News on our policy work

New video to celebrate Pesticides Action Week 2013

As part of their activities during Pesticides Action Week (20 – 30 March), HEAL and Pesticides Action Network Europe (PAN E) have launched a video clip to urge organisations to join their ‘EDC Free Campaign’. Read more...

French committee and charter on pesticide alternatives

A cross party committee of senators in France has launched a ’’Charter for alternatives to pesticides’’ (Charte du Comité des élus pour les alternatives des pesticides) to disseminate information on pesticides and promote alternatives. More than 100 elected officials – senators, members of Parliament and municipal councillors – have already joined. Read more...

Pesticide victims: French authorities asked to compensate farmer

For the first time, the French authorities have been asked to compensate a farmer because he developed a cancer associated with his exposure to chemical substances contained in pesticides. Read more...

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20 March 2012: Daily chemical exposure adds to obesity and diabetes risk

18 January 2012: EU biocides law considered a “standstill” by NGOs

13 October 2011: CAP reform: a pale and unhealthy shade of green

27 September 2011: "Notre Poison quotidien" highlights EU’s environmental health challenges

20 March 2011: Week without pesticides becomes "Pesticides Alternatives Week"

All press releases on Pesticides »

27 April 2011

To: IMCO Committee
Re: NGO vote recommendations in view of the vote in the IMCO-Committee on the amendments to the Commission’s proposal for a biocide regulation (COM 0267)

12 October 2010

To: Members of the Council Working Group for Environment.
Re. Joint NGO recommendations for the forthcoming considerations of Council Working Group for Environment concerning the biocide regulation (COM (2009) 267)

21 September 2010

To: MEPs
Re: NGO recommendations for the EP vote on ENVI report (Biocide Regulation)

All letters on Pesticides »

6 September 2011: Joint NGO recommendations for EP ENVI Committee’s 2nd reading on the biocide regulation (COM (2009) 267)

15 September 2007: NGO Position paper: Pesticides and health

All position papers on Pesticides »

24 June 2010: Which pesticides are used in my School?

24 June 2010: Six steps to pesticide reduction: A HEAL toolkit for communities and individuals wishing to reduce local pesticide use

24 June 2010: Pesticides in schools : Short guide

24 June 2010: Pesticides - a toxic education? A survey of pesticides in UK schools

All publications on Pesticides »

September 2010, Collegium Ramazzini
Call for Action : Control of Biocides in the European Union

June 2010, ChemTrust
A review of the role of pesticides play in some cancers: Children, farmers and pesticides users at risk?

June 2009, Prof. Dr. Andreas Kortenkamp
State of the Art Report on Mixture Toxicity

October 2008, Collaborative on Health and the Environment
Agriculture and Cancer: A need for action

All scientific statements on Pesticides »