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November 2024 Newsletter

  • We call for an emergency ban on Flufenacet
  • TFA is polluting our water – We have crossed a Planetary boundary 
  • The EU drags its feet on addressing water pollution 
  • Reinstate pesticides in policies - 260,000 EU citizens demand it
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October 2024 Newsletter

  • Double standards, double risk: Banned pesticides in Europe’s food
  • How to Reduce Pesticide Dependency in Europe 
  • We need better protection of citizens health and biodiversity against pesticides 
  • 'Don’t worry, you will not be exposed to this harmful pesticide' 
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September 2024 Newsletter

  • Legal opinion: TFA emitting PFAS pesticides must be banned now
  • European Parliament blocks residues of hazardous pesticides in imported food 
  • Prioritise substitution of most toxic pesticides 
  • Pesticide industry objects to disclosing secret pesticide ingredients
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August Newsletter 2024

  • EU-Wide Drinking Water Testing Finds TFA in 94 % of Samples 
  • EU Commission spreads unscientific information
  • Brussels the first region to ban synthetic pesticides in agriculture
  • The effects of EU-produced pesticides in other continents 
  • EU Commission continues the use of dangerous pesticides
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July Newsletter 2024

  • Historical step: EU Nature Restoration Law finally adopted 
  • EU Commission will uphold glyphosate re-approval, NGOs go to court 
  • The end of FAO’s Toxic Alliance with the pesticide industry
  • Hungarian city of Törökbálint joins the Pesticide Free Towns Network
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June Newsletter 2024

  • EU citizens asked for less pesticides: find out which politicians listened
  • Widespread Water Contamination by ‘Forever Breakdown Product’ of PFAS Pesticides
  • EU Pesticide Committee neglects health and environment
  • What if a very toxic pesticide is allowed when the dangers are known ?
  • Make your vote count in the EU elections! See what candidates think about pesticides  
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May Newsletter 2024

  • Highest EU Court: member states do not properly carry out pesticide assessments
  • PAN Europe brings very first pesticide authorisation to the EU Court of Justice
  • Stopping the export of EU-banned pesticides won’t harm the European economy & will benefit third countries
  • Banned pesticides still present in imported food
  • A deathblow for the legitimacy of the CAP 
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April Newsletter 2024

  • Pesticides do not remain in the valley, they go up the mountains 
  • Glyphosate’s “Hidden” Report - missing test on genotoxicity
  • EU plans to extend permits for 20 pesticides, including 4 PFAS
  • Letter to EU Council: we need better protection of our water
  • Bee-friendly plants? Or a deadly trap?
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March Newsletter 2024

  • We’re all exposed to more and more PFAS pesticides in fruit and vegetables
  • Farmers, the first victims of pesticides 
  • Black Day for Health and Biodiversity: EU Commission withdraws proposal for Pesticide Reduction 
  • The EU guideline that allows to kill most insects
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February Newsletter 2024

  • The Great Glyphosate Court case has started
  • European Parliament: no residues of highly toxic thiacloprid in imported food
  • Pesticide reduction is urgent: doing nothing is not an option
  • Deregulation of new GMOs: an open door for herbicide-tolerant and pesticide-producing plants?
  • EU pesticide committee SCoPAFF: the good, the bad and the ugly
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