Will business secrecy keep defeating the public’s right to know on food safety?
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…
Health, environment and civil society groups join Brussels region in legal challenge over glyphosate renewal
26 July 2018 Brussels – The Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL), Pesticide Action Network (PAN) Europe, Nature et Progrès Belgique, WeMove.EU and SumofUs today officially applied before the Court of…
Health groups warn proposed change to pesticide law would undermine effective identification and ban of endocrine disruptors
A discussion on a controversial proposal to amend the European pesticide legislation started between representatives of European governments on 19-20 July. Health groups warn that such a change would undermine…
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…
Strong calls on Commission to release new European strategy for endocrine disruptors
Brussels – At an event organised jointly by the Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) and Member of European Parliament Pavel Poc in the European Parliament on 24th May, several MEPs, national governments’…
HBM4EU – A public health tool to inform the transition towards a toxic-free future
New resources were added to this article on 10 October 2019. The Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) is an official stakeholder to HBM4EU, the European Human Biomonitoring Initiative. HBM4EU is…