EU Court Advocate General considers EU re-approval of pesticide cypermethrin unlawful On June 5th, 2025, the Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the EU concluded that the European Commission acted unlawfully by re-approving the pesticide cypermethrin with major toxicity data gaps in the reapproval dossier, by relying on non-validated and unrealistic risk mitigation […]
According to IFOAM Organics Europe, the latest draft compromise text on the legislative proposal on so-called “New Genomic Techniques” (NGTs) presented to Member States on 19 February 2025 has severe deficiencies with worrisome consequences for European breeders, farmers, and the food industry. The current draft text would leave European breeders and farmers unprotected from patent […]
An interesting speech was given in Washington that may be shocking to many people. It turns out that the corporations that currently produce weedkillers commonly used in agriculture are the same companies that supplied chemicals used in Nazi nerve agents and gas chambers during World War II. How is this possible? Unfortunately, when the wars […]
Brussels, 20. December 2023. – PAN Europe has initiated 2 new legal actions before the General Court of the EU. The goal is to fix the misimplementation of the EU pesticide legislation. We challenge the new regulation on co-formulants, which is an empty legislation without an obligation for pesticide companies to provide the toxicity data. […]
Banned pesticides still widely used! How EU Member states abuse emergency authorisations? Pesticides banned by the EU because of harm and danger are still in our food or environment. Many EU countries continue to allow their use. In a new report, PAN Europe exposes the widespread abuse of emergency derogations in the EU. Carcinogenic, mutagenic, genotoxic […]
We finally know the names of the winners of the Ecological Plebiscite ORGANIC LIFE TOP 50, appreciated by the Jury consisting primarily of scientists focused on ecology, ethics and education. Out of 88 nominees this year, the jury selected 42 winners and 8 distinguished persons. The Final Gala took place on September 17 at the […]
Some people do not tolerate down as it often causes allergies, others cannot stand wool as it is connected with oppressive practices towards sheep. Producers simply do not know how to please consumers, so they produce polyester duvets. And these are not good for our health as we sweat in them just as if we […]
In the meadows in Juchowo, representatives of various ecological environments, scientists, doctors and activists met. The ORGANIC LIFE TOP 50 Final Gala was preceded by the Ecomedicine Congress and the Ecological Networking Session. The program of the day, full of attractions, turned out to be extremely beneficial for the participants! Text: Żaneta Geltz Great personalities […]
Nothing will change to the better, if all of us will fail to change just a bit. Which changes will matter most and what changes are on the second and third place, if we want to keep the current standard of living? We turn with questions to a well-known expert, professor Jorgen Randers from Oslo, […]
How is it possible that a cardiac surgeon, a doctor of medicine who has carried out thousands of operations and developed life-saving medical technology, after 40 years of cardiological practice, quit an operating room? Is it possible to exchange operations on patients’ hearts for dietary advice? Scandal or discovery? What does gluten have to […]
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