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'''Pesticide Action Network''' (PAN) is an [[International non-governmental organization|international coalition]] of around 600 [[NGO]]s, citizens' groups, and individuals in about 60 countries which opposes [[pesticide]] use, and advocates what it proposes as more ecologically sound alternatives.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iNIOAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA37 |title=International Symposium on Biopesticides for Developing Countries |publisher=Bib. Orton IICA / CATIE |date=2005 |isbn=9789977574035 |editor1-first=Ulrich |editor1-last=Roettger |editor2-first=Reinhold |editor2-last=Muschler |page=37}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=About |publisher=PAN International |url=https://pan-international.org/about/ |access-date=June 3, 2023}}</ref> It was founded in 1982 with its first meeting in Penang, Malaysia.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0" />
'''Pesticide Action Network''' (PAN) is an [[International non-governmental organization|international coalition]] of around 600 [[NGO]]s, citizens' groups, and individuals in about 60 countries which opposes [[pesticide]] use, and advocates what it proposes as more ecologically sound alternatives.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=About |publisher=PAN International |url=https://pan-international.org/about/ |access-date=June 3, 2023}}</ref> It was founded in 1982 with its first meeting in Penang, Malaysia.<ref name=":0" />

== Structure ==
PAN is a decentralised organisation composed by a network of NGOs, institutions and individuals being coordinated regionally.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Pesticide Action Network {{!}} UIA Yearbook Profile {{!}} Union of International Associations |url=https://uia.org/s/or/en/1100054917 |access-date=June 12, 2023 |website=uia.org}}</ref> It doesn't have a central headquarter but five independent, collaborating Regional Centers that implement its projects and campaigns across the world: Pesticide Action Network Africa (PANAF), Pesticide Action Network Asia and the Pacific (PAN AP), Pesticides Action Network Europe (PAN EU), Red De Acción En Plaguicidas Y Sus Alternativas De América Latina (RAP-AL), Pesticide Action Network North America (PANNA).<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=PAN Regional Centers {{!}} PAN International |url=https://pan-international.org/pan-regional/ |access-date=June 12, 2023}}</ref>


== Activity ==
== Activity ==
In 2000, Genetically Engineered Food Alert was launched by multiple organizations, including Pesticide Action Network North America, to lobby the FDA, Congress and companies to ban or stop using GMOs.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20000817211601/http://www.gefoodalert.org/html/whoisgefoodalert.htm ''Genetically Engineered Food Alert'' homepage, August 17, 2000], via Internet Archive</ref><ref>Margot Roosevelt, ''Time Magazine''. Monday, Jul. 31, 2000 [http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,997621,00.html "Inside The Protests: Taking It To Main Street"]</ref><ref>''The Progress Report''. [http://www.progress.org/gene50.htm "New Coalition Acts Against GM Food Dangers"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140417060453/http://www.progress.org/gene50.htm |date=April 17, 2014}}</ref> On September 18, 2000, Genetically Engineered Food Alert announced it had identified StarLink, a GMO not approved for human consumption, in some Taco Bell-branded taco shells, leading to the [[StarLink corn recall]].<ref name="WashPost">Marc Kaufman, ''Washington Post''. September 18, 2000 [https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/doc/409030274.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Sep+18%2C+2000&author=Kaufman%2C+Marc&pub=The+Washington+Post&edition=&startpage=&desc=Biotech+Critics+Cite+Unapproved+Corn+in+Taco+Shells%3B+Gene-Modified+Variety+Allowed+Only+for+Animal+Feed+Because+of+Allergy+Concerns "Biotech Critics Cite Unapproved Corn in Taco Shells; Gene-Modified Variety Allowed Only for Animal Feed Because of Allergy Concerns"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171202053125/https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/doc/409030274.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Sep+18,+2000&author=Kaufman,+Marc&pub=The+Washington+Post&edition=&startpage=&desc=Biotech+Critics+Cite+Unapproved+Corn+in+Taco+Shells;+Gene-Modified+Variety+Allowed+Only+for+Animal+Feed+Because+of+Allergy+Concerns |date=December 2, 2017}}</ref>
In 2000, Genetically Engineered Food Alert was launched by multiple organizations, including Pesticide Action Network North America, to lobby the FDA, Congress and companies to ban or stop using GMOs.<ref>Margot Roosevelt, ''Time Magazine''. Monday, Jul. 31, 2000 [http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,997621,00.html "Inside The Protests: Taking It To Main Street"]</ref> On September 18, 2000, Genetically Engineered Food Alert announced it had identified StarLink, a GMO not approved for human consumption, in some Taco Bell-branded taco shells, leading to the [[StarLink corn recall]].<ref name="WashPost">Marc Kaufman, ''Washington Post''. September 18, 2000 [https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/doc/409030274.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Sep+18%2C+2000&author=Kaufman%2C+Marc&pub=The+Washington+Post&edition=&startpage=&desc=Biotech+Critics+Cite+Unapproved+Corn+in+Taco+Shells%3B+Gene-Modified+Variety+Allowed+Only+for+Animal+Feed+Because+of+Allergy+Concerns "Biotech Critics Cite Unapproved Corn in Taco Shells; Gene-Modified Variety Allowed Only for Animal Feed Because of Allergy Concerns"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171202053125/https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/doc/409030274.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Sep+18,+2000&author=Kaufman,+Marc&pub=The+Washington+Post&edition=&startpage=&desc=Biotech+Critics+Cite+Unapproved+Corn+in+Taco+Shells;+Gene-Modified+Variety+Allowed+Only+for+Animal+Feed+Because+of+Allergy+Concerns |date=December 2, 2017}}</ref>


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 15:49, 6 October 2023

Pesticide Action Network
Formation1982; 42 years ago (1982)
Founded atPenang, Malaysia
TypeInternational NGO, Nonprofit
PurposePesticide regulation
Region
Worldwide
AffiliationsUnion of International Associations
Websitehttps://pan-international.org

Pesticide Action Network (PAN) is an international coalition of around 600 NGOs, citizens' groups, and individuals in about 60 countries which opposes pesticide use, and advocates what it proposes as more ecologically sound alternatives.[1] It was founded in 1982 with its first meeting in Penang, Malaysia.[1]

Activity

In 2000, Genetically Engineered Food Alert was launched by multiple organizations, including Pesticide Action Network North America, to lobby the FDA, Congress and companies to ban or stop using GMOs.[2] On September 18, 2000, Genetically Engineered Food Alert announced it had identified StarLink, a GMO not approved for human consumption, in some Taco Bell-branded taco shells, leading to the StarLink corn recall.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "About". PAN International. Retrieved June 3, 2023.
  2. ^ Margot Roosevelt, Time Magazine. Monday, Jul. 31, 2000 "Inside The Protests: Taking It To Main Street"
  3. ^ Marc Kaufman, Washington Post. September 18, 2000 "Biotech Critics Cite Unapproved Corn in Taco Shells; Gene-Modified Variety Allowed Only for Animal Feed Because of Allergy Concerns" Archived December 2, 2017, at the Wayback Machine

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