Dear members of the PAFF committee,
On 10 and 11 July, you are invited to discuss and adopt opinions on several proposals by the European Commission in the EU Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed. In advance of this meeting, we, the 12 undersigned environmental and health organisations of the Pesticide Action Network, are urging you to oppose the proposals to renew the approvals of the hazardous fungicides captan and 8-hydroxyquinoline. According to the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), these two substances do not comply with the Pesticide Regulation's requirements that pesticides shall have no harmful effects on human health and no unacceptable effects on the environment (Regulation 1107/2009).
