead of Farm to Fork Strategy and REFIT April 21, 2020 “Green recovery” from COVID-19 crisis demands healthy and sustainable food system A new peer-reviewed paper authored by a group of experts in law, policy, and toxicology has identified systemic failings in Europe’s pesticide risk assessment process. Here is our partner PAN-EU‘s press release: The experts have proposed a comprehensive agenda for far-reaching reform after their paper outlined… Read More
Fraud scandal in a EU accredited German laboratory involved in risk assessment of pesticides March 4, 2020 The EU coalition Citizens for Science in Pesticide Regulation, of which Justice Pesticides is a member, has today written a letter to Health EU Commissioner Stella Kyriakides about our concerns following the discovery that that the Laboratory of Pharmacology and Toxicology (LPT) Hamburg was found to have committed fraud in a series of regulatory safety… Read More
Huge Europe-wide campaign launches to ban pesticides, transform agriculture and save bees and nature November 25, 2019 November 25, 2019 : A European Citizens’ Initiative launches today to phase out synthetic pesticides by 2035, support farmers, and save bees and nature. If it gathers one million signatures by September 2020, the EU Commission and Parliament must consider turning the campaign’s demands into law. [1] 90 organisations from 17 EU countries, including Justice… Read More
Noël POULIQUEN : The Court acknowledges Triskalia’s inexcusable fault November 6, 2019 Following Noël Pouliquen’s victory at the TGI in Vannes, we reproduce here the press release from our partner Collectif de Soutien aux Victimes des Pesticides de l’Ouest with Union Régionale Solidaires de Bretagne : In a judgment handed down today, Wednesday November 6, 2019, the social section of the Court of Vannes recognised the inexcusable… Read More
[Paul François v. Monsanto] Another conviction of Monsanto but not yet a victory! April 11, 2019 April 11, 2019: Today, the Court of Appeals of Lyon has again said that Monsanto is responsible for Paul François‘ illnesses after having been intoxicated with Lasso herbicides. Paul François is the chair of the French NGO Phyto-Victimes and a board member of Justice Pesticides. We are very pleased of this 3rd court decision that… Read More