The European Green Deal identifies right areas for action but more urgency needed to meet zero pollution ambition and benefit health
HEAL welcomes the 10 commitments from Frans Timmermans, Virginijus Sinkevičius and Stella Kyriakides to act for a healthy planet for healthy people
First-ever Plastic Health Summit to present preliminary results of ground-breaking research by ZonMw
HEAL questions for European Parliament hearings – Legislature 2019-2024
Why the European Parliament should reject the Commission proposed “One in, one out” principle
10 ways to protect our health and the environment
La déclaration de l’EFSA reconnaissant les effets nocifs du chlorpyrifos sur la santé humaine ajoute à l’urgence d’une interdiction totale
EFSA’s statement acknowledging chlorpyrifos harm for human health adds urgency for a full ban
HEAL’s environmental health priorities for next EU Commission President
A HEAL tribute to Jean-Pierre Bourguignon
European Parliament safeguards future of EU financing for environmental health action
Healthy mobility in cities – a win-win for climate, air quality and our health
Ten of the largest environment organisations publish manifesto ahead of 2019 European elections
EU should ban brain-harming chlorpyrifos to protect health
Today, the Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) together with Générations Futures, Pesticide Action Network Europe and Pesticide Action Network Germany releases a factsheet on the health effects of chlorpyrifos. Chlorpyrifos is…
Endocrine disruptors – Put exposure reduction at the centre of EU action now, urge health groups
As the European Commission’s consultation on a roadmap for a framework on endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) comes to a close, the Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) urges the European Commission…
Health groups call for phasing out of diesel cars as a public health imperative
Dieselgate has put the high health impacts from polluting diesel cars into the public and policy-makers’ spotlight. On the occasion of a high-level debate in the European Parliament on the…
Letter to European Commission on the non-toxic environment strategy
Under the seventh Environmental Action Plan (7th EAP), the European Commission is committed to the development of a Union’s strategy for a non-toxic environment by the end of 2018. According…