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UnPoison calls for measurable pathways to halve pesticide risk and excess nutrient losses by 2030, phase out highly hazardous pesticides, and strengthen monitoring and accountability.
A submission advocating for biopesticides to be recognised as a separate regulatory category, with a targeted registration process distinct from conventional chemical pesticides.
A call to end blanket herbicide spraying and redirect funds toward manual, non-chemical weeding through existing public employment and green-jobs allocations.
UnPoison supports the ban and calls for immediate effect, no further extensions, and effective compliance measures in response to ongoing harm and fatalities.
UnPoison's August 2025 media release on the national pesticide-policy colloquium, with the original event programme.
A March 2025 request asking the agriculture department to halt and revise its process for derogations involving agricultural remedies identified as substances of concern.
The 2025 update to UnPoison's public database of highly hazardous pesticides legally in use in South Africa, including comparative criteria and analysis.
UnPoison's November 2024 submission on proposed regulations under Act 36 of 1947, including transparency, public participation, co-formulants and biological products.
UnPoison's August 2023 comparison of highly hazardous pesticides registered in South Africa with international hazard criteria and EU bans.
A 2020 report documenting spray drift affecting Western Cape communities and calling for buffer zones, advance warning, monitoring and wider agrochemical reform.
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