Health and Environment Alliance

Chinese run for investments in the Balkans: Construction of new coal power plants affects health of citizens

29th November 2017

Chinese investments in a new coal power plant unit in Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina, could jeopardize local health standards and the environment.

Glyphosate: future generations to pay the price of reauthorisation of health-harming herbicide

27th November 2017

Glyphosate, the world’s most widely used herbicide, was reauthorized for a period of five years on the European market today.

Constructing a new coal power plant in Serbia means putting the health and lives of thousands of people on the line

21st November 2017

This week, Serbia reiterated its announcement to construct the Kostolac B3 coal power plant – a 350 megawatt close to the Romanian border which will primarily use the lignite form of coal.

20 Organisations sign declaration expressing serious concern about pharmaceuticals in the environment in the EU

17th November 2017

Today, the Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) joined a group of twenty organisations – led by Health Care Without Harm (HCWH) Europe – to send a Declaration to European Commissioner for Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Karmenu Vella.

Making the health arguments heard in climate negotiations – HEAL at COP23

11th November 2017

Yesterday, a sixteen head strong high-level HEAL delegation traveled to COP23, the UN Climate Change Conference 2017, taking place from 6-17 November in Bonn, Germany.

European Commission fails again to gather support for glyphosate renewal

9th November 2017

European representatives of the 28 Member States met today in Brussels in a new attempt to come to a decision on the future of the herbicide glyphosate on the European market.

TV documentary shows how EDCs are affecting our brains

7th November 2017

Exposure to endocrine disrupting chemicals may explain the fall in IQ and the explosion in mental development problems in children that have taken place over the past 20 years.

Challenge to EU leaders: Time to move Europe Beyond Coal

2nd November 2017

Health, environment and climate groups are calling on the European Union to hasten the move away from coal and other fossil fuels and towards clean renewable energy.

Çevre Kirliliği 9 milyon insanın erken ölümünden sorumlu

25th October 2017

Tıp dünyasının en önde gelen akademik yayınlarından Lancet’te yayınlanan ve 2015 yılını temel alan yeni çalışma, çevre kirliliğinin küresel ölümlerin yaklaşık yüzde 16’sından sorumlu olduğunu ortaya koyuyor.

Member states fail to agree on glyphosate: Phase out is the only option to protect health

25th October 2017

Representatives of the 28 European Member States failed to reach an agreement on the proposed European Commission reauthorisation of glyphosate today.

HEAL welcomes European Parliament vote on glyphosate

24th October 2017

Today the European Parliament adopted a resolution objecting to the European Commission proposal for re-authorisation of glyphosate on the European Union market for another 10 years.

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24th October 2017

HEAL joins German NGOs to call for fast-track action programme on climate

20th October 2017

Signed by over 60 organisations with an environmental, faith, development or health background, a proposal for a fast-track climate action programme until 2020 has been shared with the German government today at the beginning of coalition talks.

Pollution causes nine million deaths per year worldwide reveals new and first of its kind Lancet report

20th October 2017

Pollution in the air, water, soil and in the workplace is linked to an estimated nine million deaths each year worldwide – equivalent to one in six (16%) of all deaths, according to a ground-breaking new report in the leading medical journal The Lancet.

European Parliament demands ambitious proposal to reduce citizens’ exposure to endocrine disrupting chemicals

4th October 2017

The European Parliament today rejected a controversial European Commission proposal on identification criteria for endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs). The Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) applauds the courageous decision to veto a proposal that lacks ambition and would fail to protect human health and the environment.

Générations Futures’ investigation: 53.3% of food samples analysed on French market contained glyphosate residues

14th September 2017

53.3% of cereal- and leguminous products that are widely available in French supermarkets contain traces of glyphosate, demonstrate test results from Générations Futures.

New rules hasten end for Europe’s dirtiest power plants

31st July 2017

Europe’s most polluting power plants, including many large coal-fired power stations, will be forced to clean up or close down thanks to new EU rules adopted today.

National governments must not use legal loopholes to hide failure on air quality

31st July 2017

Nine EU Member States have asked the European Commission for permission to pollute above national limits set in EU law.

World governments make citizens pay billions to destroy their own health

27th July 2017

The Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) has launched the report Hidden Price Tags: How ending fossil fuel subsidies would benefit our health providing the first-ever comparison of fossil fuel subsidies and the costs to health associated with air pollution from fossil fuels.

New Meta-analysis finds that among men from North America, Europe and Australia, sperm concentration has declined more than 50% in less than 40 years

26th July 2017

New research released today by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem points to an alarming decline in male reproductive health, and suggests worrying implications for male fertility and reproduction.

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