Spring is here, full of new life. But it is also the start of the spraying season. With a Pesticide Action Week, we and our members and partners in different EU countries ask attention to the devastating effects of pesticides on our health, soil, water, and biodiversity.
Here are some of the events:
Belgium:
- 19/03/2020: Expert meeting by PAN Europ in EU Parliament hosted by MEPs Friis and Guarda: Regulating PFAS Pesticides: Ensuring Clean Water for Future Generations
- 22/03/2025: World Water Day - attention for TFA and PFAS pesticides - PAN Europe
- 25/03/2025: Breakfast for Members of the European Parliament - PAN Europe, Friends of the Earth Europe, Corporate Europe Observatory and BeeLife
- 25/03/2025: Public action in front of CropLife Office in Brussels
- 26/03/2025: Impacts of pesticides on human health - webinar by HEAL
- 27/03/2025: Manifestation in front of EU Commission building: Close Toxic Loopholes: Stop Hazardous Exports & Save Biodiversity - PAN Europe and partners
- PAN Europe and Friends of the Earth Europe will distribute 3 different factsheets on Health, Biodiversity and Citizens' opinion
France:
- 26/03/2025: Justice pour le Vivant (JPLV)
- 27/03/2025: Cycle de formations : "Le Jardin de Demain" - Adalia
- 27/03/2025: Atelier Sentinelles - les conditions d'utilisation des pesticides - FNE Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- 28/03/2025: Agriculture, Pesticides & Santé - Enjeux de recherches et solutions agricoles - Solagro
- The Pesticide Action Week was started 20 years ago by our French member Générations Futures. For all of the events, small and big, taking place in France have a look HERE.
Italy:
- 30/03/2025: March against pesticides in Kaltern an der Weinstraße and Cison di Valmarino Treviso - Marcia Stop Pesticidi
Netherlands:
- 20/03/2025: SPRINT ask the author webinar: pesticides and soil microorganisms - SPRINT
- 21/03/2025: March for a Clean Spring, Ede Wageningen
- 11/04/2025: Pesticide Free Day, manifestation in The Hague on World Parkinson's Day - PAN Netherlands, Natuur & Milieu, Parkinson's Association
Switzerland:
- 20, 29 & 31/03/2025: Visites de fermes - Associations des Petits Paysans/Kleinbauern
Spain:
- 25/03/2025: La Voz del invernadero – Ecologistas en Accion
Read more about urgent pesticide issues:
- Save our brain
- EU: protect arthropods and biodiversity
- Ensure clean water for next generations: Ban PFAS pesticides and TFA
Contact:
- Natalija Svrtan, +32 499 32 88 92, natalija [at] pan-europe.info
- Tjerk Dalhuisen, +31 614 699 126, tjerk [at] pan-europe.info
