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	30 June 2015 Bringing back the science on EDCs to the European Parliament for open discussion (EDCs Roundtable 30th June 2015, 15:00-18:00)

	9 June 2015 Pesticide free towns – Belgium on the move

	20 May 2015 EU health policy on endocrine disruption collatoral damage in Commission health service SANTE's power play

	23 April 2015 European Commission delays protection of bees while Nature study shows neonicotinoids put at risk food production

	20 March 2015 Voices of pesticides now have a space to tell their stories

	12 March 2015 Toxic mixtures of pesticide residues in fruit and vegetables keep on flooding EU markets; 63% of the strawberries contain more than one pesticide, 12% more than 6

	20 Januari 2015 New non-commercial research proves that industry’s claims on pesticide bans are flawed

	13 Januari 2015 Luxembourg court blocks NGO's rights on access to court

	26 November 2014 The European Commission misses deadline to increased use of alternatives for pest and disease control

	11 November 2014 When Member States make EU policy look ridiculous: the case of western corn rootworm

	22 October 2014 Farewell present of Health Commissioner Borg: endocrine disrupting pesticide Carbendazim banned

	30 September 2014 Public consultation on EDCs not so «public»

	24 September 2014 European citizens vote to ban pesticides– time for EU policy makers to follow suit

	17 September 2014 Pesticide Regulators Ignore The Legal Obligation To Use Independent Science For Deriving Safe Exposure Levels

	18 June 2014 Endocrine Disruption Criteria Update: A roadmap to nowhere

	6 June 2014 Europe’s Green Capitals will get greener from 2017 – an important beginning in the needed transition towards detoxing our cities

	27 May 2014 European Food is not as safe as European Food Safety Authority pretends

	22 May 2014 Review concludes: Pesticide Chlorpyrifos may exceed safe health levels in grapes

	20 May 2014 New attack on EU policy regarding endocrine disruption: Health DG SANCO prepares an escape route for pesticides

	April 2014 PAN Europe supports Italian citizens' initiative to limit pesticides use in Vinschgau, South Tyrol

	31 March 2014 Bees on the spotlight in Brussels: Feverish start to April with debate controlled by agro-chemical industry interests

	28 March 2014 European Ombudsman condemns Food Authority EFSA twice for maladministration

	27 March 2014 Member States are far from complying with EU targets to reduce pesticides use: High time for the European Commission to take action to ensure respect of the Sustainable Use of Pesticides Directive.

	12 March 2014 Pesticides use in ecological focus areas: The delegated acts of the Common Agricultural Policy reform move responsibility to Member States

	4 Februari 2014 Massive industry network uncovered in EFSA and WHO trying to stop the new policy on stricter food standards for pesticide mixtures; first ever example of EU Commission fighting back

	27 January 2014 Stop risky herbicide 2,4-D

	16 December 2013 It is a fact now: European Commission missed the deadline for presenting the criteria for endocrine disrupting pesticides

	5 December 2013 Of course we can feed Europe using less pesticides

	15 October 2013 3 Million Euro EU subsidy for food industry to promote the lowering of food standards

	8 October 2013 Luxemburg court rules that EU Commission has to make public the full composition of pesticides

	7 October 2013 European Commission attempts to suppress citizens’ access to environmental justice

	24 September 2013 A RACE TO THE BOTTOM: Pesticide authorisation bodies in Europe compete for industry applications, sacrificing the protection of the environment.

	16 September 2013 PAN Europe on the EDCs French Strategy: a provision that should not be present

	10 September 2013 Can a science director at food authority EFSA with an industry background be neutral on science?

	28 August 2013 Neonicotinoids Ban: Masks have fallen, Syngenta and Bayer sue European Commission to court

	17 July 2013 Fipronil: European ban on bee-killing insecticides goes on

	10 July 2013 EXPPERT Survey II: Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals and banned Pesticides in strawberries

	7 July 2013 PAN Europe challenges European Commission to go further on neonicotinoids

	20 June 2013 Sustainable Use of Pesticides, an EU Challenge: Very few Member States are engaging to reduce their use of pesticides

	13 June 2013 Neonicotinoid insecticides residues in our food! PAN Europe warmly welcomes the vote of European Member States in favour of the proposal of the European Commission to ban 3 neonicotinoids (imidacloprid, thiamethoxam and clothianidin) toxic to bees for 2 years.

	4th June 2013 Kwaliteit beoordeling bestrijdingsmiddelen in Nederland ver onder de maat

	17 May 2013 Again a bad day for birds in Europe: brand new pesticides allowed on the market that put birds at risk

	6 May 2013 Lack of environmental as well as public health considerations in the proposal for a new EU Common plant health regime

	2 May 2013 THE SILENT TAKEOVER: Dutch Wageningen University moves on to sell their independence to industry

	29 April 2013 European ban on neonicotinoids: Historic victory for the environment PAN Europe warmly welcomes the vote of European Member States in favour of the proposal of the European Commission to ban 3 neonicotinoids (imidacloprid, thiamethoxam and clothianidin) toxic to bees for 2 years.

	20 March 2013 EFSA’s opinion on endocrine disrupting chemicals adds confusion and undermines the Pesticide Regulation

	20 March 2013 European Commission goes to Appeal Committee on neonicotinoid ban

	18 March 2013 “Pesticide residues pose no long-term risk to humans”, European Food Authority EFSA falsely claims

	13 March 2013 = Forget about Italian pasta = Italy stimulates worst farming practices and monocultures

	12 March 2013 A direction for the Common Agricultural Policy: The Crop Rotation

	5 March 2013 How pesticides industry twists facts and figures to scare European decision-makers on neonicotinoids PAN Europe draws attention on how the facts and figures have been twisted to scare European decisions makers while they want us to believe that they care about the challenges for the future of agriculture.

	1 February 2013 Commission moves to protect honeybees but not bumblebees and wild bugs The European Commission finally declared its intention to move concerning neonicotinoids.

	16 January 2013 EFSA shows high risks for bees from neonicotinoids Commissioner Borg to immediately withdraw these bee killing pesticides from the market10 years EFSA - 10 years of blind love for industry.

	20 December 2012 Pesticides Residues in Food: PAN Europe’s Member, Générations Futures reveals data manipulation New scandal concerning the Maximum Residue Limits of pesticides in food: in its calculations the European Commission artificially brings down the number of MRLs exceeding…on paper!

	12 November 2012 10 years EFSA - 10 years of blind love for industry EFSA has a track record of working closely with industry and with industry-linked people presenting themselves as independent scientist.

	9 October 2012 Brain-damaging pesticide Chlorpyrifos will be reviewed. EU Health Commissioner Dalli finally responds to calls of PAN-Europe.

	25 September 2012 Food Authority EFSA’s bias on bee decline and pesticides PAN-Europe blames EFSA for attributing the contract to a person whose conflicts of interest are unacceptable and whose famous biased opinion is more than suspicious.

	12 July 2012 Joint Press Release Environmental and farming groups call for greener and fairer farming European agriculture needs to move away from harmful and industrialised farming and towards greener and fairer farming practices that lead to rural vitality.

	11 July 2012 Illegal pesticides remain in use in several EU countries

	6 July 2012 EU Scientific Committees bend for industry in adopting TTC

	26 June 2012 Joint press release Conflicts of interest still evident on new ESFA expert panels

	19 June 2012 Joint press release PAN Conference: Integrated Pest Management – the Way Forward to Sustainable Agricultural Production

	14 June 2012 Revolutionary judgment of EU Court grants access to court for NGO's

	6 June 2012 Honeybee disappearance: will the Autorities finally act?

	5 June 2012 Disrupting food: up to 30 different endocrine disrupting pesticides found in fruits and vegetables in the European Union

	2 May 2012 PAN Europe challenges Commission in Court on pesticide Prochloraz

	3 April 2012 Twisting and bending the rules - How Member States and Health DG SANCO change the rules to open the gates for banned pesticides

	12 March 2012 Joint Press Release The EU Commission’s health and consumers department caves in to farmers and industry lobby request to allow the spread of highly dangerous pest

	29 Februari 2012 Joint Press Release European Innovation Partnership: will agro-ecology be finally applied? Today the European Commission published a roadmap for European Innovation Partnerships (EIP) on “Agricultural Productivity and Sustainability”, as part of the EU 2020 Strategy.

	17 Februari 2012 EFSA’s attempt to embrace an industry proposal to greenwash chemicals ceased by Health DG SANCO

	23 Januari 2011 EFSA had no control over infiltration of toxics working group by industry network, documents reveal

	18 Januari 2012 Joint Press Release EU biocides law considered a “standstill” by NGOs The new EU biocides regulation adopted today by the European Parliament (1) sounds ambitious but represents a standstill for health and environmental protection, according to health and environment groups.

	19 December 2011 Network of industry agents uncovered in Food Authority EFSA A new PAN Europe report reveals that 10 out of 13 members of the EFSA working group on TTC (Threshold of Toxicological Concern, a method to decide on the health impacts of chemicals), have a conflict of interest.

	11 November 2011 European Innovation Partnership 'Agricultural Productivity and Sustainability': Where is the green spirit PAN Europe warns that this approach risks to be another step in the dead-end road to external input dependency and as a result unable to ensure long term food security.

	8 November 2011 EU food still heavily contaminated with dangerous cocktails of pesticides EFSA's 2009 report on pesticides residues in food shows.

	2nd November 2011 Massive use of dangerous soil fumigant Metam based on loophole construction PAN-Europe reports: Fifteen EU member states show no appetite for a transition to sustainable agriculture.

	12 October 2011 CAP reform: a pale and unhealthy shade of green The Common Agricultural Policy reform proposal is a step in the right direction but far too light a green to make the needed change to reduce external input dependency and to ensure long term food security.

	15 September 2011 Draft Common Agricultural Policy legislation proposals - green washing rather than real greening Leaked documents of the European Commission's plans to reform the Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) reveal that measures to protect the environment and public health have been severely watered down.

	30 August 2011 Food Authority EFSA embraces industry proposal to stop safety testing of chemicals European food watchdog EFSA proposes to substitute the actual testing of chemicals with a fixed exposure figure.

	14 July 2011 SANCO proposal for pesticide test requirements protects industry – not EU citizens DG SANCO has made the tests more flexible and cheaper for industry and does not take account of scientific progress and fails to protect citizens.

	14 June 2011 NEW REVOLUTIONARY REGULATION ENTERS IN FORCE ………but will Europe abandon its bad old habits?

	25 May 2011 Joint Press Release Hostile raid of UK/Germany on EU endocrine disrupting criteria. PAN Europe urges the Commissioners to stick to the 'cut-off' regime\|.

	4 May 2011 Joint Press Release Re-assessment of harmful herbicide silently postponed in Europe PAN Europe and Greenpeace to European Court challenging Commission’s decision to ingore growing evidence on the harmful effects of glyphosate on health and the environment.

	1 April 2011 Joint Press Release European Food Safety Authority sued for lack of transparency over pesticides guidance ClientEarth and PAN Europe to European Court on refusal of EFSA to provide documents.

	1 March 2011 European Food Standards Agency chooses industry studies over independent science PAN Europe and ClientEarth disappointed about EFSA guidance favouring industry studies.

	26 Januari 2011 Joint Press Release France European backdoor champion on pesticides PAN-Europe presents new report "Meet (chemical) agriculture, The world of backdoors, derogations, sneaky pathwyas and loopholes".

	21 Januari 2011 Thank you, Mr. Dalli Health Commissioner Dalli gets a big THANK YOU from PAN-Europe for holding ground in the battle for the non-inclusion of the pesticide 1,3-Dichloropropene.

	20 December 2010 Joint Press Release Toxic Christmas gift: Council decides to keep hazardous biocides on market PAN Germany, PAN Europe, HEAL, HCWH Europe, FIW and PAN UK.

	15 December 2010 Joint Press Release More guidance for countries on EU pesticide legislation needed PAN Europe, HEAL.

	18 November 2010 The Common Agricultural Policy communication - a lost opportunity to show the real potential of Europe's agricultural sector..

	12 November 2010 Huge pressure on Health Commissioner Mr. Dalli to allow dumping of harmful chemical waste -used as a pesticide- in agriculture. PAN-Europe calls on Mr. Dalli to stick to a strict NO to 1,3-Dichloropropene.

	20 October 2010 EFSA undermining new pesticide Regulation on use of science. PAN-Europe will do a request for access to documents to find out what happened in EFSA.

	22 September 2010 Joint Press Release EP fails to protect consumers and the environment from biocides PAN Germany, PAN Europe, HEAL, HCWH Europe, WECF and EEB criticise the EP vote on the biocide regulation.

	21 June 2010 Toxic shock: European Parliament to expand harmful products in the home? On 22 June the European Parliament’s Environment Committee will vote on new EU provisions on the authorisation and marketing of hazardous products like wood preservatives and insecticide sprays.

	17 December 2009 What's for Christmas dinner? Food industry flouts EU pesticide limits As Christmas approaches, PAN Europe has asked if the fresh food on Europe's dining tables is safe.

	25 November 2009 Commission must reduce pesticides in Europe’s food “The European Commission has endangered public health for many years by failing to protect food supplies from excessive pesticide contamination.”

	21 October 2009 "Why so long?" EU pesticides laws finally signed Environmental campaigners have expressed qualified support for today’s official signing by the European Parliament of an historic set of laws on pesticides. But they also deplore what they regard as unjustifiable delays to the process.

	13 January 2009 Parliament clears final hurdle towards EU pesticide blacklist In one of the final legislative acts of the 2004-2009 Parliamentary session, soon to adjourn prior to elections in June, the European Parliament today confirmed its support for a new deal on EU pesticides legislation.

	24 November 2008 Pesticides in grapes: unsafe, illegal and unauthorised Largest ever supermarket survey reveals dangerous levels of pesticides in grapes; LIDL is Europe’s greenest supermarket.

	05 November 2008 Parliament reaches compromise on health and environment The Parliamentary Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) today voted on proposals for a Regulation and Framework Directive on the use and authorisation of pesticides.

	15 October 2008 Highest ever levels of pesticides in foods Fruits, vegetables and cereals sold throughout the European Union contain record levels of pesticides – according to an official report to be published later this month.

	28 August 2008 New standards on pesticides violate food safety From 1 September 2008, the maximum legal limits on the level of pesticides allowed in food items sold in the EU will dramatically increase. Dietary exposure to pesticides is set to rise while many residue limits will become unsafe for consumers.

	02 July 2008 UK government lobbies to keep hazardous pesticides on the menu The UK government participates in a media initiative aimed at attacking proposed European legislation that would remove the most hazardous pesticides from food produce grown in the EU. PAN Europe describes the move as 'an insult to common sense'.

	23 June 2008 Ministers approve pesticide blacklist Landmark in European health policy could see some of Europe's most hazardous pesticides removed from food products grown in the EU.

	19 May 2008 Commission comes out fighting for better EU pesticides legislation Despite heavy handed lobbying from the pesticides industry the European Commission insists that tougher laws are 'essential'

	26 March 2008 European wines systematically contaminated with pesticide residues An investigation led by PAN Europe uncovers large numbers of pesticide residues in bottles of wine on sale in the European Union.

	10 October 2007 Hazardous pesticides in the European Parliament Fruit samples purchased inside the European Parliament building contain illegally high levels of pesticide residues.


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