More than 85 NGOs, including Justice Pesticides and  numerous partners, are calling on the European Union to not derail the EU Farm to Fork and Biodiversity Strategies on the false claim that European food security is threatened by the current Russia-Ukraine war. This letter comes as a reaction to the statement by Commissioner Wojciechowski that “if food security… Read More

With the movie Goliath in French theaters from March 9, it is the first time that a mainstream movie, which deals with the world of pesticides, from users and victims to environmental protection associations and the manufacturers’ lobby, is released in the traditional movie distribution channels. In a breathtaking, moving and relentless movie, Frédéric Tellier… Read More

In the context of the Farm to Fork Strategy in May 2020, the European Commission has announced as a target a reduction of 50% of the use and risk of pesticides by 2030. What this target means in practice remains open but, in any event, another question must be addressed in priority for this commitment to… Read More

In a decision of July 26, 2021, the Council of State had ordered the Government to complete, within 6 months, the rules for the use of pesticides, in order to better protect the population. It is in the extremis respect of the deadline, January 26, 2022 that an order and a decree relating to the… Read More

The European Environment Agency’s (EEA) new indicator, published on December 9, 2021, which aims to track Europe’s progress in reducing pesticides in water, shows that excessive levels of pesticides have been recorded in a considerable portion of European freshwaters. Between 2013 and 2019, levels of pesticides above the normally acceptable quality threshold were detected in… Read More

For its sixth 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, the European Union, France, Paraguay, Spain and the United States. We hope you find this information… Read More