EU-MERCOSUR : THE VICIOUS CIRCLE OF PESTICIDES May 10, 2021 Justice Pesticides is happy to inform you about this interesting webinar organized by Members of the European Parliament from GUE on Tuesday, May 11, at 5pm, Brussels time. We are honored that the new report from our Brazilian board member Larissa Mies Bombardi ““Geography of Asymmetry, Circle of Poison and Molecular Colonialism in the Commercial… Read More
Newsletter about Pesticides N°2 April 26, 2021 For its second newsletter, Pesticide Justice 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 the United States, Belgium, France, India and Mexico. We hope you find this information interesting and useful. In order to… Read More
Justice Pesticides mourns one of its founding members April 12, 2021 René Segbenou, founding member and board member of Justice Pesticides, passed away on April 11, 2021. The departure of this tireless advocate for farmers’ rights and food sovereignty is causing a profound sadness and feeling of a huge loss. Justice Pesticides expresses its condolences to his wife Jeanne and his daughters Sosi and Fifamè, as… Read More
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