Time to modernise the European data on chemicals used in agriculture
The Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) joined ClientEarth and 20 environmental and health organisations across Europe, as well as the European organisation representing the organic food chain business IFOAM Organics…
Position paper: Identification of endocrine disruptors under CLP
In this position paper HEAL, CHEM Trust and ClientEarth outline how horizontal criteria can be set up for the identification and classification of endocrine disruptors under the CLP Regulation.
A 10+13 agroecology approach to shape policies and transform EU food systems
This policy paper puts forward a proposal to mainstream agroecology into the policies governing EU food systems. It builds on the consensual vision of a coalition of EU civil society, farmers and scientific organizations to use the FAO ‘10 Elements of Agroecology’ and ‘13 Agroecological Principles’ as a framework to develop the appropriate instruments and targets for EU policies.
Feedback on the EU Commission public consultation on the inception impact assessment for the review of the Food Contact Materials legislation
The Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) welcomes the opportunity to comment on the European Commission’s plans for revisions of the EU Food Contact Materials (FCM) legislation. HEAL has long called on the EU authorities to close the loopholes in the legislation, which put the health of Europeans at risk through potential leaching of chemicals of concerns from the food contact articles and materials into the food.
