District of Columbia v. Velsicol United States The District of Columbia filed a lawsuit against chemical manufacturer Velsicol for violating DC environmental laws by contaminating local waterways and natural resources with chlordane,… See details >>
PAN Europe et al v. State of Belgium European Union Two organizations and a beekeeper have asked the Belgian Council of State to suspend and cancel the execution of the approvals for seeds treated with clothianidin and thiamethoxam, which are banned in the EU… See details >>
ASSAUPAMAR et al v. X France In 2006, several groups from Martinique and Guadeloupe filed a complaint for poisoning, endangering the lives of others and administering a harmful substance. Since 2008,… See details >>
Support for the European Commission’s draft (2020) Strategy for Sustainable Chemicals January 27, 2023 In October 2020, the European Commission published a Strategy for Sustainable Chemicals, which aims to reduce human and environmental exposure to hazardous chemicals, while enhancing the competitiveness and innovation of European industry. This strategy, adopted by the European Parliament in July 2020, responds to the “Zero Pollution” ambition of the Green Pact for Europe. The… Read More
EU : The denial of Commissioner Kyriakides about glyphosate January 26, 2023 On 9 January, the European Commissioner for Health, Ms Stella Kyriakides, replied to the letter we had sent her, together with 28 associations, calling for an immediate ban on glyphosate in all member countries. According to her, the “regulatory framework in the EU establishes a comprehensive and rigorous process to examine all available information so… Read More
COP 15 calls for halving global pesticide risk by 2030 December 21, 2022 Hosted in Canada and chaired by China, the 15th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity was held from December 7 to 19, 2022. The global community developed a new plan for the preservation and protection of nature, called the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. The objective of the framework is… Read More