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Joint letter to ministers of health on shaping a comprehensive global plastics treaty

Leading up to the fifth and final round of negotiations for the Global Plastics Treaty that will take place 25 November - 1 December 2024, in Busan, South Korea, HEAL together with Health Care Without Harm (HCWH) Europe wrote to all European health ministers highlighting the urgent need to address the severe health and environmental impacts of plastics, including in the healthcare sector. 

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HEAL assessment of the trio hearings of Vice-President-designate Ribera, Vice-President-designate Séjourné and Commissioner-designate Hoekstra

Over the past days, MEPs held confirmation hearings with Vice-President-designate Ribera, Vice-President-designate Séjourné and Commissioner-designate Hoekstra, whose complementary and mutually enabling portfolios respectively focus on “Clean, Just and Competitive Transition”, “Prosperity and Industrial Strategy” and “Climate, Net-Zero and Clean Growth”.  HEAL was encouraged to see strong coherence among the three designates on their shared commitment to protecting health against this triple crisis.  

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Advocating for a European future free of endocrine-disrupting chemicals

HEAL, alongside the EDC-Free Europe coalition, is asking future EU leaders to protect health and the environment from the health-harming endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs). The recently published EDC-Free Europe statement ‘7 priorities to protect people and environment from harm caused by endocrine-disrupting chemicals outlines crucial steps that policymakers must take to protect public health and the environment from these harmful substances.

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HEAL Annual General Assembly 2024 – Health protection from environmental threats in the New EU Agenda

HEAL has sent a letter to permanent representations of EU member states and  EU environment ministers today, calling on their support and leadership to ensure that previous commitments made for a high level of health and environment protection will remain at the heart of the 2024-2029 EU Commission mandate, including delivering on the health protective measures promised in the Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability (CSS) and the revision of REACH with no further delay.

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Letter to EU environment ministers – uphold commitment to health protection objectives in Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability

HEAL has sent a letter to permanent representations of EU member states and  EU environment ministers today, calling on their support and leadership to ensure that previous commitments made for a high level of health and environment protection will remain at the heart of the 2024-2029 EU Commission mandate, including delivering on the health protective measures promised in the Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability (CSS) and the revision of REACH with no further delay.

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HEAL annual report 2023-2024 out

Our Annual Report covering the financial period of March 2023 – March 2024 has just been published! Find out about our overarching strategic goals and the wide range of activities on air quality, climate and energy, chemicals pesticides, as well as research projects, using a myriad of tools and channels and often working with partners and in coalition.

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Letter to the President of the European Commission on protecting people’s health against climate change, pollution and biodiversity loss

HEAL calls on European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to commit to protecting people’s health from the triple crisis during her second term in a letter. HEAL urges her to safeguard and strengthen the EU climate and environmental acquis for better health, and accelerate on the zero pollution path, including for the foreseen reform of the EU chemicals law REACH. 

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