PFAS vervuiling in Nederland wordt veroorzaakt door bedrijven zoals Chemours en komt ook binnen via de revieren vanuit het buiteland - en wel 80 ton per jaar!

Spannende sessie van WECF over zorgwekkende stoffen, o.a. #PFAS tijdens de stakeholderdag “chemische stoffen en gezonde leefomgeving” van het Ministerie van Infrastruktuur en Waterstaat

‘Major leak at Highland nuclear site triggers hunt for mystery bunkers’ reminds us that spikes in childhood leukaemia, breast cancer, thyroid cancer and all cancers around nuclear facilities have been... Please Support Talking-up Scotland at: on the above. The National’s report today with the above headline, reminds me. Of what? Increased child leukaemia Increased breast cancer Increased thyr…

‘Major leak at Highland nuclear site triggers hunt for mystery bunkers’ reminds us that spikes in childhood leukaemia, breast cancer, thyroid cancer and all cancers around nuclear facilities have been confirmed by German and other independent researchers talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/02/15/m...

Annabel at #SBI-6 : We'll be closely following discussions on the mid-term review of the Gender Plan of Action, alongside cooperation with other conventions. The latter is a key point to continue our advocacy at the climate COP for increased synergies between the Rio Conventions. 🤝

Alexei Navalny was killed by Russia with frog toxin, 5 European countries say There is “no innocent explanation” for the presence of the toxin in Navalny’s body, the U.K. said on Saturday. 

Russia poisoned opposition politician Alexei Navalny with a toxin from a poison dart frog, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden and the United Kingdom said today.

🌍✊ Environmental defenders are not criminals. They are democracy in action.

📣 We’re happy to share that the Guidelines on the Right to Peaceful Environmental Protest and Civil Disobedience by UN SR on Environmental Defenders @michelforst.bsky.social are now available in French, Spanish and Russian.

In Tajikistan studying gender dimension of plastic waste pollution, working with stakeholders from civil society, environmental committee, private sector to better understand challenges and good practices

Nieuwsgierig over energie armoede & de EU Green Deal? ❄️

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A new report from the @ec.europa.eu, published today, confirms what we already knew: the societal costs of PFAS pollution are enormous!

💶The Commission estimates that inaction on PFAS could cost society up to €1.7 trillion by 2050.

www.politico.eu/article/fore...

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We analysed #pesticide residues in apples in 13 European countries. The result: conventional apples are contaminated with a cocktail of pesticides (85%). It shows that the current pesticide authorisation needs to be improved, not demolished.
www.pan-europe.info/press-releas...

The Hague District Court found the Netherlands’ climate policy insufficient, discriminating against Bonaire residents, and ordered immediate action to curb emissions and protect the Caribbean island from sea-level rise and extreme weather.

✔️Read more www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Bruce Springsteen’s angry anti-ICE song is on-the-nose in the right way The star’s urgent and to-the-point protest song is not subtle about its target and right now that’s why it works so well

Check out Springsteen’s Steets of Minneapolis www.theguardian.com/music/2026/j...

⚠️UN expert warns: chemical pollution is a hidden global crisis.

“Forever chemicals,” corporate loopholes & weak policies put human rights and environment at risk.

Science & political will must align to protect human rights.

@euobserver.com @elenasanchez.bsky.social
euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...

Weakening of pesticide protection standards is unlawful - Legal opinion criticises draft EU legislation The European Commission's planned abolition of pesticide protection standards is unlawful. This is shown by a legal opinion published today. The legal opinion, commissioned by the Aurelia Foundation, ...

The @ec.europa.eu's planned abolition of #pesticide protection standards is unlawful. This is shown by a legal opinion published today.
www.pan-europe.info/press-releas...

This week meeting with women waste pickers in the Lusaka Landfill and women organic farmers near Mambwa -Zambia - to get their vision for ways out of plastic pollution to share with parties to BRS Conventions, amazing powerful women, such an enrichement!

Rückzug aus Gesundheitsorganisation: WHO-Chef nennt US-Gründe unwahr Washington hat gerade den offiziellen Rückzug aus der WHO verkündet. Doch ihr Chef, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, weist die angeführten Gründe als unwahr zurück. Die Amerikaner würden »falsche Informati...

Trump is spreading false information on World Health Organisation to cover up his inacceptable step to leave WHO www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft...

WECF and partners are in Zambia working with the environmental management agency ZEMA working with women organisations and stakeholders on how to reduce pollution from plastic waste and the toxic chemicals they emit, made the national TV

🚰 New EU-wide protections against PFAS in drinking water are now in force!

This is a win for people, our waters and strong EU rules! 🎉

But for harmonised monitoring, we must defend the EU's Water Framework Directive - the cornerstone of water protection✊

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#ProtectWater #OneHealth #BanPFAS

‘Outright evil:’ anguish and anger over South Africans tricked into fighting for Russia Relatives fear for lives of men thought to remain trapped in war after allegedly being recruited by a daughter of Jacob Zuma

South Africans tricked into fighting for Russia in Ukraine - Outright evil www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

Finally free, after 5 year, Maria Kalesnikava - conditions in Belarusian prison equaled torture

www.spiegel.de/ausland/bela...

Hoe de overheid het demonstratierecht steeds verder uitholt De sfeer tussen demonstrant en autoriteiten verhardt. De politie arresteert en slaat vaker, burgemeesters leggen striktere regels op en demonstranten worden nauwlettend gevolgd. ‘Ze hebben me radicaal...

'De criminaliteit is al jaren dalende, maar hoe veiliger een land, hoe hysterischer we met het laatste stukje onveiligheid omgaan... Demonstreren wordt steeds meer als een potentiële verstoring van de openbare orde gezien.'

#Demonstratierecht #CivicSpace #Art9

www.groene.nl/artikel/klei...

This week brought news none of us can ignore. Democracy in Europe is under mounting assault, and calls to dismantle the rules that protect people and nature keep growing. Those driving this push want silence. Instead, our collective resolve is getting louder

Our #UNEA7 event Toxic #SkinBleaching creams #mercury showed our partners #WEP documentary film on the huge problem in #Nigeria and Bangladesh government, #EEB #IPEN who spoke on growing global illegal sales, agressive (often racist and sexist) marketing see www.zeromercury.org/mercury-adde...

Teaser "What a Waste" Documentary - Tunisia YouTube video by WECF International

At #UNEA7 #Nairobi partner Semia Gharbi is sharing the lessons and results of our #Gender #Chemicals and #Waste project in #Tunisia (supported by BRS secretariat) where rural women transit away from pesticides and plastic usage instead moving to eco-tourism & agroecology!

youtu.be/yBnUxJwZWtU?...

On international #HumanRights Day the Women’s Mayor Group #WMG called out some of the negotiators at #UNEA7 who are trying to move us all backwards 80 years or more by refusing to refer to #GenderEquality - while showing milesstones of the last decades including #CEDAW #SDGs #Beijing Platform Action

Bis 2026 können noch Beiträge zum Bericht des Special Rapporteurs on Toxics and Human Rights zu #Ewigkieitschemikalien #PFAS eingereicht werden.
www.ohchr.org/en/calls-for...

Eine gesunde Umwelt ist ein Menschenrecht! Dieses ist durch wachsende Verschmutzung durch #Chemikalien bedroht. Gerade spricht @chinkiepg.bsky.social von @toxicsfree.bsky.social mit Marcos A. Orellana, Special Rapporteur on Toxics and Human Rights bei #UNEA7. #Menschenrechte in die Umweltpolitik!

Beim Global Major Groups and Stakeholder Forum #GMGSF treffen sich die 9 UN Major Groups, um Erfahrungen auszutauschen und Strategien für die #UNEA7 zu entwickeln. Mit der #Women'sMajorGroup fordern wir #Gendergerechtigkeit in der #Umweltpolitik und einen Platz am Tisch: #wewon'tbesilenced

Keep hitting US Big Tech with fines, Europe’s Greens tell von der Leyen EU Greens chief tells POLITICO Brussels “should pick on this battle and stand strong” in the face of U.S. backlash.

Ursula von der Leyen’s European Commission should continue to enforce its digital rules with an iron fist despite the outcry from U.S. officials and big tech moguls, co-chair of the Greens in the European Parliament Bas Eickhout told POLITICO.

OPINION: Slavery is alive and thriving, and it’s wrapped inside shiny chocolate bars that promise to be “fair trade,” “child-labor free” and “sustainable.”

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