Brussels, June 24, 2010 - Pesticide Action Network International (PAN) today released its report, Communities in Peril: Global report on the health impacts of pesticides used in agriculture. The report release coincided with the Brussels meeting of CropLife, the global trade association for multinational pesticide corporations like Monsanto and Syngenta. PAN's study documents that hazardous pesticides are commonly used in unsafe situations around the world, and calls for assertive action by corporations, governments and international bodies to address pesticide hazards.
On 22.6.2010 the European Parliament Committee for Environment voted on its first reading position for new EU provisions on the authorisation and marketing of hazardous products like wood preservatives and insecticide sprays. Pesticide Action Network Germany welcomes the outcome of the vote as it significantly improves the Commission's approach in view of several provisions, but urges the European Parliament to fill serious loopholes that are attended by the new proposed authorisation system.
From Monday, 7th June 2010, more than one thousand maximum residue levels (MRLs) for pesticides in food will be tightened. After years of struggling with the competent authorities, this is an important step for better protection of consumers, as environmental organisations Pesticide Action Network (PAN Germany) and Greenpeace point out. more
Every day, children are still dying of malaria - a devastating disease that is both preventable and curable. To mark World Malaria Day this April 25th, Pesticide Action Network (PAN) International is calling on public health experts, national malaria control officials and health aid funders to adopt all available effective, safe and sustainable malaria control measures. PAN Germany and PAN Europe are concerned about recent legal initiatives surrounding authorisation of biocidal products in Europe. If proposals by conservative Members of the European Parliament receive major support in the European Parliament, a large number of highly hazardous insecticides can easily enter the European market.
Press Release dated February 23rd, 2010With the Environment Council meeting in Brussels on 22 December 2009, thirteen European environment, nature and consumer protection NGOs underline their key demands affecting revision of EU biocide legislation.
Press Briefing dated December 22nd, 2009
The PAN Germany study "Environmental strategies to replace DDT and control malaria" contains examples of successful projects applying methods and approaches to malaria control which pose a lower risk. PAN Germany calls on politicians and financiers of malaria control programmes to promote pesticide-free measures to a greater extent.
The PAN leaflet "Phasing in alternatives to DDT" gives an overview of the environmental and health problems related to the use of DDT, it informs about the global production, use and stocks of DDT and it informs about the international legislation. The main focus is laid on the description of existing alternatives to DDT. Examples are given from Asia, Africa and Latin America where successful vector control had been carried out without DDT.
Endosulfan is an organochlorine insecticide that is used to control a wide
range of sucking and chewing insects. It is very dangerous for humans and
for the environment and causes harm all over the world. This leaflet
provides information about existing alternatives to endosulfan use. The
given examples from Asia, Africa, Latin America and Europe of successful
production without endosulfan give daily proof that practical alternatives
to endosulfan exist and are technically and economically feasible.Phasing in alternatives to endosulfan
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Introducir gradualmente Alternativas al Endosulfán
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Introduction progressive d’alternatives à l’endosulfan
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PAN Germany has published the eleventh field guide in a series on non-chemical pest management in the tropics. These (apart from two) crop specific field guides focus on just one crop and deal with all relevant information on how to manage agricultural pests (e.g. insects, mites, diseases) without using chemical pesticides.
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The following fact sheets on our topic can be downloaded:Ibisco, anacardio e cotone - cosa li accomuna? download (Italian language) (518 kb)
Fonio English (3 MB), Italian (3,1 MB)
Bissap English (2,7 MB), Italian (2,7 MB)
Sesame English (2,5 MB), Italian (2,5 MB)
Cashew English (1,1 MB), Italian (1,1 MB)
PAN Germany together with OBEPAB and Enda Pronat presented the Fibre, Food and Beauty Project at the business and consumer fair SANA in Bologna, Italy.
This film gives some impressions on our presentation. The music is a present of the Senegalse musician Ismail Lo to the Yakaar Niani Wulli farmers federation to honour their great work.
More and more species disappear. They loose their habitats or they are affected directely. For example though pesticides. Although pests can be controlled without chemicals. The film shows what frog, bird, flower and worm think of it.
The fact sheet "No food, no home, no partner? What is left when biodiversity
disappears?" informs about the negative impact of pesticides on biodiversity
with a special focus on amphibians.The undersigning non-governmental organisations (NGOs) call upon the ministries, authorities, members of parliament and economic organisations involved in the further development of the Council Directive 98/8/EC concerning the placing of biocidal products on the market to commit themselves to prioritised, preventative health and environmental protection. The NGOs call for compliance with the legal framework on biodiversity and animal welfare, for more transparency, and for an EU-wide binding strategy for a step-by-step termination or, as the case may be, reduction of the use of hazardous biocides and biocidal products.
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This PAN International position paper came out from the PAN working group on Alternatives and was collectively developed by the PAN Regional Centres and their partners. This paper provides PAN’s views and analysis on alternatives to synthetic pesticides in agriculture, proposes solution and presents the network’s commitment to resolve the issue.
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