UK Pesticides Campaign
Acronym: UKPC
General Information
Identification Code: 43591669812-20
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Entity Form: Non-profit campaign
Registration Category: Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
Registration Date: 10/8/2012
Last Update: 3/4/2024
EP Accredited Number: 0
Mission & Interests
Goals: The UK Pesticides Campaign was founded in 2001 and is the only campaign across Europe that specifically exists to highlight the risks and adverse health, environmental and financial impacts of pesticides on rural residents and communities, as well as on other members of the public exposed. Over the last 23 years the UK Pesticides Campaign has produced extensive written and visual materials, as well as making a number of oral presentations across Europe, to highlight chemical exposure and the acute and chronic adverse impacts on residents and communities. The visual materials produced included 2 videos entitled "Pesticide Exposures for People in Agricultural Areas – Part 1 Pesticides in the Air; Part 2 The Hidden Costs". The UK Pesticides Campaign has been campaigning for urgent changes to pesticides policies to address the lack of protection for residents from exposure to pesticides sprayed in locality of residents’ homes, as well as in locality of schools, and other areas.
Interests Represented: Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Interests:
- Agriculture and rural development
- Consumers
- Digital economy and society
- Environment
- Food safety
- Justice and fundamental rights
- Public health
- Research and innovation
Levels of Interest:
- global
- sub-national
- european
- national
Activities
Main EU Legislative Proposals: Any of the EU policies, laws, and initiatives, relating to the authorisation and use of pesticides across the EU, including EU Regulation 1107/2009, the Sustainable Use Directive 2009/128/EC, Commission Regulation (EU) No 284/2013 of 1st March 2013, amongst others, including all relevant activities of the European Food Safety Authority, and relevant EU Standing Committees involving pesticides. There are new draft Regulations on pesticides currently being proposed by the Commission and the UK Pesticides Campaign will make the relevant submissions to this and will also be involved in the EFSA stakeholder pesticides event at the end of March 2022.
Communication Activities: The UK Pesticides Campaign will be involved in the EFSA stakeholder pesticides event at the end of March 2022 and was specifically invited to do so by EFSA as a recognised expert on exposure of rural residents and communities to agricultural pesticides sprayed on crops and the exposure and risk assessment inadequacies
Inter-institutional or Unofficial Groupings: Climate change, biodiversity and sustainable development,Biodiversity, hunting, countryside
Head Office
Address: “Reflections”Runcton Lane, Runcton
Post Code: PO201PT
City: Chichester, West Sussex
Country: UNITED KINGDOM
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EU Office
Address: “Reflections”Runcton Lane, Runcton
Post Code: PO201PT
City: Chichester, West Sussex
Country: UNITED KINGDOM
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Financial Data
New Organisation: false
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Membership Information
Members10 Percent: 0
Members25 Percent: 0
Members50 Percent: 0
Members75 Percent: 0
Members: 1
Members F T E: 1
Info Members: The UK Pesticides Campaign has been making representations since 2002 to the European institutions regarding the exposures, risks, and adverse health impacts of pesticides on residents and communities. This includes meetings with various representatives of the European Commission (both DG SANCO and DG Environment) and the EU Parliament. The UK Pesticides Campaign was fully involved in the development of the European Community’s Thematic Strategy for Pesticides, including the European pesticides legislation consisting of: 1) Directive 2009/128/EC on the sustainable use of pesticides; and 2) Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market. The UK Pesticides Campaign has also made detailed submissions to, and has ongoing correspondence with, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), and its Plant Protection Products and their Residues (PPR) Scientific Panel and Toxicology and Exposure panels.
Structure
Structure Type: Structure
Is Member Of: UK Pesticides Campaign
British Guild of Agricultural Journalists (BGAJ)
International Federation of Agricultural Journalists (IFAJ)
Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA)
Long standing writer for the Ecologist magazine
Long standing writer for Counterpunch magazine
Written for Green Times
Written for Natural Health News
Organisation Members: As a result of the UK Pesticides Campaign’s work and achievements, I myself, Georgina Downs, as the Founder and Director of the UK Pesticides Campaign, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA) on 16th September 2008.
I myself am also a registered journalist under both the British Guild of Agricultural Journalists (BGAJ) and also the International Federation of Agricultural Journalists (IFAJ) and have written a number of articles on behalf of the campaign for various publications including the Guardian, Observer, Ecologist, Outlooks on Pest Management, Counterpunch, Positive Health magazine, Science in Parliament Magazine, amongst others.