It began in May 1982, when 30 civil society groups from 16 countries gathered in Penang, Malaysia to forge a common strategy to address the growing global pesticide threat. The meeting, hosted by the Asia Pacific Regional Centre of the International Organisation of Consumers Union (IOCU, which is now Consumers International) and Sahabat Alam (Friends of the Earth Malaysia), launched Pesticide Action Network (PAN).
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