End the toxic era, end pesticide dependency. For farmers, biodiversity, water, soil, good food and a healthy future. Find us on LI and BlueSky https://xitter.cf/t.co/wLUHslmrK1
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#FoodSecurity depends on biodiverse and healthy ecosystems. #Pesticides are a problem, not a solution. #WorldFoodDay
5 UN human rights experts have raised “substantive concerns” about the pesticide omnibus. They warn that the proposed changes on pesticide and biocide rules would weaken protections for human health & the environment, & undermine fundamental human rights.
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Op-ed by Martin Dermine, Executive Director of PAN Europe 📝
The Feed & Food Omnibus will not address the real problems faced by farmers and citizens; it will only loosen the pesticide law. The elephant in the room is the broken agricultural system.
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“Bayer, in tandem with big farm lobby Copa-Cogeca, lobbied the @EU_Commission in favour of unlimited approvals for #pesticides. The Commission listened, and delivered. Omnibus X abandons periodic safety reviews that currently
happen every 10 or 15 years.” corporateeurope.org/sites/de…
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📚 A new investigation report by @corporateeurope exposes how the #pesticide industry and its allies are trying to weaken pesticide regulations and lower the level of protection for people and the environment.
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📢 10k farmers and citizens demanded stronger #pesticide rules and an end to the export of banned pesticides + accountability for water & soil pollution at the #Syngenta factory in Normandy 🇫🇷. A 2nd protest took place in🇨🇭.
#StopPesticides
🧪 The EU has been at a standstill for over a year in its meetings to regulate #pesticides. Only the endocrine disruptor buprofezin was finally banned in the latest SCOPAFF meeting at the end of September.
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PAN Europe retweeted
How does organic farming protect crops without relying on synthetic pesticides?
On the International Day Against Synthetic Pesticides, discover the solutions behind organic pest management. 🌱
#OrganicFarming #PestManagement #SyntheticPesticides #IFOAMOrganicsEurope
🔬🩸 A new study has detected the ultra-short #PFAS trifluoroacetic acid #TFA in all 110 European participants’ blood samples tested.
We call for an immediate ban on PFAS #pesticides that contribute to TFA pollution.
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Today, EU Member States endorsed the Irish Presidency’s compromise on the Food and Feed Safety Omnibus. They support the Commission’s plan to roll back safeguards that protect human health and the environment from #pesticides.
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Join us for a high-level conference bringing together policymakers, scientists, civil society & key stakeholders to discuss how EU legislation can best safeguard health, water quality & biodiversity while supporting a sustainable agricultural transition.
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📩 Over 500 scientists, practitioners, and public health and environmental officials have raised concerns about the rapid pace for the Food and Feed Safety Omnibus, the EU Commission’s proposal to loosen #pesticide regulations.
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Today, the European Parliament supported, in plenary session, last week's veto from the Environment Committee against increased Maximum Residue Levels (MRLs) of Flupyradifurone, a controversial #neonicotinoid, in rapeseed (canola).
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💧 EU-wide call to ban #PFAS #pesticides after rise of #TFA in Austrian groundwater. A new scientific analysis of official monitoring data shows a marked increase in TFA contamination in Austrian groundwater linked to agricultural activities.
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Today, the EU Parliament vetoed the European Commission's attempt to increase Maximum Residue Levels (MRLs) of Flupyradifurone, a controversial neonicotinoid, in rapeseed (canola).
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🧬 @NetherlandsPan has asked the national #pesticide authority Ctgb to withdraw the authorisation of 50 pesticide formulations. They contain substances that are proven to be endocrine-disrupting or harmful to reproduction.
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🍎 Conventional apples in the EU are systematically contaminated with a cocktail of pesticides (85%). We analysed 59 samples of apples for pesticide residues in 13 European countries.
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Yesterday’s joint hearing of the European Parliament’s ENVI and AGRI committees on the Food & Feed Safety Omnibus was dominated by claims that farmers need continued access to toxic #pesticides to maintain yields and fight growing pesticide resistance.
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Today, the EU Parliament’s ENVI & AGRI committees are holding a public hearing on the plans to weaken the EU pesticide law via the so-called “food and feed omnibus”. Will scientists’ concerns be heard? Or is the voice of #pesticide manufacturers & users heavily over-represented?
