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EU biocides law considered a "standstill" by NGOs
Hamburg/Brussels, 18 January 2012The new EU biocides regulation adopted today by the European Parliament (1) sounds ambitious but it could represent a standstill for health and environmental protection, according to health and environment groups.
Joint Press Release dated January 19th, 2012
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WHO Assessment: DDT use for malaria a concern for human health
April 21, 2011. The World Health Organization has published an assessment of the risks to human health associated with the use of DDT for malaria control. The assessment shows that exposure to DDT in treated homes can pose a serious risk to human health. Of particular concern are women of childbearing age who live in houses sprayed with DDT. The WHO assessment emphasises that best practices need to be implemented to better protect affected people.Joint Press Release dated April,21st 2011
PAN urges global uptake of effective and safe malaria control
NGOs worldwide applaud efforts to reduce reliance on DDT
On the occasion of next week's World Malaria Day, April 25, Pesticide Action Network (PAN) International urges governments around the world to redouble their efforts against malaria and adopt the safest and most effective approaches to combat this disease. PAN applauds the formation of the Global Alliance for Alternatives to DDT, an international multi-stakeholder process charged with reducing reliance on the pesticide DDT for malaria control worldwide.Press Release dated April, 18th 2011
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
Syngenta's bestseller 'Gramoxone' on the way to be listed as Severely Hazardous Pesticide Formulation by the Rotterdam Convention.
Rome, April 1st 2011. The Chemical Review Committee of the Rotterdam Convention - a group of 31 designated experts - agreed to recommend that pesticides containing Paraquat (20% or above) should be listed in Annex III to the Rotterdam Convention. The proposal was made by Burkina Faso due to the high amount of poisonings related to the use of the Syngenta product Gramoxone Super (Paraquat 20%). There is hope that through this step the countless Paraquat victims could be significantly reduced worldwide.Press Release dated April 1st, 2011
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
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.
Download (418 kb)Further Field Guides
Fibre, Food and Beauty for Poverty Reduction – Make it move!
A compendium on lessons learned in a three year project
on how to reduce dependency on cotton and fight poverty. 
Download English (pdf-file, 978 kb)
Download French (pdf-file, 986 kb)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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National Action Plan towards the Sustainable Use of Pesticides:
Objectives for improved nature conservation as well as protection of the environment and consumers
Common position of the Pesticide Action Network Germany (PAN Germany), Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union (NABU) and Greenpeace Germany on the implementation of the EU Framework Directive on the sustainable use of pesticides and the national action plan Download (197 kb)
"For the Consideration of Biodiversity in Plant Protection Legislation"
Pesticides allow the type of agriculture that contributes to the loss of biological diversity. Special attention must therefore be paid to coherency between biodiversity protection and pesticide legislation. The PAN Germany brochure tackles this area of conflict and calls for the implementation of concrete targets for and measures on the use of pesticides in order to improve biodiversity protection within conventional agriculture in Europe.Download (pdf-file, 669 kb)
Diversity without pesticides!
More and more species disappear. They loose their habitats or they are affected directely. For example though pesticides. Although pests can be controlled without chemicals. The film shows what frog, bird, flower and worm think of it.
Or start the film directly on our website
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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