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Monsanto Declares Defeat In European Market
Co.Exist
"I think it's a while before these companies back off because the current model of the pesticide industry is so intertwined with GE seeds," says Paul Towers, the organizing and media director at Pesticide Action Network North America. "Pesticide ...

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California Regulators Tighten Restrictions on Strawberry Fumigant ; Activists ...
Monterey County Weekly
Meanwhile, Monterey County's anti-pesticide Safe Strawberry Working Group is planning to hold community meetings to strategize around chloropicrin. “The proposed conditions don't go far enough,” Pesticide Action Network spokesperson Paul Towers says.

Mother Jones
Will Connecticut lead the way on GMO labeling?
Mother Jones
This trigger clause was meant to protect Connecticut businesses from being put at a competitive disadvantage and to keep the state from "going it alone," says Paul Towers of Pesticide Action Network. Towers called it "a cautious but important step." ...
Connecticut Passes First GMO Labeling Legislation In The Country: What ...Co.Exist

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pesticideaction: RT @CivilEats: New @CivilEats: #Connecticut Makes History as First State to Pass #GMO Food Labeling Law http://t.co/YFTV5faR6k by @MicheleR…

pesticideaction: RT @TrueFoodNow: #USDA has failed to protect wheat farmers and food supply from #GMO crop contamination. Stop GE Crop Field Trials! http://…

pesticideaction: RT @guardian: Study cited by UK in opposition to EU ban on bee-harming pesticides is flawed, says EU food agency http://t.co/Wbi0rJyeEl via…

pesticideaction: RT @LarissWalker: A must read RT @dpcarrington Trump card study touted by UK govt against #neonics ban denounced by EFSA as joker http://t.…

PublicServiceEurope.com
Pesticides are a 'dead end' for bees and the environment
PublicServiceEurope.com
Therefore, we have sent around a letter - co-written by the European Beekeeping Coordination, Pesticide Action Network and Apis BruocSella - to the whole European Parliament. May 24 was a good day for bees and bio-diversity. The decision by the ...

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Pesticide Action Network Europe kritisch over functioneren Ctgb
GroeneRuimte.nl
Pesticide Action Network Europe (PAN Europe) heeft de kwaliteit van het werk van de Commissie toelating van gewasbeschermingsmiddelen en biociden (Ctgb) onderzocht. Aanleiding voor het onderzoek waren de opmerkingen van voormalig voorzitter ...

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Pesticide Action Network Europe kritisch over functioneren Ctgb
Agriholland (persbericht)
Pesticide Action Network Europe (PAN Europe) heeft de kwaliteit van het werk van de Commissie toelating van gewasbeschermingsmiddelen en biociden (Ctgb) onderzocht. Aanleiding voor het onderzoek waren de opmerkingen van voormalig voorzitter ...

EFSA paves way for regulating endocrine disruptors in food
EurActiv
The Pesticide Action Network Europe (PAN Europe) said EFSA had ignored the so-called "cocktail effects", underlining that the combination of many otherwise harmless chemicals in the human body can affect the endocrine system. PAN Europe contends that ...

Idaho Mountain Express and Guide
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Idaho Mountain Express and Guide
In partnership with the Pesticide Action Network of Blaine County and through a generous donation from valley residents Brian Ross and Susan Reinstein, some 700 goats will work to eat up the early-season knapweed before it has a chance to go to seed.

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pesticideaction: RT @PaulAtPAN: Way to go @GMOFreeCT! Connecticut approves labeling genetically engineered foods @nytimes @ssstrom http://t.co/FGO2RJs5oh

pesticideaction: RT @NaomiStarkman: .@USDA and @EPAgov Launch U.S. Food #Waste Challenge http://t.co/v5lpGtHwcg

pesticideaction: RT @PesticidesSmart: Take action with #Pesticide Action Network! Tell Congress to support sustainable agriculture: http://t.co/QgNZnyLkB1 @…

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Connecticut Passes First GMO Labeling Legislation In The Country: What ...
Co.Exist
Paul Towers, the organizing and media director at Pesticide Action Network North America (PANNA), speculates that much of this momentum comes from California's Prop 37. He explains: "Prop 37 gave the food and farming movement a vehicle, ...