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Jun 16, 2022
A new documentary explaining the problems of the EU pesticide risk assessment
While the European law requires that no pesticide be allowed on the market unless it has been proven to be safe for human health or the...
May 16, 2022
Are bees and other pollinators protected from pesticides?
On 17-18 May, the EU Commission and the Member States will meet at the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed (SCoPAFF) to...
Mar 31, 2022
Position paper on the development of a risk assessment of pesticides on bumblebees and solitary bees
BeeLife and PAN Europe are urging the protection of wild pollinators against pesticides! Protocols are available, the industry is...
Feb 17, 2017
Nov 17, 2016
Syngenta: between pesticides and lies
-Position- Recently, two researchers from Sygenta have criticised a scientific publication of independent researchers that show evidence...
Oct 25, 2016
Tactics Used by Agro-Chemical Industries to Impose and Maintain Harmful Pesticides on the Market
In 2013, the European Commission imposed restrictions on the use of three neonicotinoid insecticides (clothianidin, thiamethoxam and...
Jul 14, 2016
Struggle for the Implementation of New Pesticide Assessment Methods with Regards to Bees - The Truth
In 2013, the EFSA updated the methodology for carrying out the risk assessment of pesticides on bees. Today this methodology is not yet...
Jun 22, 2016
Struggle for the Implementation of New Pesticide Assessment Methods with Regards to Bees - The Truth
PRESS RELEASE - Louvain la Neuve, June 22, 2016 In 2013, the EFSA updated the methodology for carrying out the risk assessment of...
Aug 11, 2015
Neonicotinoids: British government puts bees at risk
PRESS RELEASE Neonicotinoids: British government puts bees at risk In the UK, farmers will be able to use EU banned pesticides linked to...
Jun 23, 2015
Pesticide cocktails found in puddles on Austrian farmland endanger bees
One in four puddles sampled contained a cocktail of of thiacloprid and azole fungicides in dangerous combinations for bees. The risk to...
Nov 7, 2013
Neonicotinoids: what do we need in Europe to open our eyes and ban these unsafe pesticides for the e
The Member States of the EU did not achieve on the 15th of March a decision for the ban of three widely used insecticides directly linked...
Jun 5, 2013
Our recommendations for the vote on fipronil
-Position- Ideally, a total suspension of fipronil is desired. Also avoid new authorization during the ban period. Besides, not only...
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