Synthetic pesticides used in conventional agriculture may have hazardous effects on wildlife. Still, most studies assessing the effects of pesticides are conducted under controlled conditions and include one to three different substances, neglecting the real exposure conditions of wild organisms to pesticide mixtures. In a recent study, we analysed the [...]
For years, no-till farming (the practice of reducing tillage and ploughing to protect soil fertility) has been promoted as a climate-friendly, soil-saving solution. It is marketed as a pillar of “regenerative agriculture” by the agrochemical industry and supported by major food companies. But a new report from Friends of the [...]
by Alicja Witwicka, PhD When it comes to pesticide toxicity, for years regulators have asked only one blunt question: how much pesticide kills a bee. The reasons why and how have been largely overlooked. Scientists have long warned that this “lethal dose” approach used in pesticide registration tests is dangerously [...]
by Kyle Morrison, University of New South Wales In freshwater and marine ecosystems around the world, pesticides are silently shifting the ways in which fish socialise and interact. A recent study has analysed data from 37 experiments that tested the impacts of 31 different pesticides on 11 different fish species. [...]
This year, the Pesticide Collaboration attended the Liberal Democrat and Labour Party’s autumn conferences. Much has changed since autumn 2023 and we spent much of the year focussing our advocacy efforts on the Labour Party in particular, given that polling suggested a landslide victory. Party Leader, Sir Ed Davey, kicked [...]
PAN UK is heading to Colombia to ensure that pesticide risk reduction and agroecology are on the menu at COP16 of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), which begins today. We will be co-hosting a side event with the Agroecology Coalition on 24th October (details below) and will be calling [...]
by Nick Tigg, Lewes Town Councillor Weeds spring up in unlikely places. They flourish in apparently unpromising soil, enthusiastically spreading through the fault lines under our feet. Which is also, coincidentally, how revolutions begin. And up on Lewes’s Nevill Estate in East Sussex, the smallest of revolutions is starting to [...]
Calling on our new government to undo the damage done to UK pesticide standards As we prepare to head off to Labour Party Conference this weekend, our minds are focused on what actions need to be taken by the new government to reduce pesticide-related harms to both human health and [...]
