We have a chance to stop one of the most disgusting things Bayer Monsanto and Syngenta have ever done – but we need to act fast.
After we helped get their bee-killing pesticides banned in Europe, these Big Ag giants needed a new way to make money: so they started selling millions of kilograms of EU-banned poisons to Global South countries with weak regulations.
They’re preying on some of the world’s poorest people, polluting their rivers and killing their pollinators. EU regulators have promised to stop this sickening practice but Big Ag is lobbying hard and officials are losing momentum – and their nerve.
Experts say we can still win: by putting a strong draft bill in front of the authorities backed by arguments from leading lawyers and supported by personal testimony from farmers in the Global South – then lobbying harder than Big Ag to get it passed.
We can do it, with enough support. Can you help ensure everyone, everywhere is protected from Bayer’s poison?
More information
The Export of Banned Pesticides to Africa and Central America: Legal Opinion
Center for International Environmental Law. 26 September 2022.
Center for International Environmental Law. 26 September 2022.
Revealed: UK shipped more than 10,000 tonnes of banned pesticides overseas in 2020
Unearthed. 22 February 2022.
Unearthed. 22 February 2022.
Banned in Europe: How the EU exports pesticides too dangerous for use in Europe
Public Eye. 10 September 2020.
Public Eye. 10 September 2020.
Thousands of tonnes of banned pesticides shipped to poorer countries from British and European factories
Unearthed. 9 September 2020.
Unearthed. 9 September 2020.
EU: stop spreading banned chemicals!
SumOfUs. 8 November 2022.
SumOfUs. 8 November 2022.