PAN in the News

Honey bees caught in the crossfire?
Peoria Journal Star (blog)
... neonicotinoids used as seed treatment on corn is the culprit killing the bees, "beekeepers from Minnesota to Ohio to Canada report large losses after their hives forage near treated cornfields," noted the Minneapolis-based Pesticide Action Network.

Bulatlat (blog)
'They took our land by force'
Bulatlat (blog)
Paborada told this to the members of an international fact-finding mission led by Pesticide Action Network (PAN) Asia and the Pacific, Asian Peasant Coalition (APC), Peasant Movement of the Philippines (KMP), and Kalumbay Regional Lumad Organization.

Illinois Pesticide Crisis
Green Chip Stocks
The best way to ensure rural communities and farmers are protected is to keep atrazine out of their water entirely,” Emily Marquez, PhD, an endocrinologist at the Pesticide Action Network stated. What's more disconcerting is while atrazine has been ...

Pesticides Contribute to Bee Colony Collapse, Report Finds
Capital Public Radio News
Paul Towers is with the Pesticide Action Network North America. He says current science suggests even low levels of pesticides can cause serious damage to bee colonies: TOWERS: "While they may not kill the bees outright they suppress or depress their ...

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Judge sets deadline for parties to reach initial settlement in pesticide-ESA ...
AgraNet (subscription)
Judge Joseph Spero, of the US District Court for the Northern District of California, on May 4 gave the plaintiffs Center for Biological Diversity and Pesticide Action Network North America another six months to come up with a proposed settlement.

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State of bee-ing: Pesticides contine to be a concern
Philadelphia Inquirer (blog)
Today, the Pesticide Action Network released a report, Pesticides and Honeybees: State of the Science, that it says documents evidence that pesticides are a key factor in explaining honey bee declines. (Proceed with caution: This is a publication by an ...

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International mission urges Aquino to pull out palm oil plantation in Mindanao
allvoices
... RMIT University (Australia), Pesticide Action Network Asia Pacific (Malaysia), Asian Peasant Coalition (APC), Rural Missionaries of the Philippines, Health Alliance for Democracy (HEAD), Pesticide Action Network (PAN Philippines), ...

Co.Create
How To Turn Audiences Into Activists: 5 Lessons in Social Engagement from ...
Co.Create
"It allows everybody to participate," explains Boettcher, "but then we can individually activate locally and [for example] work with Erin Brockovich and the Pesticide Action Network on the water quality issue in Mississippi. That may not be something ...

Concerns over Pesticides in Drinking Water Resurface in IL
Public News Service
The Pesticide Action Network asked rural families in Illinois and three other Midwestern states to sample their drinking water, and the Illinois samples contained the highest levels of Atrazine, a weed killer used on corn crops.

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Midwest Drinking Water Samples Show More Atrazine
Public News Service
DES MOINES, Iowa - Atrazine continues to show up where it isn't supposed to be - in drinking water, according to the Pesticide Action Network. Rural families in Iowa and three other Midwestern states agreed to test their drinking water during the last ...

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Authorisation of prochloraz: PAN-Europe initiates legal action
Europolitics.info
By Anne Eckstein | Wednesday 02 May 2012 A network of European NGOs active in promoting sustainable alternatives to the use of pesticides, PAN-Europe (Pesticide Action Network), has brought an action before the EU Court of Justice against the European ...

Queen Bees Are Demanding some RESPECT, Fool!
Huffington Post
"Most scientists now believe that we have been losing more than a third of our hives each year since 2006 from a combination of factors: pathogens, pesticides and nutritional stress," says Heather Pilatic, co-director at Pesticide Action Network.

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GMO Labeling Gets on California Ballot as Agent Orange Corn Nears Approval
IBTimes.co.uk
"It's clear that this new generation of GE herbicide-resistant seeds is the growth engine of the pesticide industry's sales and marketing strategy," says Marcia Ishii-Eiteman, Senior Scientist at Pesticide Action Network. "These seeds are part of a ...

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East Anglian Daily Times
Norfolk villages asked to take part in trials to test exposure levels to ...
East Anglian Daily Times
Nick Mole from the Pesticide Action Network, welcomed the move to carry out the tests, but said: “Residents shouldn't be exposed to potentially harmful pesticides in the first place.” A Defra spokesman added: “To help us continue making sure all the ...

GMO Labeling Gets on California Ballot as Agent Orange Corn Nears Approval
SustainableBusiness.com
"It's clear that this new generation of GE herbicide-resistant seeds is the growth engine of the pesticide industry's sales and marketing strategy," says Marcia Ishii-Eiteman, Senior Scientist at Pesticide Action Network. "These seeds are part of a ...

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Norwich Evening News
Scientists to carry out pesticide tests in Norfolk village
Norwich Evening News
Nick Mole from the Pesticide Action Network, welcomed the move to carry out the tests, but said: “Residents shouldn't be exposed to potentially harmful pesticides in the first place.” A Defra spokesman added: “To help us continue making sure all the ...

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Norfolk Eastern Daily Press
Scientists to carry out pesticide tests in Norfolk village
Norfolk Eastern Daily Press
Nick Mole from the Pesticide Action Network, welcomed the move to carry out the tests, but said: “Residents shouldn't be exposed to potentially harmful pesticides in the first place.” A Defra spokesman added: “To help us continue making sure all the ...

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89.3 KPCC (blog)
New task force tackles strawberry pesticide alternatives
89.3 KPCC (blog)
... including entrepreneurs who will bring new techniques to the market and the cutting-edge farmers who will use them in the fields," added Margaret Reeves, a senior scientist with the Pesticide Action Network to the Mercury News. Mercer 12467.

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USDA Receives Over 365000 Public Comments Opposing Approval of 2,4-D-Resistant ...
eNews Park Forest
“It's clear that this new generation of GE herbicide-resistant seeds is the growth engine of the pesticide industry's sales and marketing strategy,” said Marcia Ishii-Eiteman, Senior Scientist at Pesticide Action Network. “These seeds are part of a ...

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USDA Receives Over 365000 Public Comments Opposing Approval of 2,4-D-Resistant ...
NorthcentralPa.com
“It's clear that this new generation of GE herbicide-resistant seeds is the growth engine of the pesticide industry's sales and marketing strategy,” said Marcia Ishii-Eiteman, Senior Scientist at Pesticide Action Network. “These seeds are part of a ...

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