The EU has banned the use of a number of pesticides found to do serious damage to human health and the environment. However, companies remain free to manufacture these hazardous pesticides in the EU for ex port to other countries with weaker regulations, putting human health and the environment at risk. The EU also allows the import of food and agricultural goods grown with pesticides banned on its own fields, exposing European consumers to cocktails of dangerous residues and creating unfair competition for European farmers.

Over the past years, EU institutions have all recognised that there is a double standard … Read on ...

Angela Cobbinah and David Horsley are going to produce a booklet celebrating Winston Pinder He is now in his 90s and we are asking anyone with memories of Winston to write and send them to David. The idea is for free ranging writing and there is no restriction on length.

David said:

Veteran Activist and youth worker, Winston Pinder, is now in his 90s and we would like to celebrate his unique life. We are asking for anyone who knew him to write their memories of him and send to ukdavid.d@gmail.com