PAN UK Updates
Pesticides approved without proper testing
A new report from Pesticide Action Network Europe (PAN Europe) has found that EU officials have approved the use [...]
In defence of Bülent Şık
Today, PAN UK signed the following letter in support of Dr Bülent Şık, calling for his acquittal and the right [...]
PAN UK is closing in solidarity with young climate strikers
On Friday, 20th September, we will be closing our Brighton office to join the global strike for climate and biodiversity. Industrial [...]
Is organic banana production viable?
By Paul Lievens, Communications & Policy Officer, Banana Link "Twenty or thirty years ago, people who are growing organic [...]
Dates for the Diary
3rd-9th December 2019: TRAID-sponsored exchange visit to India
PAN-UK, PAN Ethiopia and Obepab (Benin) staff will attend meetings in Nagpur hosted by the Organic Cotton Accelerator and the C&A Foundation, followed by a field visit to see organic cotton programmes run by Pratibha in Indore.
12th-13th December 2019: Steering Committee meeting of the Africa ChemObs project
PAN UK’s Sheila Willis will attend the meeting in order to present new guidance materials to the nine participating countries and to elicit feedback. The materials are designed to help national authorities to identify which chemicals and polluted sites pose the highest risk to human health and environment. Another NGO, Pure Earth, is also partnering in the project in order to help national authorities to estimate the financial cost of key pollutants, including pesticides, due to their impacts on health. Further information here.
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