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Africa conference on HHPs

Big global win on the world’s most toxic pesticides

After many long days of negotiations, the U.N. Environment Programme (UNEP) made a historic move for safer food and farming by passing a resolution on highly hazardous pesticides (HHPs) that calls for action to globally phase out the use of the world’s most toxic pesticides by 2035. Tied with this resolution was the passing of a mandate for UNEP to implement this commitment by forming the Global Alliance on HHPs.

There are thousands of types of PFAS—nearly 15,000 known in a US EPA database—and with thousands of them, it’s safe to say that the majority are not well studied. PFAS (or “forever” chemicals) are persistent—meaning, once they get released, PFAS stick around and have the potential to affect human health for many years. 

A February 6 court decision directed that the use of dicamba be halted for over-the-top (OTT) applications on soybeans and cotton. However, the EPA is allowing the use of existing stock of dicamba under the old use-label guidelines for the 2024 growing season.

Each person on our staff or sitting on our Board of Directors brings something unique to our work and values. In embracing how this individuality makes us stronger, we’re embarking on a series of blogs, People of PAN, which will highlight the unique characteristics that build upon one another to make PAN the organization it is today.

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California Updates: April 2023

After decades of trying to work with DPR to promote common sense pesticide regulations, we’ve witnessed a pro-industry culture that too frequently ignores community concerns.

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Farmworker

A year of wins for farmworkers

Organizations across the country are promoting National Farmworker Awareness Week, and we are inviting our supporters to stand in solidarity with farmworker campaigns across the country.

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CropLife toxic products

International update: March 2023

Early Spring Greetings from PANNA’s International Team! As our work is often fast-moving and technical, we thought you might enjoy a behind-the-scenes look at who we are, some exciting recent wins, and what’s ahead this year.

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Iowa farmland

Opportunities for a new agriculture

We have the ability to reshape our national farm policies as we consider a new Farm Bill in the coming months. We can push for more controls on pesticides by promoting the ideas in PACTPA (Protect America’s Children from Toxic Pesticides Act). The

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Farmers protest in Washington

Farmers demand a transformative Farm Bill

Last Monday, hundreds of farmers from across the country converged on Washington, D.C. to demand that legislators respond to the climate crisis in the upcoming Farm Bill. This legislation, which is currently in the early stages of being drafted, will dictate much of the US’s

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