UK Charity Number: 0327215
Website: http://www.pan-uk.org
Stated Aims
PAN UK WORKS TO ELIMINATE THE DANGERS OF TOXIC PESTICIDES TO THE ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN HEALTH, TO REDUCE PESTICIDE USAGE, AND INCREASE AWARENESS OF SUSTAINABLE ALTERNATIVES.
Summary
PAN sprang to attention when it lobbied successfully for a ban on over twenty pesticides and chemicals used in farming. This ban came despite a conspicuous lack of evidence that they are dangerous to the farmers who work with them, let alone people who eat the food. As the BBC reported, this ban could have serious consequences:
Dire warnings were issued about the collapse in Europe’s agricultural production should the legislation go ahead – a 100% fall in carrot production in the UK alone; a devastating effect on pea production; problems for farmers growing wheat and potatoes.
In turn, said the farmers, this would lead to rising prices, just as consumers are looking down the barrel of a nasty recession and concern over world food shortages is growing.
Even Environment Minister Hilary Benn opposed this ban, but then the UK government does not fund PAN. The EU does.
Details
PAN’s 2006/07 accounts show a total income of £1,266,717, of which:
- European Commission: £274,899
- World Bank: £381,594
— - Total £656,493 (51.8% of all income)
As with so many of these fake charities, PAN was largely being funded by the EU in order to lobby the EU.
