Pesticide Action Network Europe (PAN Europe)

“Return to Sender”: Citizens deliver banned EU pesticides back to Brussels Civil society groups from around the world have come together today to denounce the European Union’s toxic double standards. In a symbolic action in front of the European Commission in Brussels, campa...

📦 Today, 75 boxes of EU-banned #pesticides were returned to the @ec.europa.eu in Brussels.

🗺️ From Brazil to India, Indonesia to South Africa, citizens sent a clear message: toxic exports must stop.

#ReturnToSender

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Pesticides change how bees and fish behave - And why that matters for all of us A new study from the German Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) uncovers something troubling: even very small amounts of commonly used pesticides can significantly change how bees and fi...

A new study from the German Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research @ufz.de uncovers something troubling: even very small amounts of commonly used #pesticides can significantly change how bees and fish behave.
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Belgian court cancels 3 illegal prolongations of pesticides in Belgium On 20 November, the Belgian Council of State ruled illegal three authorisations granted to abamectin-based pesticides, an insecticide highly toxic to the environment and suspected of being genotoxic t...

🇧🇪🧑‍⚖️ The Belgian Council of State ruled illegal three authorisations granted to abamectin-based #pesticides, an insecticide highly toxic to the environment and suspected of being genotoxic to humans.
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In collaboration with MEP @juttapaulus.bsky.social, we warmly invite you to join the webinar “Urban surface water pollution - The overlooked threat”.
📅​ 10 December 2025 at 10:00 CET​
📍​ Online​
👉​ Register here: www.pan-europe.info/events/confe...

📢 In 2024 alone, the EU exported 120,000 tonnes of banned #pesticides. If they’re too dangerous for Europe, they’re too dangerous for everyone.
📦 Join us as we return them on 📅 2 Dec at 09:00 in front of the European Commission.
#ReturnToSender #StopToxicExports

EU Court severely limits the possibilities for the European Commission to extend pesticide approvals The European Commission cannot systematically and automatically grant extensions of pesticide approvals in case of delays in the re-assessment process. This was clarified by the EU Court of Justice to...

🎉 The @ec.europa.eu cannot systematically and automatically grant extensions of #pesticide approvals in case of delays in the re-assessment process. This was clarified by the EU Court of Justice today in a case started by PAN Europe.
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EU Commission proposes unlimited pesticide approvals: Science abandoned, industry interests above health and environment A draft Omnibus regulation on Food and Feed reveals that the European Commission’s DG SANTE is attempting to deregulate all chemical pesticides. This comes under the guise of “simplification”, intende...

A draft Omnibus regulation on Food and Feed reveals that the European Commission’s DG SANTE is attempting to deregulate all chemical #pesticides.
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Together with 33 organisations of the @eufpc.bsky.social, we ask policy makers #AGRIFISH, to #MakeCAPWork for farmers, citizens, nature and climate. Let’s end harmful subsidies and support farming beyond #pesticides: www.pan-europe.info/resources/le...

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Heard rumours about Bayer/Monsanto stepping out of #glyphosate? Don't celebrate too soon. The company just joined the European Commission to defend the weedkiller in the EU court.

We challenge governments and chemical giants. Support us: www.pan-europe.info/great-glypho...

🐛✨ Meet tachypodoiulus niger – the millipede that keeps soil healthy! 🌿🌍
This millipede helps decompose dead plants by recycling nutrients into the soil. But the use of harmful #pesticides threatens these essential recyclers.
#SaveOurInsects
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Promote pesticide-free food to face heart disease, cancer and Parkinson's If Europe is serious about tackling cardiovascular disease and other chronic illnesses such as Parkinson’s, it must look at what’s on our plates. What we eat — and how our food is grown — plays a key ...

🥕🍓🥦🍇 If Europe is serious about tackling cardiovascular disease and other chronic illnesses such as Parkinson’s, it must look at what’s on our plates. What we eat, and how our food is grown, plays a key role in our wellbeing 🍅🫑🥥🍏
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Will pesticides be let off hook by EU 'omnibus' deregulation? Better enforcement of EU pesticide use is not bureaucracy. It is what keeps Europe’s food, water, and people safe. More than 120 NGOs are urging the EU Commission to strengthen implementation of the b...

The @ec.europa.eu's “simplification omnibus” review is a test: will it defend citizens’ health and Europe’s ecosystems, or yield to agrobusiness pressure and roll back #pesticide protections under the disguise of ‘simplification’?
Read our op-ed here: euobserver.com/eu-political...

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@nmwe-europe.bsky.social @slowfoodhq.bsky.social @healthandenv.bsky.social @eeb.org @organicseurope.bsky.social @wwf.eu @foeeurope.bsky.social @birdlifeeurope.bsky.social @clienteartheur.bsky.social

130+ organisations urge von der Leyen to strengthen enforcement of EU pesticide law 138 civil society, scientific, water, and farming organisations across Europe have called on European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to fully enforce the EU Pesticide legislation. The open ...

📣📨 138 organisations urge @ec.europa.eu - in the context of the simplification omnibus on Food and Feed Safety - to boost ambition and protect citizens and the environment from harmful #pesticides 👶🥕🍏🐝🐦🦋💧
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Epoxiconazole is a fungicide that was banned in 2020. It is toxic to reproduction as it negatively impacts fertility, healthy pregnancy and babies, with concerns about causing cancer. Also, it is very toxic to aquatic life, birds and wild animals.
#StopToxicTrade #StopToxicExport #EndDoubleStandards

European Parliament seals the deal of first-ever EU law on soils Today, EU lawmakers listened to citizens and science and rubber-stamped the deal on the Soil Monitoring Law, the EU’s first-ever law on soil health, after months of negotiations. Despite severe shortc...

📢 Today, EU lawmakers listened to citizens and science and rubber-stamped the deal on the Soil Monitoring Law, the EU’s first-ever law on soil health, after months of negotiations 🪱
@eeb.org @ecos.ngo
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EU Court rules that Member States must fully assess toxicity of hidden pesticide ingredients (co-formulants) Today, the General Court of the EU clarified in a judgement that EU Member States are required to demand toxicity data for co-formulants used in pesticides. The absence of such data in the pesticide i...

🧑‍⚖️ Today, the General Court of the EU clarified in a judgement that EU Member States are required to demand toxicity data for co-formulants used in #pesticides.
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🪱🌱🥕 Ahead of the plenary vote, we urge MEPs to officially endorse the law. Given the dire state of our soils, an EU policy framework as common ground to protect them is urgently needed. Healthy, living soils are the basis of all life.

Spoedprocedure eist verbod op hormoonverstorend pesticide voor open teelten, Ctgb opnieuw in de fout Het Pesticide Action Network vraagt in een spoedprocedure bij het College van Beroep voor het bedrijfsleven (CBb) een verbod op gebruik van het bestrijdingsmiddel Pitcher met een hormoonverstorende st...

🇳🇱🚜 Dutch pesticide authority Ctgb once again ignores science and case law. The Dutch Ctgb is allowing a #pesticide containing an endocrine disruptor to be used.
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#Soils host an immense amount of biodiversity 🪱🐝 and functions 💧🥕🌱. They are the basis of all life, and essential to our well-being. As they are degrading fast, due to #pesticide pollution and many other impacts, an #EUSoilLaw is long overdue.
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Picoxystrobin was banned in 2017 due to its toxicity, which has severe ecotoxic effects on ecosystems and poses risks to consumers, as its residues can be genotoxic.

#StopToxicTrade #StopToxicExport #EndDoubleStandards

New Report: Farming beyond Pesticides - Success Stories from the Field to celebrate World Food Day Today, on World Food Day, PAN Europe and Friends of the Earth Europe publish a new report, showcasing farmers and municipalities successfully eliminating or minimising pesticide use. The impressive an...

🧑‍🌾While the @ec.europa.eu moves to weaken #pesticide rules, farmers across Europe are proving other ways are possible, producing healthy food without harming people or nature🌾
This #WorldFoodDay, see the real solutions in our new report with @foeeurope.bsky.social: www.pan-europe.info/press-releas...

Today, with @natprobe.bsky.social & @bblv.be, we have an important hearing in the Belgian Council of State: we ask them to put a stop to the recurrent practice of authorising #pesticides in leaky tunnels, while EU law imposes hermetic greenhouses to prevent any contact with the environment.

Will the Commission’s plan to fast-track biocontrol miss the mark for pesticide reductions? The European Commission’s Vision for Agriculture and Food proposes easing market access for biological control substances (biocontrol). PAN Europe welcomes more capacity for biocontrol risk assessment...

🇪🇺 The EU’s Agri & Food Vision proposes easier access to biocontrol as an alternative to harmful pesticides. However, real change means more than swapping chemicals. Biocontrol must be part of a system shift via #IPM. 🌱🪲
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PAN Europe calls on the @ec.europa.eu to use the “Food and feed safety – simplification omnibus” initiative not to weaken or delay existing protections, but to strengthen the implementation and enforcement of the EU #pesticide legislation.
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Ban toxic pesticides now Tell the EU you want better protection against pesticides With this tool you can tell the EU Commission that you want better protection of health and environment. Their plan is to please the chemical ...

🚨 🌿Last day to ask for better protection of health and biodiversity 🚜🐝
Tell the @ec.europa.eu that you want better protection of health and biodiversity.
This tool makes it easy to react to the EU consultation: pan-europe.info/ban-toxic-pe...

Romanian unlawful derogations for pesticides: European Commission launches its first ever infringement procedure The European Commission recently announced [1] it was initiating an infringement procedure against Romania for granting derogations to bee-toxic neonicotinoid insecticides. This is the first time ever...

🐝🇷🇴 #Neonicotinoid derogations: First infringement procedure ever by the @ec.europa.eu against Romania for unlawful derogations against bee-toxic #insecticides.
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