An independent response to the Pesticides Forum 2012 Annual Report
21st June 2013
As members of the Pesticide Forum, the Pesticide Action Network UK (PAN UK), Friends of the Earth, and Sustain: the alliance for better food and farming (Sustain) disagree with a number of the conclusions in the Annual Report published on 20th June 2013 by the Pesticide Forum. We have produced a briefing to explain why this is the case. In short, the tone of the annual report indicates that the Pesticide Forum secretariat is satisfied that enough is being done in the UK to reduce risk to people and the environment from the use, misuse and overuse of pesticides. We disagree.
We recommend that the Pesticide Forum focuses in future on non-chemical weed and pest control techniques for agriculture and amenity use. We also recommend that future annual reports focus on presenting valuable statistics, leaving readers to interpret these. We do not believe there is any room for complacency in tackling the considerable risks pesticides continue to pose to our health and environment.
The briefing can be downloaded here
For detailed commentary, please contact Pesticides Action Network UK
Sustainable Farming Campaign: Sustain encourages integration of sustainable food and farming into local, regional and national government policies.
