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January Newsletter 2024

  •  27 organisations ask Belgium to prioritise our health and biodiversity
  • 2 new legal actions before the General Court of the EU
  • New report: pesticides are leaking from greenhouses
  • EU will ban three problematic pesticides only to continue 15 more
  • Générations Futures fights prolongation of 5 highly toxic pesticides in EU Court
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December Newsletter 2023

  • Pesticides: To do nothing is not an option
  • Green Deal is dead: MEPs voted against a healthy future for us and our children
  • NGOs Challenge Glyphosate Re-approval in EU Court
  • Beneath the orange fields: Impact of Glyphosate (herbicides) on soil organisms
  • New report exposes hidden threat: PFAS pesticides
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November Newsletter 2023

  • ENVI Committee Vote on Pesticides Regulation SUR
  • EU bans 6 dangerous pesticides: Herbicide S-Metolachlor and 5 Endocrine Disruptors
  • EFSA management sabotages pesticide neurotoxicity assessment
  • Glyphosate-based herbicides linked to leukemia at a young age 
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October Newsletter 2023

  • Criminal Complaint Against Bayer for Concealing Glyphosate Risks to Pregnant Women
  • Expert meeting shows that glyphosate is not safe for health and environment
  • Glyphosate in the EU up to 2034? Danger to health and environment and violation of citizens will
  • NGOs urge Ursula von der Leyen to hold true to Green Deal commitment on export of banned chemicals
  • Negative effect of pesticide exposure for farmers and farm workers
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September Newsletter 2023

  • Glyphosate is polluting our waters all across Europe
  • Is glyphosate safe for health and the environment?
  • EU glyphosate evaluation fails to acknowledge key mechanism that can lead to cancer
  • European citizens support an EU ban of glyphosate
  • Ranking of the top fruits with pesticide residues this summer
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August Newsletter 2023

  • Leaked: EU Commission plans to swiftly reapprove glyphosate to avoid scientific and public debate
  • Will the EU prolong the use of a Toxic 12 and a PFAS pesticide?
  • By deregulating new GMOs, the European Commission goes against the will of its own citizens 
  • 29 illegal new pesticide derogations, EU Commission closes eyes 
  • Stop the export of EU-banned and hazardous pesticides
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July Newsletter 2023

  • #Pestgate: why the EU pesticide control does not work the way it should
  • Help to Save Bees and Farmers now!
  • EU citizens are not protected against neurotoxic effects of pesticides
  • Under the Surface: A Deep Dive Into EU Water Pollution 
  • European Parliament calls for action to curb water pollution
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June Newsletter 2023

  • For the very first time: ban proposed because pesticide is an endocrine disruptor
  • Conservatives announce general attack on Green Deal
  • Toxic 12 down to 10! One of Europe’s most toxic pesticides finally banned 
  • New guidance document to better protect bees against pesticides
  • Two new legal procedures against EU Commission
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May Newsletter 2023

  • 10 recommendations to close the gaps in EU pesticide authorisation
  • European Commission answers to Save Bees and Farmers: It’s far from over
  • The arguments to ban glyphosate pile up
  • Yes, EU countries can ban glyphosate products - but Luxembourg made a mistake
  • Social Manifesto on Pesticides
  • Call for a swift ban of the active substance s-metolachlor
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April Newsletter 2023

  • Help us to reveal more facts about glyphosate - please donate
  • Yes, glyphosate is harmful to bees
  • Fact check reveals many falsehoods in EU debate on pesticide reduction
  • EU finally bans 2 very toxic pesticides - including one of the Toxic 12
  • No obstacles to ban glyphosate: alternatives exist for all uses
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