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Conflict of interest concerns blight new glyphosate safety assessment
Brussels – Potential conflicts of interest and transparency concerns hang over the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA), as it prepares a crucial assessment of glyphosate, a controversial weedkiller which has been…
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Open letter on the independence and transparency of ECHA’s Risk Assessment Committee
20 health and environmental organisations wrote to the Executive Director of the European Chemicals Agency, Mr. Geert Dancet, to express concerns regarding conflicts of interest and transparency at the agency.…
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Over 150 civil society groups call for reform of European agricultural policies
Brussels – Over 150 European civil society organisations representing environmental and social justice networks, organic farmers, pastoralists, peasants, sustainable forestry groups, health groups, animal welfare organisations, consumer rights bodies, development,…
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New techniques of genetic engineering
Why EU GMO law must be fully applied to the so-called ‘New Plant Breeding Techniques’ Biotechnology companies argue that genetically modified organisms (GMOs) that have been produced through a range…
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Environmental and health organisations launch European citizens’ initiative to ban glyphosate
Brussels – Campaigners and activists met in Brussels and other European cities (Madrid, Rome, Berlin and Paris) today to launch a European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) to ban glyphosate, reform the…
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The EU glyphosate timeline
Campaigners and activists met in Brussels and other European cities (Madrid, Rome, Berlin and Paris) today to launch a European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) to ban glyphosate, reform the EU pesticide…
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Commission fails to muster support for 3 GMOs
Brussels – National government representatives voting today did not provide the support needed by the European Commission to approve two new genetically modified (GM) crops and extend approval of the…
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Commission prepares to authorise three GM maize varieties
Brussels – The European Commission and a handful of EU governments want Europe to grow more genetically modified (GM) crops. In the coming months, they want to authorise the cultivation…
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Neonicotinoids bigger threat to wild bees and other animals than previously thought
Limits of partial EU ban exposed Brussels, 12 January 2017 – Neonicotinoid pesticides pose serious risks not only to honeybees, but also to many other species, according to a scientific…
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Bee-harming pesticides should be banned following EFSA reports
Brussels, 6 December 2016 – The findings of new reports from the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and a recent decision by the European Commission should result in a ban…
