PAN UK Updates
UK supermarkets take steps to tackle pesticides
But there's still a long way to go... By Hannah Conway, PAN UK, Assistant Campaigner In November 2019, we launched a campaign calling on UK supermarkets to do more to protect human health and the [...]
Pesticides approved without proper testing
A new report from Pesticide Action Network Europe (PAN Europe) has found that EU officials have approved the use of a number of pesticides (typically giving them a 10-year license) without testing their impact [...]
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 to freedom of speech in his endeavour to protect and promote public health: We are [...]
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 agriculture is a key driver of climate change for a number of reasons. Land that [...]
Is organic banana production viable?
By Paul Lievens, Communications & Policy Officer, Banana Link "Twenty or thirty years ago, people who are growing organic – they are crazy people! To grow organic is to think different. About the workers, [...]
Pesticide victim, Paul François, confronts Bayer-Monsanto’s CEO
By Deborah Lewis, SumOfUs Paul François and SumofUs activists at the Bayer-Monsanto AGM Every spring, in Germany’s former capital city Bonn, Bayer-Monsanto’s top executives, shareholders and CEO meet for the chemical giant's annual [...]
Britain’s fourth agricultural revolution: agroecology!
by Stephanie Williamson, Staff Scientist, PAN UK Launched in July 2019, the latest report from the convenors of the RSA’s Food, Farming & Countryside Commission, entitled Our Future in the Land, could have been yet [...]
London Assembly unanimously adopts Motion to eliminate glyphosate
By Nick Mole, Policy Officer, PAN UK 2019 is proving to be an amazing year for our Pesticide-Free Towns campaign, as an ever growing number of councils adopt policies that will bring an end to [...]
The UK battle to define Integrated Pest Management
by Josie Cohen, Head of Policy & Campaigns, PAN UK PAN UK has been campaigning to promote Integrated Pest Management (IPM) as an effective way to reduce pesticide use for decades. We were delighted, therefore, [...]