PAN in the Media
A selection of our press releases and stories in the media.
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Media: 12th December 2022
Ends Report: Campaigners call for United Nations body to end link to pesticide orgs
Media: 1st December 2022
Islington Now: Residents and councillors call for Islington Council to curb pesticide use
Media: 7th November 2022
The Grocer: Pesticide levels double in some food products in a year
Media: 3rd November 2022
Food Ingredients First: Cocktail of pesticides found in bread prompts calls for food safety investigation
Media: 3rd November 2022
Farmers Weekly: British farmers disadvantaged by banned pesticides in food imports
Media: 3rd November 2022
Ends Report: ‘Illegal’ pesticide residues found in food sold in the UK
Media: 2nd November 2022
Daily Mail: Britain’s pesticide-laden bread
Media: 2nd November 2022
Guardian: At least two pesticides in half of bread sold in UK
Media: 2nd November 2022
Express: Half of UK bread products contain pesticides
Media: 2nd November 2022
Resource: MPs ask Government to show how trade policy interacts with environmental goals
Media: 2nd November 2022
North Devon Gazette: Want to make your life a little ‘wilder’?
Media: 26th September 2022
Guardian: Australian food is grown with dangerous chemicals banned in other countries
Media: 25th September 2022
Leicester Mercury: Green campaigners win battle to stop the spraying of pesticides in parks
Media: 20th September 2022
Noteworthy: In the Weeds Investigation
Media: 18th August 2022
Chartered Institute of Environmental Health: UK-India trade deal could undermine food standards
Media: 14th August 2022
The Scottish Farmer: Indian trade deal brings pesticide peril
Media: 11th August 2022
Farmers Guardian: UK border regime not tough enough to cope with India deal
Media: 6th August 2022
Times of India: UK-India trade deal could lead to toxic pesticides allowed in India harming UK consumers
Media: 6th August 2022
Express: ‘Recipe for disaster’ warning for farmers over ‘rushed’ India-UK trade deal
Media: 4th August 2022
The Telegraph: India trade deal could lead to ‘spike in toxic pesticides in British food’
Media: 4th August 2022
Farming UK: India trade deal could bring spike in toxic pesticides in UK food
Media: 4th August 2022
Business Green: Campaigners warn India free trade deal could result in higher levels of pesticides in UK food
Media: 29th July 2022
The Grocer: Christine Tacon on how she’s rebuilding trust via Red Tractor
Media: 27th July 2022
The Ferret: Weed killer linked to cancer still used by every Scots council
Media: 12th July 2022
The Guardian: ‘It’s a non-party political issue’: banning the weedkiller glyphosate
Media: 12th July 2022
The BBC: Worthing Borough Council to phase out Glyphosate-based pesticides
Media: 10th July 2022
The Guardian: Why are pesticides banned overseas still used in Australia and what does it mean for the environment?
Media: 30th June 2022
The Guardian: UK trade deal with Australia amounts to ‘offshoring’ pesticide use
Media: 29th June 2022
The Ends Report: Major evidence gaps on ‘cocktail of chemicals’ used on UK farmland
Media: 18th June 2022
The Express: Brexit betrayal – UK farmers risk being ‘undercut’ by ‘cheap, pesticide-filled’ products
Media: 17th May 2022
Positive News: How to help bees and other pollinators
Media: 4th May 2022
The York Press: City’s controversial use of pesticides in spotlight after criticism
Media: 3rd May 2022
Southwark News: Southwark revealed as the sixth highest user of a ‘dangerous’ pesticide out of London boroughs
Media: 18th April 2022
Belfast Live: Time for a serious talk about pesticide use
Media: 17th April 2022
Daily Mail: Trade deal allowing pesticide-treated Aussie apples will ruin livelihoods, worried UK farmers warn
Media: 13th April 2022
Scottish Greens: East Lothian Council must immediately halt use of toxic spray
Media: 8th April 2022
Daily Mail: Ban council use of toxic weedkillers in parks and playgrounds
Media: 4th April 2022
Horticulture Week: PAN UK’s research reveals more than two-thirds of local authorities have no plans to stop spraying
Media: 16th March 2022
Farmers Guardian: Red Tractor under fire over pesticides
Media: 15th March 2022
Agriland: Red Tractor needs urgent review of pesticide stance – report
Media: 15th March 2022
The Guardian: Red Tractor ‘failing to regulate’ pesticide use for UK supermarket products
Media: 15th March 2022
Farmers Weekly: Red Tractor should tighten pesticide rules, says report
Media: 15th March 2022
The Grocer: Red Tractor pesticide standards failing farmers, consumers and the environment, says report
Media: 15th March 2022
Fresh Produce Journal: Report urges Red Tractor to overhaul pesticide standards
Media: 15th March 2022
Farming UK: Red Tractor must clamp down on pesticide use more, NFFN says
Media: 6th March 2022
Daily Express: Brexit Betrayal as UK farmers undercut by ‘massive flow’ of cheap pesticide filled produce
Media: 26th February 2022
Daily Express: Warning issued to Britons over ‘food containing toxic pesticides’ from Brazil
Media: 23rd February 2022
The Guardian: UK trade could promote use of banned pesticides in Brazil, new report warns
Media: 23rd February 2022
The Grocer: Campaigners warn trade talks with Brazil could boost banned pesticide use
Media: 23rd February 2022
The Grocery Gazette: UK trade could contribute to Amazon destruction, new report warns
Media: 22nd February 2022
Unearthed: UK shipped more than 10,000 tonnes of banned pesticides overseas in 2020
Media: 9th February 2022
York Press: York council chiefs agree to scale back use of controversial herbicide
Media: 4th February 2022
The Guardian: EU plans to ban use of synthetic pesticides in parks
Media: 22nd January 2022
Wicked Leeks: How to reduce your exposure to pesticides
Media: 19th January 2022
The New Statesman: Chemical pollution threatens life on Earth. What are the solutions?
Media: 16th January 2022
The Guardian: Toxic reaction: how to clear dangerous pollutants out of your home
Media: 14th January 2022
The Ends Report: ‘Frankly ridiculous’: Bee-killing pesticide given emergency authorisation
Media: 11th January 2022
YorkMix: Stop using harmful weed killer and save our bees, campaigners urge York council
Media: 9th December 2021
Ethical Consumer: Ethical and environmental record of 19 supermarkets
Media: 3rd December 2021
Organic UK: PAN UK’s Pesticide Supermarket Rankings Unveiled
Media: 2nd December 2021
Wicked Leeks: Waitrose and M&S doing most to tackle pesticides
Media: 1st December 2021
The Grocer: Supermarket pesticides are threat to worker health, says new report
Media: 30th November 2021
iNews: Supermarkets are selling fewer pesticide products – but still have some way to go
Media: 30th November 2021
Horticulture Week: PAN ranks supermarkets pesticide use
Media: 23rd October 2021
iNews: Calls for a nationwide pesticide amnesty
Media: 11th October 2021
The Grocer: Waitrose to replace all harmful garden chemicals with natural alternatives
Media: 8th October 2021
Off the Leash Podcasts: An interview with Nick Mole, PAN UK’s Policy Officer, on the ‘Dirty Dozen’
Media: 29th September 2021
The Guardian: Cocktail of pesticides in almost all oranges and grapes
Media: 29th September 2021
Independent: Popular fruit and vegetables covered in a ‘cocktail of pesticides’
Media: 29th September 2021
Fresh Fruit Portal: ‘Cocktail of pesticides’ in almost all oranges and grapes imported into UK
Media: 23rd September 2021
Environmental Funders Network: Funding work on pesticides: why now is the perfect time to take the plunge
Media: 14th September 2021
Mongabay: Overlooked rice landscapes can boost biodiversity in Asia
Media: 9th September 2021
BBC Radio Sussex: Nick Mole discusses the urban pesticide ban (starts at 2:25:00)
Media: 26th August 2021
BBC Radio Sussex: Nick Mole counters attacks on Brighton & Hove City Council’s pesticide ban (starts at 2:38:29)
Media: 25th August 2021
Brighton & Hove News: There are alternatives to Brighton and Hove’s pesticide ban
Media: 22nd August 2021
CGTN: Campaigners call for UK ban on urban pesticide use to save wildlife
Media: 16th August 2021
Ethical Consumer: New toxic trade deal threatens UK pesticide standards
Media: 6th August 2021
Horticulture Week: New Dave Goulson book and petition calls for end of glyphosate sales and use in parks and gardens
Media: 15th July 2021
Horticulture Week: Pesticides Action Network event calls for radical change in gardening approaches
Media: 11th June 2021
Eastern Daily Press: Trade talks spark fears over banned pesticides in food imports
Media: 10th June 2021
Farmers Guardian: Trade deal risks bringing 119 banned pesticides to UK
Media: 9th June 2021
Yahoo! (PA Media): Warning over lower pesticide standards as UK eyes Pacific free trade deal
Media: 9th June 2021
Brighton & Hove News: Brighton campaign group warns trade deal could open door to banned pesticides
Media: 21st May 2021
The Ecologist: Time to beet neonicotinoids?
Media: 19th May 2021
The Grocer: What will happen to the UK’s pesticide legislation now it is out of the EU?
Media: 6th April 2021
St Albans Review: Dad angered by glyphosate usage in St Albans
Media: 4th April 2021
iNews: Environment Agency pension fund invested in manufacturers of toxic weedkillers
Media: 4th April 2021
iNews: ‘Wildlife-friendly’ UK councils are invested in pesticide manufacturers via pension funds
Media: 1st April 2021
The Guardian: Toxic impact of pesticides on bees has doubled
Media: 18th March 2021
Chartered Institute of Environmental Health: New coalition calls time on crop pesticides
Media: 17th March 2021
Politico: Brexit risks dragging UK pesticides laws deeper into shadows, critics warn
Media: 9th March 2021
The Ends Report: Voluntary measures to cut pesticide use ‘have failed’, campaigners say
Media: 10th February 2021
Solihull Observer: Grow your own to avoid the ‘dirty dozen’ of fruit and vegetables
Media: 27th January 2021
BBC News: Legal threat over bee-harming pesticide use
Media: 19th January 2021
ITV News: The row over a pesticide harmful to bees
Media: 13th January 2021
ENDS Report: ‘Coal mines and pesticides’ – Greta Thunberg slams Johnson’s green industrial revolution
Media: 12th January 2021
BBC Radio 4: Farming Today – Emergency sugar beet pesticides (starts at 04:20)
Media: 8th January 2021
The Telegraph: Bee killing pesticide banned by the EU approved by the government
