Highly Hazardous Pesticides
The PAN International List of Highly Hazardous Pesticides (HHPs) criteria include acute toxicity, long term health effects, environmental hazards and status under global pesticide-related conventions.
POPs Pesticides
Persistent organic pollutants, or “POPs,” are chemicals that persist in the environment for years – sometimes decades.
Pesticides & Pollinators
Independent scientists now largely concur that the dramatic declines in bee populations over the past decade are caused by a combination of several factors, including: increased overall pathogen loads, poor nutrition, habitat loss and pesticide exposure.
Ecotoxicity Resources
Pesticides are designed to be lethal, and many are hazardous to plants, animals and soil organisms that are not target pests.
Pesticides and Water Pollution
Contamination of ground and surface water with agricultural pesticides is well documented, often at levels harmful to birds, fish, amphibians and aquatic organisms.
Environmental Toxicity
Pesticides wreak havoc on the environment, threatening biodiversity and weakening the natural systems upon which human survival depends.