BRUSSELS, 12 September 2023 – 85 social and environmental organisations urge Ursula von der Leyen and the European Commission to hold true to the European Green Deal commitment to ensure that hazardous chemicals banned in the EU will no longer be produced for export. Commission officials have informed campaigners and industry lobbyists that the Commission… Read More

On July 6, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) delivered its long-awaited opinion on the risks of glyphosate. This assessment should enable the European Commission and EU member states to decide whether or not to re-authorize glyphosate, the active ingredient in Monsanto-Bayer’s famous Roundup, the world’s best-selling pesticide, by the end of the year. The stakes… Read More

On June 29, 2023, the Paris Administrative Court applied articles 1246 et seq. of the French Civil Code concerning compensation for ecological damage in the context of the appeal lodged in January 2022 by five associations, Notre affaire à tous, POLLINIS, Biodiversité sous nos pieds, Association nationale pour la protection des eaux et rivières Truite-Ombre-Saumon (ANPER-TOS),… Read More

Dear all, Justice Pesticides newsletter n°11 has been published. In it, you’ll find a selection of pesticide-related court rulings from around the world in June 2023, published in the “Legal Cases” section of our website. This month, our watch focuses on France, the United States, Brazil and the Netherlands. The recognition of the French State’s… Read More

On Monday June 12, Le Monde published an opinion column by Corinne Lepage, environmental lawyer and President of our NGO Justice Pesticides. Entitled “Against pesticides, we need to establish health justice in the same way as we have climate justice” (“Contre les pesticides, il faut instaurer une justice sanitaire comme il existe une justice climatique”),… Read More

The French version of the Atlas des Pesticides was presented to the public on May 16. Justice Pesticides was present to take part in the round table “Other views on pesticides and agroecology “, and to share a point of view on justice and pesticides. This Atlas is the fruit of cooperation between the Heinrich… Read More