[multilanguage_switcher]France has made available online two long lists of “suspected” yet authorised endocrin…
Know more about your Endocrine Disruptors: lists now available online Lire l’article »
[multilanguage_switcher]Last week, 28 August, France’s minister for Agriculture Stéphane Travert officially opened the first workshops of France’s new Estates General for Food/ France’s Estates General for Food: Help the Farmers Lire l’article »
[multilanguage_switcher]Why, when we need bees so much, do we still spray our crops with bee-killing pesticides? France alone has seen a 4% increase in sal…
Neonicoinoids: sales up in France, despite ban. Lire l’article »
[multilanguage_switcher]The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) announced on 16 June that Bisphenol A is a “substance of very high concern bec…
Bisphenol A recognized unanimously as an endocrine disruptor by ECHA Lire l’article »
[multilanguage_switcher]Mixed messages from President Macron: what exactly is his plan for France’s ecological
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[multilanguage_switcher]How about raising your own bees. France actively encourages it. Our local hippy bio farmer lives amidst his various bio crops at the edge of the village. When I went to pick up my weekly basket of his latest fruit and ve…
Raise your own: beekeeping in France Lire l’article »
[multilanguage_switcher]Next month the European Food Safety Authority/EFSA will – according to reports *- propose a ban on 3 neonicotinoids, those pesticides which kill bees: Bee-killing neonicotinoids to be banned by European Commission Lire l’article »
[multilanguage_switcher]The controversy over the chemical weed killer glyphosate continues. On 15 March the Controversial weed killer glyphosate cleared by European Chemicals Agency Lire l’article »
[multilanguage_switcher]The first round of the French Presidential elections takes place in one month, on 23rd April. What do the main candidates propose for environment and agriculture? Below summarizes the positions taken, to date, …
Going Green? What the French presidential candidates propose Lire l’article »
[multilanguage_switcher]While the option for farmers to continue using agrochemicals remains open, we all have to remain vigilant. The French Union for the industrial protection of plants, the UIIP<...
Bio-boom in France: from Agro-chemicals to Bio farming Lire l’article »
[multilanguage_switcher]The European Commission’s new definition of endocrine disruptors will be published Tuesday 28 February. Meanwhile, let’s take a look at the products we are buying which contain endocrine disruptors.
It is difficult n…
Know your endocrine disruptors Lire l’article »
[multilanguage_switcher]The French Senate’s European commission voted on 12 January to maintain products on the market that Brussels has labelled ‘suspected’ endocrine disruptors, arguing that :
Endocrine disruptors: more needs to be done Lire l’article »
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