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Statement from coalition to ban glyphosate
We, the organisers of the European Citizens’ Initiative to Ban glyphosate and protect people and the environment from toxic pesticides, call on the European Parliament, Council of Ministers and European…
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Statement on the European Commission’s pesticide transparency proposal
Glyphosate European Citizens’ Initiative coalition statement on the European Commission’s transparency proposal
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EU court: protecting people and nature takes precedence over business interests
Bayer and Syngenta lose court cases against 2013 partial neonicotinoid ban The General Court of the European Union has ruled that the European Commission was right to impose restrictions on…
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Three neonicotinoids down, more bee-killing pesticides to go
European governments have backed a European Commission plan for a near-total ban of three bee-killing neonicotinoid insecticides. Representatives from 16 countries meeting in Brussels voted in support of the EU…
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EU moves closer to ban of three bee-killing neonicotinoid insecticides
On 27 April 2018, representatives of EU governments meeting in Brussels will vote on a European Commission plan to ban three neonicotinoid insecticides: Bayer’s imidacloprid and clothianidin, and Syngenta’s thiamethoxam.…
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NGO letter to EU Parliament pesticide committee
We, along with 22 other NGOs, wrote to the European Parliament’s newly formed pesticide committee (PEST). The glyphosate controversy and the eventual decision to re-approve the chemical for another five…
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EU Commission plan allows chemical producers to keep control of science behind pesticide approvals, Greenpeace
Brussels – A European Commission proposal to reform EU risk assessments for pesticides and other products entering the food chain would allow the chemical industry to remain in charge of…
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NGO letter to President Juncker urging a ban on neonicotinoid pesticides
Over 50 NGOs wrote to European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, urging him to ban neonicotinoid pesticides without delay. Bees and other pollinators remain under threat in Europe. While pesticides are…
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EFSA confirms pesticides danger to bees
National governments must now back EU neonicotinoid ban, says Greenpeace Three widely used neonicotinoid pesticides are a danger to bees, according to a report released today by the European Food…
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Commission rejects demands of #StopGlyphosate citizens’ initiative
Brussels – The European Commission has issued its formal response to the #StopGlyphosate European Citizens Initiative (ECI). It officially recognised the submission of more than one million signatures on 6…
