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.
The governments of the 28 Member States of the European Union are in the process of deciding on the future of a health-harming pesticide: chlorpyrifos. The Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL), together with other civil society organisations, has written directly to all environment, health and agriculture ministers to express their concerns about the toxicity of this substance.
The current authorisation of chlorpyrifos in the EU is set to expire on 31 January 2020. The pesticide is often detected in citrus fruits: more than 1 out of 3 sampled grapefruit and lemons, and 1 out of 4 sampled oranges and mandarins contain residues.
Over 212,500 people have already signed a petition to ban chlorpyrifos.
Read the letter (available in English and French) from HEAL, SumOfUs, Générations Futures, Ecologistas en Acción and the European and German branches of the Pesticide Action Network.
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