European Food Safety Authority

Europeans join forces to call for higher level of protection from pesticides

Community Rights, Food, News, Resources / November 1, 2018

GMWATCH Reports: Europeans join forces to call for higher level of protection from pesticides The current pesticide authorisation system is not fit for purpose, say 118 civil society organisations and 25 experts European regulators are letting down the citizens of the EU by allowing the use of harmful pesticides in agriculture and public green areas. …

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Boosting Hopes for Total Ban, EU Regulator’s New Assessment Confirms Neonics’ Harm to Bees

Food, Health, Rights of Nature / March 3, 2018

We would loose one third of our crops without these hard working pollinators. Rights of Nature now!  “Any ban on these damaging pesticides must go hand in hand with a fundamental reform of agriculture policy to help farmers work in harmony with nature —not against it. A major shift to agroecology is needed to allow …

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