Thousands Call on BASF, Bayer, and Syngenta to End Sales of Highly Hazardous Pesticides
(Hamburg, 3 December 2012) Every year, large numbers of people worldwide are victims of pesticide poisonings. BASF, Bayer, and Syngenta, the three largest global pesticide companies, are to a significant extent responsible for these pesticide poisonings. A broad alliance of some 10 000 people and 127 organizations from numerous countries have now joined PAN Germany to support a letter authored by PAN Germany and dated 3 December 2012 that calls on these multinational companies to discontinue sales of highly hazardous pesticides throughout the world. Press Release dated 3 December 2012
These organizations support the online action.
New PAN Germany publication:
Pesticides and health hazards - facts and figures
Acute and long term pesticide poisoning is a major global health problem.This PAN Germany publication addresses the following issues: Who is affected by the health hazards posed by pesticides?
What is known about the frequency of acute pesticide poisonings and the extent of long-term adverse health effects due to pesticides?
To what extent do suicides and attempted suicides contribute to the total numbers of pesticide poisonings?
In view of ongoing increases in global pesticide use, has documentation of pesticide poisonings been improved?
On the basis of available data on pesticide poisonings, what action should be taken?
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Download German PAN International List of Highly Hazardous Pesticides
What are "highly hazardous pesticides"? Here you can ´download the 'PAN International List of Highly Hazardous Pesticides'. This is the updated January 2011 version.Some background information:
November 2006 the FAO Council suggested "that the activities of FAO could include risk reduction, including the progressive ban on highly hazardous pesticides". More
October 2008 the FAO/WHO Joint Meeting on Pesticide Management (JMPM) defined highly hazardous pesticides as having specific characteristics. More
International study & report document pesticide health harms
Global network calls for immediate action to reduce pesticide hazards
Brussels, June 24, 2010 - Pesticide Action Network International (PAN) today released its report, Communities in Peril: Global report on the health impacts of pesticides used in agriculture. The report release coincided with the Brussels meeting of CropLife, the global trade association for multinational pesticide corporations like Monsanto and Syngenta. PAN's study documents that hazardous pesticides are commonly used in unsafe situations around the world, and calls for assertive action by corporations, governments and international bodies to address pesticide hazards. Press Release dated June 24th, 2010
Download (pdf-file, 3 MB) of the Report
Veterinary medicinal products and protection of the environment
Authorisation and use of veterinary medicinal products in the EU - Legal framework and demands for enhancing the protection of the environment from the adverse effects of veterinary medicinal products. Download English Download German The European Union´s new Regulation on biocides
The PAN fact sheet provides an overview of improvements and shortcomings in the new EU Regulation on biocides from the perspective of environmental and
consumer protection
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Field Guide to Non-chemical Pest Management in Sweet pototo Production
PAN Germany has published the thirteenth field guide in a series on non-chemical pest management in the tropics. These (apart from two) crop specific field guides focus on just one crop and deal with all relevant information on how to manage agricultural pests (e.g. insects, mites, diseases) without using chemical pesticides.
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Stop Pesticide Poisonings
The PAN Publication "Stop Pesticide Poisonings - New pesticide policies needed after decades of failure" depicts why a growing number of individuals and organisations no longer believe that training can achieve a so called "safe use" of hazardous pesticides in developing countries. It also presents "PAN International Recommendations for Action". Download (pdf-file, 1,8 MB)
PAN Germany Study "Environmental strategies to replace DDT and control malaria" (2nd extended edition)
The Publication "Environmental strategies to replace DDT and control
malaria" is now available as a 2nd extended edition. In this new edition you
can also find information on Tanzania and India and the chapter on
non-chemical methods to control malaria is expanded. Download
Endosulfan in Brief
The organochlorine insecticide endosulfan is
entering the final stages of consideration for listing
under the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants for global
elimination. PAN and IPEN support the elimination of endosulfan.
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Target group specific leaflets for the implementation of the Code of Conduct
- Pesticide Industry download English version, Russian version
- Public Interest Groups download English version, Russian version
- Goverments download English version, Russian version
- Farmers download English version, Russian version
- Food Industry download English version, Russian version
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