Subject: FW: Scientific statement of concern on the Omnibus pesticides package: 203 signatories
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Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2026 09:20:17 +0200

Saatja: Lindsey Hendricks-Franco <[email-masked]>
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Teema: Scientific statement of concern on the Omnibus pesticides package: 
203 signatories

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Dear Ministers,

On behalf of the 203 co-signatories listed below, we hereby share a 
scientific statement addressing alarming proposals in the forthcoming 
Omnibus Simplification Package. The package includes amendments to the 
pesticide risk-assessment framework (Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009) which 
would drastically undermine the EU’s ability to respond to risks that become 
evident only once approved pesticides are in wide use and would create 
loopholes that allow harmful pesticides to remain on the market, including 
those with well-documented and recognised risks.

We urge you to give serious consideration to the concerns raised by this 
group of researchers and medical professionals from leading European 
universities, medical centres and clinics. Our combined expertise spans key 
areas of pesticide-related health and environmental research, including 
human toxicology, ecotoxicology, exposure science, epidemiology, public 
health and related fields.

Given the profound cross-cutting implications for public health, 
environmental protection and agricultural policy, we have also conveyed this 
letter to all the environmental, health and agriculture ministers.

Yours sincerely,

Lindsey Hendricks-Franco, Fellow; Josselin Rouillard, Senior Fellow; Antonia 
Riedel, Researcher, Christoph Heinrich, Director, Ecologic Institute, DE

Martina Vijver, Scientific Director and Professor of Ecotoxicology, 
Department of Environmental Biology, Leiden University, NL

Bastiaan R. Bloem, MD, PhD, FRCPE, FEAN, Director, Radboud University 
medical Centre, Department of neurology, Centre of Expertise for Parkinson's 
Disease, NL

Carsten Brühl, Professor, Team Leader Community Ecology and Ecotoxicology, 
Institute for Environmental Sciences Landau, Technical University 
Kaiserslautern – Landau, DE

Christian Huyghe, Deputy Scientific Director of Agriculture, National 
Research Institute for Agriculture, Food, and the Environment (INRAE), FR

Catherine Cibien, Former Director, French National Committee for UNESCO’s 
Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB France)

Fiorella Belpoggi, Emerita Scientific Director, Ramazzini Institute and 
ISDE-Italia - International Society of Doctors for Environment, IT

Violette Geissen, Professor, Coordinator SPRINT, Wageningen University, NL

Vera Silva, Researcher, Deputy Coordinator SPRINT, Wageningen University, NL

Paul van der Brink, Professor, Coordinator SYBERAC, Wageningen University, 
NL

Daniel Martins Figueiredo, Assistant Professor, Utrecht University, NL

Nico van der Brink, Professor, Wageningen University, NL

Ralf Schäfer, Professor, Research Center for One Health, Research Alliance 
Ruhr, DE

Marion Junghans, Group Leader Risk Assessment, Swiss Centre for Applied 
Ecotoxicology, CH

Dave Goulson, Professor of Ecology, University of Sussex, UK

Lieven Bervoets, Professor in Micropollutants, Department of Biology, 
University of Antwerp, BE

Guy Pe'er, Senior Researcher for Agroecology, Helmholtz Centre for 
Environmental Research – UFZ and German Centre for integrative Biodiversity 
Research (iDiv) Jena-Halle-Leipzig, DE

Patrick Santens, Professor, MD-PhD, Ghent University Hospital, BE

Daan Van Brusselen, Medical Professor Pediatrics, University of Antwerp, BE

Lut Arckens, Professor for Neurobiology, KU Leuven, BE

Hanns Moshammer, Professor for Environmental Health, Medical University of 
Vienna, AT

Matthias Liess, Professor for Ecotoxicology, Head of System-Ecotoxicology, 
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, DE

Andreas Focks, Professor, Director of Research Center for Environmental 
Systems Research, Professor, Environmental Risk Assessment of Chemicals, 
University of Osnabrück, DE

Wim Bert, Professor for Nematology, Head of the Nematology Research Unit, 
Ghent University, BE

Sara D. Leonhardt, Professor for Pollinator ecology, Technical University of 
Munich, DE

Pierre-Henri Gouyon, Professor for Genetics, Evolution and Biodiversity, 
Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, FR

Jean-Marc Bonmatin, Senior Researcher, Impacts of pesticides on environment, 
biodiversity and human health, National Center for Scientific Research 
(CNRS), FR

Jakub Hofman, Professor of Soil Ecotoxicology, Masaryk University, Research 
Centre for Toxic Compounds in the Environment (RECETOX), CZ

Johann Zaller, Professor of Ecotoxicology, BOKU University, AT

Cécile Chevrier, Senior Researcher, Pesticides and health, Exposure science 
and Epidemiology, National Institute of Health and Medical Research 
(INSERM), FR

Vivi Schlünssen, Department of Public Health, Aarhus University, DK

Julie Pannequin, Senior Researcher, Institute of Functional Genomics, CNRS, 
FR

Michiel Kraak, Professor for Aquatic Ecotoxicology, UvA, NL

Natalia Corcoll, Professor for Ecotoxicology, University of Gothenburg, SE

Anne Marie Cortesero, Professor for Ecology and genetics for Insects, 
University of Rennes, FR

Oliana Carnevali, Professor for Reproductive Toxicology, Università 
Politecnica delle Marche, IT

András Báldi, Professor of Ecology, HUN-REN Centre for Ecological Research, 
HU

Klara Hilscherova, Professor, Masaryk University, RECETOX, CZ

Lisa Melymuk, Professor, Masaryk University, RECETOX, CZ

Klára Šmídová, Researcher, Masaryk University, RECETOX, CZ

Lola Bajard, Researcher, Masaryk University, RECETOX, CZ

Eliska Sychrova, Researcher, Masaryk University, RECETOX, CZ

Marek Šudoma, Researcher, Masaryk University, RECETOX, CZ

Ondrej Adamovsky, Researcher, Masaryk University, RECETOX, CZ

Zuzana Toušová, Researcher, Masaryk University, RECETOX, CZ

Ludovic Mayer, Researcher, , Masaryk University, RECETOX, CZ

Philippe Grandcolas, Senior Researcher, Institut Ecologie et Environnement 
du CNRS, FR

Ole Faergeman, MD-PhD, Professor Emeritus Preventive Cardiology, Aarhus 
University Hospital, DK

Vyvyan Howard MD-PhD, Emeritus Professor, Ulster University, UK

Teja Tscharntke, Professor of Agroecology, University of Göttingen, DE

Wim van Saarloos, Professor Emeritus of Physics, Leiden University, NL

Marco Visser, Professor of Biodiversity and Ecosystems, Leiden University, 
NL

Geert R. de Snoo, Professor of Environmental Biology, Leiden University, NL

Henrik Barmentlo, Professor of Ecotoxicology (Ecology, Pesticides), 
Institute of Environmental Sciences, Leiden University, NL

Rémi Béranger, Professor of Environmental Epidemiology, Université de 
Rennes, FR

Michael Antoniou, Professor of Molecular Genetics and Toxicology, King's 
College London, UK

Marjolein Visser, Professor of Food Systems and Agroecology, Université 
Libre de Bruxelles, BE

Aurélie Berthet, Researcher in Toxicology, University of Lausanne – 
Unisanté, CH

Brian Wynne, Professor of Science Studies, Emeritus; Associate Director, UK 
ESRC Research Centre for Economic and Social Aspects of Genomics, University 
of Lancaster, UK

Joëlle Rüegg, Professor of Environmental Toxicology, Uppsala University, SE

Svetla Gateva, Associate Professor in Genotoxicity, Institute of 
Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, BG

Giovanni Prete, Professor of Sociology, Université Sorbonne Paris Nord, FR

Jan Staes, Associate Professor of Hydrology, University of Antwerp, BE

Georg Petschenka, Professor, Institute of Phytomedicine, Department of 
Applied Entomology, University of Hohenheim, DE

Ondřej Košulič, Researcher, Department of Forest Protection and Wildlife 
Management, Mendel University in Brno, CZ

İme Akanyeti, Professor in Pesticide Pollution and Water Treatment, Cyprus 
International University, CY

Lucia Vergauwen, Professor of Ecotoxicology, University of Antwerp, BE

Mireille Sebbag, Researcher in Pesticide and Human Health, Institut National 
de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, FR

Dries Bonte, Professor, Terrestial Ecology Unit, Ghent University, BE

Luc Lens, Professor of Ecology, Ghent University, BE

Marc Kochzius, Professor of Marine Ecology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel 
(VUB), BE

Julia Osterman, Researcher in Pollinator Conservation, University of 
Gothenburg, SE

Ingela Dahllöf, Professor in Community Ecotoxicology, University of 
Gothenburg, SE

Jenny Egardt in Marine Ecotoxicology, Researcher, University of Gothenburg, 
SE

Bethanie Carney Almroth, Professor of Ecotoxicology, University of 
Gothenburg, SE

Polyxeni Nicolopoulou Stamati, Professor Environmental Pathology, ENSSER, GR

Dimitry Wintermantel, Professor of Nature Conservation & Landscape Ecology, 
University of Freiburg, DE

Gabriel Sigmund, Professor in Organic Contaminants, Wageningen University, 
NL

Marlene Ågerstrand, Associate Professor in Chemical Management, Department 
of Environmental Science, SE

Peter Batary, Professor of Ecology, HUN-REN Centre for Ecological Research, 
HU

Franky Bossuyt, Professor of Agroecology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, BE

Myriam Dumortier, Professor of Agroecology, Ghent University, BE

Colette Bertrand, Researcher, National Institute for Agriculture, Food and 
Environment (INRAE), FR

Ivan Janssens, Professor of Global Change Ecology, University of Antwerp, BE

Florence VOLAIRE, Researcher in Ecology, Univ Montpellier, FR

Tom Breeze, Researcher in Biodiversity and Ecosystem Service, University of 
Reading, UK

Olivier Crouzet, Researcher in Biodiversity and Ecotoxicology, French Agency 
for Biodiversity (OFB), FR

Frederik Verbruggen, Professor of Cognitive Ecology, Ghent University, BE

Thomas Merckx, Professor of Global Change Biology, Vrije Universiteit 
Brussel, BE

Darragh Doyle, Researcher in Physiology, Gothenburg University, SE

Marc Voltz, Researcher in Pesticide Fate in the Environment, INRAE, FR

Lars Förlin, Professor of Ecotoxicology, University of Gothenburg, SE

Simone Tosi, Professor of Environmental Health, University of Turin, IT

Stanislas Rigal, Researcher in Biodiversity, Foundation for Biodiversity 
Research, FR

Jakob Wolfram, Researcher in Ecotoxicology, RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau, DE

Larissa Mies Bombardi, Researcher in Agriculture, Université Libre de 
Bruxelles, BE

Agossè Nadège Degbelo, Researcher in Environmental Health, INRAE, FR

Angelika Hilbeck, Retired Senior Researcher on Environmental Biosafety and 
Agroecology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, CH

Bonnie Bérangère Bailet, Researcher on Ecology and Conservation of Aquatic 
Ecosystems, INRAE, France, FR

Thomas Potthast, Professor of Ethics and Philosophy of Science, University 
of Tübingen, DE

Joffrey Moiroux, Researcher and Lecturer on Entomology, Avignon Université, 
FR

Liesbet Temmerman, Professor for Molecular and Functional Neurobiology, KU 
Leuven, BE

Olivier Jolliet, Professor for Life Cycle Impact Assessment, Technical 
University Denmark, DK

Pierre-François Staub, Scientific Officer on Pollution and Biodiversity, 
French Biodiversity Agency, FR

Ingo Grass, Professor on Agroecology, University of Hohenheim, GE

Denis Paillard, Researcher on Environment-Host-Pathogen Interactions, CNRS, 
FR

Nelson Abrantes, Researcher on Ecotoxicology and Ecological Risk Assessment, 
Aveiro University, PT

Santiago Gonzalez-Martinez, Senior Researcher on Forestry, INRAE, FR

Erik Millstone, Professor for Food Safety Policy, University of Sussex, UK

Konstantinos Makris, Professor in Pesticides and Children's Health, Cyprus 
University of Technology, CY

Christophe Plomion, Senior Researcher in Genetics, INRAE, FR

Pierre Sujobert, Professor for Hematology, Lyon 1 University – Hospices 
Civils de Lyon, FR

Gérard Socié, Professor for Hematology, INSERM, FR

Franck Gilbert, Senior researcher, Ecology, CNRS, FR

Servane Lemauviel-Lavenant, Professor for Ecology, Université de Caen 
Normandie, FR

François-Marie Martin, Professor of Ecology, University Grenoble Alpes, FR

Prof. Pierrick Labbé, Professor for Ecology and Evolution, Université de 
Montpellier, FR

Benoît Fontaine, Researcher in Conservation Biology, Muséum National 
d'Histoire naturelle, FR

Maxime Cailleret, Researcher in Plant Ecology, INRAE, FR

Pierre Jay-Robert, Professor for Ecology, Université de Montpellier Paul 
Valéry, FR

Bertrand Isidor, Doctor for Medical Genetics, CHU Nantes, FR

Julie Deter, Associate Professor Emerging Zoonotic Diseases and Marine 
Ecology, Andromède océanologie, FR

Bernard Riera, Professor Forest Ecology and Botanics, Muséum National 
d'Histoire Naturelle, FR

Valérie D'Acremont, Professor for Global and environmental Health, 
University of Lausanne, CH

Frederic Revers, Researcher, Ecology, INRAE, FR

Alex Ford, Professor for Ecotoxicology, University of Portsmouth, UK

Legay Nicolas, Associate Professor Agroecology, CNRS / INSA Centre Val de 
Loire, FR

Dirk Schmeller, Senior Researcher, CNRS, FR

Robert Paxton, Professor for Insect Evolutionary Ecology, Martin Luther 
University Halle-Wittenberg, DE

Quentin Lambert, Assistant Professor of Functional Ecology, UMR EVA, FR

Olivier Plantard, Senior Researcher Parasitology, INRAE, FR

Martin Quentel, Medical Doctor, Université de Bordeaux, FR

Isabelle Gounand, Researcher in Ecology, CNRS, FR

Mariana Simões, Researcher on Environmental Epidemiology, Utrecht 
University, NL

Matteo Campioli, Professor of Plant Ecology, University of Antwerp, BE

Manuel E. Ortiz Santaliestra, Professor for Ecotoxicology, Institute for 
Game and Wildlife Research (IREC) UCLM-CSIC-JCCM, ES

Eric Petit, Researcher in Ecology, INRAE, FR

Marion Boisseaux, Researcher in Ecology, CNRS, FR

Chalvet-Monfray, Professor for Epidemiology of Animal and Zoonotic Diseases, 
INRAE, FR

Fabrice VAVRE, Senior Researcher on Biological Evolution, CNRS, FR

Eric Solary, Professor for Hematology, Université Paris-Saclay, FR

Tricaud Jérôme, Research Engineer, Université de Bordeaux, FR

Beryl Laitung, Professor for Ecology and Life Sciences, Université Bourgogne 
Europe, FR

Maxime Réjou-Méchain, Senior Researcher, IRD, FR

Jacques Baudry, Researcher, Landscape ecology, crop management, natural pest 
control, INRAE, FR

Annette Morvan-Bertrand, Professor in Plant Physiology, Université de Caen 
Normandie, FR

Jean-Christophe Clement, Professor for Ecosystem functioning, Université 
Savoie Mont Blanc, FR

Vincent Devictor, Senior Researcher, CNRS, FR

Filip Volckaert, Professor for Biological Oceanography, KU Leuven, BE

Florence Hulot, Associate Professor, Paris-Saclay University, FR

Moritz Hunsmann, Researcher Ecology and Health, Occupational and 
Environmental cancer/Pesticides, CNRS, FR

Jessica Dittmer, Researcher on Microbial ecology, INRAE, FR

Fontaine Colin, Researcher, CNRS, FR

Janne Swaegers, Post-doctoral Researcher, KU Leuven, NL

Bouchema Inès, Post-doctoral Researcher, Université de Poitiers, FR

Elsa Jourdain, Senior Researcher, INRAE, FR

Samantha Fevrier, Coordinator SPIPOLL, Université de Bordeaux, FR

Ludovic Duvaux, Research Engineer, INRAE, FR

Julien Foucaud, Research Engineer, INRAE, FR

Annelise Liabot, Project Manager for Biological Safety, INRAE, FR

Jan Buellesbach, Professor Evolutionary Chemical Ecology, Technical 
University of Munich, DE

Manuel Curto, Senior Researcher, BOKU University, AT

Jean-Bernard Cliquet, Professor for Plant Ecophysiology, Université de Caen, 
FR

Cedric Gaucherel, Researcher, INRAE, FR

Noémie Pichon, Researcher, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, CHE

Lisa Jaquin, Professor for Ecotoxicology, Université de Toulouse, FR

Caroline Zandecki, Post-doctoral Researcher, KU Leuven, BE

Hugo Gante, Assistant Professor for Biology, KU Leuven, BE

Adam Vanbergen, Senior Researcher, INRAE, FR

Romain Bertrand, Professor of Global Change Biology, CNRS, FR

Francois Pompanon, Professor, University Grenoble Alpes, FR

Eve Davidian, Post-doctoral Researcher, CNRS, FR

Laurence Huc, Senior Researcher, Group Leader Contaminants & Cellular 
Stress, INRAE, FR

Virginie Cuvillier, Associate Professor Ecotoxicology, Université de Lille, 
FR

Anne Charmantier, Professor for Evolutionary Ecology, CNRS, FR

Josephine Pithon, Professor for Agronomy and Ecology, Ecole Supérieure des 
Agricultures d'Angers, FR

Thibaud Monnin, Senior Researcher, CNRS, FR

Jean-Louis Hemptinne, Professor for Evolution & Biodiversity, Université de 
Toulouse, FR

Gerard Duvallet, Professor Emeritus for Medical Entomology, University 
Paul-Valery Montpellier, FR

Marta Lombó, Post-doctoral Researcher, Università Politecnica delle Marche, 
IT

Farruggia Aurélia, Researcher, University of Caen, FR

Annika Jahnke, Professor for Environmental Chemistry, Helmholtz-Centre for 
Environmental Research - UFZ, GER

Marc Deconchat, Senior Researcher, INRAE, FR

Mirco Bundschuh, Professor for Ecotoxicology, RPTU University 
Kaiserslautern-Landau, GER

Christine Lauzeral, Researcher, CRBE, Université Toulouse, FR

Anatja Samouelian, Researcher, INRAE, FR

Pierre Benoit, Senior Researcher, INRAE, FR

Anamaria Necsulea, Senior Researcher, CNRS, FR

Carole Bedos, Senior Researcher on Volatilization of pesticides, INRAE, FR

Xavier Morin, Senior Researcher in Plant Diversity, CNRS, FR

Armin Bischoff, Professor for Agroecology, Avignon University, UMR IMBE, FR

Robin Mesnage, Researcher in Dietary Exposure to Pesticides, King's College 
London, UK

Élisabeth Lambert, Research in Environmental Law, CNRS, FR

Dominique Adriaens, Professor in Evolution, Ghent University, BE

Birgit Müller, Professor of Political and Environmental Anthropology, 
CNRS/EHESS, FR

Anne-Sophi  Denolle, Senior Lecturer in Law, Université de Rouen Normandie, 
FR

Nidal Shaban, Professor, University of Forestry, BG

Antoine Maclouf, MD, General Medical Doctor, FR

Michel CAMPANO, MD, General Medical Doctor, FR

Michel Nicolle, MD, General Medical Doctor, FR

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Dr. Lindsey Hendricks-Franco

Fellow

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