Chinese private company wants to build a coal power plant on protected beach in Iskenderun Bay, Turkey
With the 2019 Belt and Road Forum in China starting today, Chinese overseas investments will be in the spotlight. HEAL(Health and Environment Alliance), WWF-Turkey, TEMA Foundation, Climate Action Network Europe,…
HEAL Briefing und Kurzinfo zu gesunder Mobilität
Unser neues Briefing ‚Vorfahrt für Gesundheit‘ bietet einen Überblick, welche Auswirkungen der Verkehr in Deutschland auf die Gesundheit der Menschen hat, durch Luftverschmutzung, Lärm und die Befeuerung des Klimawandels.
NGOs urge immediate action to stop toxic recycling in the EU
Leading European health and environmental organisations are urging governments to withdraw the Stockholm Convention recycling exemptions for persistent organic pollutants used as flame retardant chemicals.
Health effects of glyphosate can be passed down to other generations, shows new study on rodents
A new study published today finds a variety of adverse health impacts in second and third generation offspring of rats exposed to glyphosate. It is the first of its kind to look at transgenerational effects and shows how descendants of exposed offspring were more likely to develop prostate, kidney and ovarian diseases, obesity and birth abnormalities.
European Parliament puts health and the environment first and calls on Commission to get rid of endocrine disrupting chemicals in our daily lives
In the final plenary session of the European Parliament before the EU elections, MEPs have adopted a Resolution on endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) and are calling on the Commission to swiftly take all necessary action to ensure human health and the environment are protected against these harmful chemicals .
Infographic – More Than One Potency
The potency of endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) depends on which organs you measure and how. An EDC does not have a single potency, so it should not be used for…
French farmer takes on Monsanto and wins – victory for all victims of pesticides
The Court of Appeal in Lyon has ruled to hold Monsanto legally accountable for severely harming the health of Paul François, a grain farmer from France’s Charente region. Health actors are welcoming this historic win, a legal precedent in France, as a victory for all victims of pesticides.
Spotlight on clean air for health in Bengaluru, India
New health sector led coalition, supported by HEAL, joins global efforts in improving air quality in cities as part of Unmask my City.
New study calls for urgent evaluation of links between chlorpyrifos and autism development
The existing scientific evidence of the links between the brain-harming pesticide chlorpyrifos and the development of autism among children should urgently be reviewed, according to a new study published today in Environmental Health Perspectives.
