Pesticides campaigner wins top award

LEADING pesticides campaigner Georgina Downs has won a third major award for her fight against the Government.
By The Newsroom
Published 20th May 2008, 13:46 BST
Updated 8th Jun 2018, 03:24 BST

The Chichester woman was named the first Inspirational Eco Woman of the Year at the Daily Mail's Inspirational Women of the Year Awards in association with Marks and Spencer and in support of the charity Wellbeing of Women.

The awards gala and dinner took place on Thursday at the Millennium Hotel in Mayfair, hosted by Kirsty Young.

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Ms Downs, who runs the UK Pesticides Campaign, decided to take on the Government in 2001 to protect people in the countryside from exposure to pesticides. Her landmark judicial review challenge against the Government's approach and policy regarding the use of pesticides in crop-spraying was granted permission on all three grounds and the five-day High Court hearing will take place this July.

As part of the prize for also being one of the five national finalists for the overall Inspirational Woman of the Year award, she visited 10 Downing Street on Friday for tea with Primer Minister Gordon Brown's wife, Sarah, along with the four other finalists and their guests.

For full story see West Sussex Gazette May 21

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