1 Million EU citizens call for the end of the pesticides era October 1, 2021 While signatures are still flowing in on the last day to support the Save Bees and Farmers European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI), their supporters feel they are close to a historic success. If this ECI is validated by the European Commission, both the European Commission and the European Parliament will have to reply to citizens’ demands… Read More
Double standards and hazardous pesticides from Bayer and BASF, report available in 4 languages! August 19, 2021 The report by PAN Germany (Pesticide Action Network), a member of our partner PAN Europe, the INKOTA network and the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation, on the shameful practice of exporting pesticides banned in Europe (double standards), published in German in April 2021, is now available in English, Spanish, and Portuguese. One of the three authors, Dr… Read More
Newsletter about Pesticides N°4 July 28, 2021 For its fourth newsletter, Justice Pesticides looks back at the last two months of pesticide-related news. The impacts of these toxic chemicals affect every country in the world, and the information in this newsletter covers Spain, the United States, France, Italy, Switzerland and the European Union. We hope you will find this information interesting and useful.… Read More
New report from PAN-EU: Dangerous pesticides given flawed EU safety clearance June 7, 2021 On UN Food Safety Day (June 7, 2021), our partner PAN-EU published its latest report EFSA: Science or Ideology. The report scrutinizes the authorization process of 12 allegedly genotoxic pesticides assessed by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) since 2006. It reveals that EFSA ignored known cancer risks and circumvented the 2009 regulation to give… Read More
Newsletter about Pesticides N°3 June 2, 2021 For its third newsletter, Justice Pesticides looks back at the last two months of pesticide-related news. The impacts of these toxic chemicals affect every country in the world, and the information in this newsletter covers Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, France, United Kingdom and United States. We hope you will find this information interesting and useful.… Read More
Glyphosate et glyphosate-based herbicides in courts May 20, 2021 Justice Pesticides has produced a summary of court cases involving glyphosate and glyphosate-based herbicides (GBH) in Europe and worldwide, thanks to the financial support of the Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament. This study, the second of the group after “Neonicotinoids in courts“, was presented on March 24, 2021 by its Chair, Corinne LEPAGE, during… Read More