On Saturday, May 21, 2022, for the 10th consecutive year, thousands of people will mobilise to denounce the current agrochemical industrial system and its disastrous consequences on human and environmental health in France and everywhere in the world. On Saturday, come and march to defend: biodiversity agroecology and family farming synthetic pesticides and GMO-free agriculture … Read More

The European Commission published on April 25 its roadmap on the restriction of harmful chemicals, envisaged under the REACH regulation (1907/2006) on the registration, evaluation, authorization and restriction of chemicals. The European environmental protection organization, European Environmental Bureau (EEB), believes that if it is effectively implemented, the EU roadmap could lead to banning 5,000 to… Read More

On April 7, 2022, the European Commission announced an upcoming ban on the outdoor use of the insecticide sulfoxaflor in the European Union, due to the danger this neonicotinoid substance represents for pollinators and biodiversity. The conclusions of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), following a peer review of the initial risk assessment of the… Read More

For its seventh 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 Brazil, Canada, Colombia, the European Union, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, Nicaragua, and the United States. We hope… Read More

On March 17, 2021, Corporate Europe Observatory released a new report on the pesticide lobby’s attacks on the EU’s “Farm to Fork” strategy, including the pesticide reduction target.  Based on internal European Commission documents and a leaked document from the lobby group Croplife Europe, the report documents the lobbying tactics used by Croplife Europe and… Read More

Every year for the past seventeen years, the Pesticides Action Week invites citizens to learn more about the effects of pesticides on health and the environment and their alternatives.  SPAP is a federative, national and international event, coordinated by our partner Générations Futures, which takes place from March 20 to 30. These dates were not… Read More