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Campaigners from the Pesticide Action Network UK (Pan UK), who analysed the quarterly test results, said 46 different pesticides were detected among the imported food samples, which research has ...
Pesticide Action Network (PAN) is an international coalition of more than 600 NGOs in 90 countries which advocates for less hazardous alternatives to pesticides. [1] It was founded in May 1982 with its first meeting in Penang , Malaysia.
Diquat was the UK’s most exported banned pesticide last year, according to the analysis, which found that Syngenta’s UK shipments of the pesticide made up 60% (5,123 tonnes) of the total ...
Extreme weather across the UK in recent months also contributed to one of the worst harvests on record. ... Soil Association, Real Farming Trust, Landworkers’ Alliance, Pesticides Action Network ...
Early in the year the UK chapter of the Pesticide Action Network (PAN) issued Toxic Trade, a report expressing concern that the agreement might weaken British restrictions on pesticide use by permitting the import of Australian crops grown under laxer standards—for example, Britain permits farmers to use just four organophosphates against the ...
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A pesticide that is lethally toxic to bees has been approved for emergency use in the UK for a fourth year in a row, sparking anger from environmental groups who described it as a “death blow ...
Monitoring of pesticide residues in the UK began in the 1950s. From 1977 to 2000 the work was carried out by the Working Party on Pesticide Residues (WPPR), until in 2000 the work was taken over by the Pesticide Residue Committee (PRC). The PRC advise the government through the Pesticides Safety Directorate and the Food Standards Agency (FSA). [18]