[This letter was sent to all Environment, Health, and Agriculture Ministers of the European Union member states on 23 October 2017] Dear Minister, The Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) – a membership…
[This letter was sent to all members of the European Parliament Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety on 18 October 2017] Dear Member of the European Parliament, As…
Dear MEP, As a membership network of over 70 public interest organisations aiming to promote and protect people’s health through environmental action, the Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) would like to…
Dear Minister, We are writing to you on behalf of the EDC Free Europe coalition [1], which represents 70 civil society groups – trade unions, consumers, health professionals, cancer organisations, environmental…
Fastest-growing European Citizens’ Initiative demonstrates huge societal concern about pesticides Brussels, 15 June 2017 – So far more than one million Europeans have signed the European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) to…
Brussels, 25 May 2017 – The 2017 edition of the European Week Against Cancer(1) opens in a context where the European Commission just announced its intention to resume the discussion…
Brussels, 18 May 2017 – The criteria to identify hormone disrupting chemicals (or EDCs), for which a decision was expected today, continue to cause disagreements among EU member states. The…
In her latest book, Professor Barbara Demeneix explains how exposure to endocrine disrupting chemicals is resulting in reduced IQ levels in children and higher rates of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).…
During Pesticide Action Week 2017, around 1,000 events took place around the world to inform consumers, citizens and decision-makers about the environmental and health risks related to harmful pesticides and…
Over 720,000 Europeans have already signed a European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) to stop glyphosate, the most widely used weedkiller in Europe. To reach the threshold of one million signatures needed…
On Friday 7 April, representatives of European Member States met in Brussels to once again discuss the ongoing process to identify endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs). The meeting was the latest…
Paris/Brussels – Thirty human "guinea-pigs" entrusted samples of their urine to Générations Futures for testing for traces of the famous glyphosate, one of the active molecules in the herbicide, RoundUp ®.…
Brussels, 15 March 2017 – Today’s finding by the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) that glyphosate is not a carcinogen has been greeted with grave concern and disappointment in the health and…
Press Annoucement Brussels, 14 March 2017 – In just five weeks, almost half a million Europeans have signed a petition calling on the European Commission to ban the controversial weedkiller glyphosate. Meanwhile, the…
Brussels, 7 March 2017 – Findings published today provide evidence that exposure to endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) causes changes in thyroid hormone signalling, which disturbs brain development. The results are published…
Review builds compelling evidence that chemical exposure harms children’s brains Brussels, 7 March 2017 – The Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) has welcomed today’s publication of a review by CHEM Trust…
