It’s time to get tough with corporate lobbies, not peaceful protestors.

#PFAS producers & their allies who lobby to delay, weaken, or derail the proposed ban on PFAS have had huge access to the Commission & other EU decision-makers and it’s time for this to stop.

We need #ToxicFreePolitics now!

See this really useful blog by @ciel.org about chemicals discussions happening in Geneva this week.

And then look at the briefing we have published together today outlining industry's 'pollution playbook'. It's time for #ToxicFreePolitics!

corporateeurope.org/en/2026/02/p...

This cartoon depicts a hazard warning sign with a skull and cross bones holding up a banner saying “Go Toxic Free”. Cartoon by @CartoonRalph

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Industry can downplay or manipulate science to resist regulation.

We need:
✅ to protect health & environment
✅ to ban toxics producers in regulatory processes
✅ conflict-of-interest rules
✅ lobby transparency
✅ independent science
✅ #ToxicFreePolitics

corporateeurope.org/en/2026/02/p...

In this cartoon, there is a fish, several people, several mini-beasts, and a flower. They are all holding up signs saying “Toxic free EU” or “Go toxic free” or similar. Cartoon by @CartoonRalph

It’s time to stand up to greedy polluters which have contaminated our bodies, waters & soils for far too long. We need #ToxicFreeFuture now.

And it’s also time for #ToxicFreePolitics too as #BigPolluters have contaminated public decision-making in 🇪🇺 & 🌎.

corporateeurope.org/en/chemical-...

Good farming practices: a young Bulgarian farmer's story - Friends of the Earth Europe Despite what pesticide corporations would like us – citizens, farmers, politicians – to believe, viable alternatives to toxic chemicals do exist and are already happening in farming across Europe. Man...

🧑‍🌾 Farmers across Europe are proving we can farm without pesticides!

🌱 Read new stories from young farmers who've embraced agroecology to cut toxics out and build a healthier, fairer, nature-friendly future for farming. #PesticideActionWeek #ToxicFreePolitics

friendsoftheearth.eu/news/good-fa...

How the agroindustry brought down the EU pesticide law This briefing outlines how the agroindustry's lobbying strategies dismantled this crucial pesticide legislation, the dire consequences that follow - and how to move forward.

Spring's here but are the birds still singing?🐦

60+ years after Silent Spring, pesticide giants continue to stall progress. As #PesticideActionWeek begins, see how they dismantled key 🇪🇺 legislation & how to break the deadlock👉 friendsoftheearth.eu/publication/... #PesticideFreeEU #ToxicFreePolitics

💔 One year ago today, the EU walked away from a crucial law to reduce #pesticides under the agroindustry’s relentless lobbying.

We expose their toxic tactics & how to avoid their traps again in a 🆕 briefing 👉 friendsoftheearth.eu/publication/... #ToxicFreePolitics #PesticideFreeEU

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BBC Radio 4 - World at One, 20/11/2024 Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment.

Good to hear coverage on today's BBC World at One of growing number of legal challenges by talc users following cancer concerns.
Time to tackle #BigToxics
Time for #ToxicFreePolitics
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Image of CEO researcher Vicky Cann with text: "Behind the scenes, with one of the Commission's most senior officials, these revelations show the chemicals industry lobbying in a self-interested way, pushing for delays or weaker versions of rules vital to protect against harmful chemicals. It's long overdue for the Commission to be far more cautious about how it interacts with Big Toxics and their lobby representatives. It's time for a cordon sanitaire to protect the public interest in tackling the toxic pollution crisis."

Chemicals group CEFIC is the biggest single lobby association in Brussels with an annual declared spend of over €10 million a year. (see www.lobbyfacts.eu ) Time for #ToxicFreePolitics says @vickycann.bsky.social