PAN in the Media
A selection of our press releases and stories in the media.
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Media: 7th May 2025
Leicester Gazette: Activists urge city council to rethink herbicides as insect populations plummet
Media: 6th May 2025
FWI: UK-India trade deal to reshape food exports
Media: 4th May 2025
Independent: Weedkiller ban could help swifts, starlings and toads thrive, says MP
Media: 25th Apr 2025
Independent: Weedkiller ban could help swifts, starlings and toads thrive, says MP
Media: 24th Apr 2025
Down to Earth: India must act against chlorpyrifos pesticide ahead of global chemical summits in Geneva, experts urge
Media: 22nd Apr 2025
Fashion United: Tanzania’s cotton sector sees alarming pesticide poisoning rates
Media: 18th Apr 2025
The Argus: Siân Berry MP: It’s time for a national pesticide ban
Media: 15th Apr 2025
Ecotextile News: Tanzanian cotton workers suffer pesticide poisoning
Media: 21st Mar 2025
The Guardian: Use of pesticides on UK farms to be cut by 10% by 2030 to protect bees
Media: 19th Mar 2025
The Doctor’s Kitchen: Pesticides and Whether Organic Is Worth It? with Nick Mole
Media: 4th Mar 2025
BBC: Plans to cut weedkiller use over safety concerns
Media: 31st Jan 2025
Vet Times: ‘Urgency’ required over parasiticides after chick deaths
Media: 16th Jan 2025
Wicked Leeks: ORFC: Two days of rebellious & human empowerment
Media: 14th Jan 2025
The Argus: Brighton MP Sian Berry leads push for national pesticide ban
Media: 9th Jan 2025
Mirror: ‘Ban pesticides to save British bees from extinction’ say 1.6 million Brits
Media: 17th March 2024
Royal Society of Chemistry: The glyphosate debate
Media: 11th December 2024
The Herald: Toxic pesticides found in food imports spark health concerns among campaigners
Media: 11th December 2024
The Irish News: Toxic pesticides found in food imports spark health concerns among campaigners
Media: 11th December 2024
The Canary: Brexit has produced yet another danger to our health – this time, around food safety
Media: 11th December 2024
Farmers Weekly: Imported food found to carry higher pesticide residues
Media: 11th December 2024
The Standard: Toxic pesticides found in food imports spark health concerns among campaigners
Media: 11th December 2024
The Independent: Toxic pesticides found in food imports spark health concerns among campaigners
Media: 11th December 2024
The Guardian: Imported foods found with residues of 48 pesticides not approved for UK use
Media: 11th December 2024
Dailymail: Study reveals shocking levels of cancer-linked pesticides in imported food – and the fruit that’s most affected
Media: 9th December 2024
Ecotextile News: Organic cotton project extended in Benin
Media: 8th December 2024
Unearthed: ‘Ultimate hypocrisy’: UK exported 8,500 tonnes of banned pesticides last year
Media: 8th December 2024
The Guardian: ‘My right side was paralysed, I was so sick’: the pesticide poisonings in Brazil that lead back to the UK
Media: 5th December 2024
University of Sussex: Rising pesticide levels on British farms and food post-Brexit
Media: 2nd December 2024
Yorkshire Times: Bee Killing Pesticides Polluting The Vast Majority Of English Rivers
Media: 2nd December 2024
Agriland: 85% of English rivers contaminated with bee-killing pesticides
Media: 12th November 2024
Desmog: Business Lobby Reached Record High at UN Biodiversity Talks
Media: 18th October 2024
St Albans Times: Is it time to consider a new approach to pavement plants?
Media: 16th October 2024
Wicked Leeks: The declining butterfly effect
Media: 1st October 2024
Vet Times: VMD defends parasiticide work amid butterfly crisis
Media: 28th September 2024
The Keswick reminder: Call for Keswick to trial eco-friendly alternatives to herbicides
Media: 27th September 2024
BBC: Thousands support call against using weedkiller
Media: 20th September 2024
Farmers Weekly: British farmers undercut by lower pesticide standards
Media: 19th September 2024
The Guardian: Revealed: Far higher pesticide residues allowed on food since Brexit
Media: 19th September 2024
Horticulture Week: Previous UK Government ‘weakened pesticide safety limits’
Media: 5th September 2024
BBC Radio 2: Jeremy Vine Show
Media: 28th August 2024
The Guardian: Let’s be like Paris and ban pesticides in cities, say UK campaigners
Media: 18th August 2024
BBC Countryfile: Forever chemicals in our food
Media: 9th August 2024
The Isle Of Thanet News: Call for county council to halt glyphosate weedkiller use ahead of planned 8-week spraying programme in Thanet
Media: 1st August 2024
The Organic Gardening Podcast: The pesticide problem Nick Mole, PAN UK
Media: 28th July 2024
Horticulture Week: Garden Organic urges urban pesticide ban
Media: 17th July 2024
Daily Mail: A-list nutritionist Gabriela Peacock discusses the ‘dirty dozen’ supermarket fruits and vegetables with the most ‘forever chemicals’ and offers tips to reduce risks.
Media: 19th June 2024
The Guardian: What are highly hazardous pesticides and how are they used in the UK?
Media: 19th June 2024
The Guardian: ‘I have seen the decline’ – pesticides linked to falling UK insect numbers
Media: 14th June 2024
The Guardian: Wildlife experts urge action on pesticides as UK insect populations plummet
Media: 11th June 2024
BBC Springwatch: Vet and naturalist Sean McCormack reports on the impacts of pet tick and flea treatments on the health of rivers
Media: 22nd May 2024
The Guardian: Trigger-happy councils mowing down our spring flowers? There’s a better way to do things
Media: 18th May 2024
The Guardian: New glue spray kills plant pests without chemicals
Media: 15th May 2024
The Independent: Ban pesticide use in urban areas across England, MPs and campaigners urge
Media: 15th May 2024
The Standard: Ban pesticide use in urban areas across England, MPs and campaigners urge
Media: 14th May 2024
Horticulture Week: MP calls for ban on urban pesticides
Media: 11th May 2024
The Telegraph: The ‘dirty dozen’ fruit and veg with the highest pesticide levels
Media: 4th May 2024
The Guardian: ‘Pesticides by stealth’ – garden soil conditioners killing worms
Media: 21st April 2024
BBC Science Focus: ‘Forever chemicals’ are now in half of your fruits and vegetables
Media: 9th April 2024
ITV News at 10: ‘Forever chemicals’ found in UK food
Media: 9th April 2024
5 News at 5: ‘Forever chemicals’ found in UK food
Media: 9th April 2024
The Grocer: Potentially hazardous chemicals found on supermarket food
Media: 9th April 2024
The Canary: New report finds toxic ‘forever chemicals’ found in UK food
Media: 9th April 2024
Metro: Full list of 25 pesticides containing ‘forever chemicals’ in use in the UK
Media: 9th April 2024
Daily Mail: Are YOU unknowingly eating ‘forever chemicals’?
Media: 9th April 2024
ITV News: ‘Deeply worrying’ – ‘Forever chemicals’ found in common UK fruit and vegetables
Media: 9th April 2024
Independent: Warning as scientists reveal the fruit and vegetables with the most forever chemicals
Media: 9th April 2024
iNews: Toxic ‘forever chemicals’ found in over half of UK fruit and veg
Media: 9th April 2024
The Times: Toxic ‘forever chemicals’ found in supermarket fruit and veg
Media: 9th April 2024
The Sun: ‘Forever chemicals’ linked to cancer found in up to 95% of fruit & veg sold in UK
Media: 9th April 2024
Sky News: ‘Forever chemicals’ found in more than half of food and drink samples
Media: 7th March 2024
Farmers Weekly: MPs call for tougher action on insect decline
Media: 23rd January 2024
Brighton Journal: Pesticide charity protested against council plans to reintroduce glyphosate weedkiller
Media: 16th January 2024
BBC: Brighton & Hove City Council reconsiders use of weedkiller after ban
Media: 14th December 2023
Canary: A sobering Christmas reality
Media: 14th December 2023
The Drinks Business: Dramatic rise in pesticide residue in wine
Media: 14th December 2023
Daily Mail: Almost ALL peaches, grapes and strawberries sold in UK contain a ‘cocktail of pesticides’
Media: 24th November 2023
EcoTextile News: New framework for pest management
Media: 6th November 2023
Vet Times: Pesticide cut ‘not working’, warns action campaign
Media: 1st November 2023
The Times: Windermere choked by surge in blue-green algal blooms
Media: 1st November 2023
Vet Times: Campaign launches to ban pesticide use in veterinary medicines
Media: 1st November 2023
Independent: Pet medicine chemicals banned in agriculture found in English rivers
Media: 15th September 2023
The Grocer: UK allowing harmful pesticides use since Brexit
Media: 13th September 2023
BBC Radio 4: World at One (starts at 31 mins)
Media: 13th September 2023
The Guardian: UK fails to ban 36 harmful pesticides outlawed for use in EU
Media: 13th September 2023
The Ecologist: The toxic poster child of Europe
Media: 7th August 2023
Daily Mail: Did Roundup cause my cancer?
Media: 24th July 2023
Dorset Eye: Dorset Council – Stop Spraying – Save Our Bees
Media: 24th July 2023
Stroud Times: Stroud Green Party nature protection motion gets cross-party approval
Media: 14th July 2023
DeSmog: BBC under fire for doing pesticide giant’s PR
Media: 10th July 2023
Great British Life: What are the pros and cons of eating organic food?
Media: 7th July 2023
Canary Workers’ Co-op: UK government warned to change its approach to pesticides
Media: 7th July 2023
The Straits Times: Pesticides worsen climate emergency
Media: 5th July 2023
Barron’s: Pesticides worsen climate emergency
Media: 5th July 2023
Ecologist: The hidden source of greenhouse gases
Media: 5th July 2023
Independent: Greenhouse gas emissions of pesticides overlooked, say campaigners
Media: 22nd June 2023
EU Reporter: Just nine fashion companies do even the bare minimum on unsustainable cotton
Media: 20th June 2023
Innovation in Textiles: Brands doing bare minimum
Media: 19th June 2023
Florida & Georgia Star: Fashion industry fails to address cotton sustainability
Media: 15th June 2023
Fashion United: Only nine fashion companies source cotton sustainably
Media: 15th June 2023
The Grocer: Pesticide use in UK farming declines but activist concerns remain
Media: 14th June 2023
Wicked Leeds: Glyphosate use rises in UK farming while overall pesticide use falls
Media: 14th June 2023
Just Style: ‘Unsustainable cotton is a choice’ as brands fall short on cotton sourcing
Media: 13th June 2023
Ends Report: UK glyphosate use increased by 16% between 2016 and 2020
Media: 13th June 2023
EcoTextile News: Brands ‘falling short’ on cotton sourcing
Media: 9th June 2023
National World: Drugs, pesticides and medicine found in seawater and marine life off south coast of England
Media: 8th June 2023
The Ferret: Probe into toxic pesticide allegations at primary school
Media: 2nd June 2023
BBC: Farmers want to use banned chemical to control bracken
Media: 19th May 2023
Plymouth Herald: Plymouth ‘should be a pesticide-free city’ to ‘keep wildlife alive’
Media: 18th May 2023
iNews: Post-Brexit India deal could cut thousands of jobs in Leave-voting areas
Media: 9th May 2023
Australian Council of Trade Unions: We have a Right to Know!
Media: 4th May 2023
Abergavenny Chronicle: Delyth Jewell goes to bat for No Mow May
Media: 29th March 2023
BBC Radio Scotland: Nick Mole on the morning show with Kaye Adams talking about the pesticide residues in food (starts at 01:37:34)
Media: 23rd March 2023
The New Statesman: “It’s not only bees that will suffer” – why lifting the neonicotinoid ban is bad for business
Media: 23rd March 2023
Express & Star: UK-India trade agreement is ‘about the deal and not the dates’, minister says
Media: 22nd March 2023
The Grocer: India trade deal ‘could expose UK food to harmful chemicals’
Media: 17th March 2023
The Cardiffian: Campaigners criticise council’s use of pesticide that could harm bees and worms
Media: 16th March 2023
Surrey Comet: Looking ahead to a greener future
Media: 1st March 2023
U.S. Right to Know: Oxford Real Farming Conference – The dirty truth about pesticides
Media: 28th February 2023
In Your Area: Wirral MP speaks out against pesticide toxic to bees
Media: 24th January 2023
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