Today, Pesticide Action Network Europe together with 38 European health and environmental organisations, are sending an open letter to the decision-makers of the 28 EU Member States to urge them to vote against the reauthorisation of the cancer-causing pesticide ingredient glyphosate, and protect its people from this spreading disease.

The vote, which has already been postponed once due to lack of consensus among Member States, will take place on the 18th or 19th of May 2016 during the meeting of the “Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed” of DG SANTE of the European Commission. The letter is addressed to the all the Ministry representatives of the EU member States that will vote in Brussels and to the Ministers themselves.

Expert opinion proves systematic misinterpretation of glyphosate studies

The Munich Environmental Institute (Umweltinstitut München) and Pesticide Action Network (PAN) Germany join PAN Europe and 5 EU environmental organisations in their legal proceedings against those responsible for the assessment of glyphosate in Europe[1] (Monsanto, the German government institute - BfR - and the European Food Safety Authority - EFSA).

EU environmental organizations, in an initiative taken by Global 2000 Austria, have filed new evidence to the attention of the state attorney in Berlin today showing that the institutions responsible for such products' licence renewal misinterpreted research studies during the assessment procedure in order to conceal the carcinogenic risks associated with glyphosate and facilitate its re-approval.