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20 environmental, occupation/workers and health organisations from across Europe urge EU Commission President Barroso and the EU Commission to put the EU on the path for significantly reducing exposure to endocrine disruptors. In a joint letter, the groups outline why comprehensive criteria, a far-sighted strategy and reviewing EDCs in REACH are needed to tackle the global EDCs threat. Read more...
Why human biomonitoring is important for public health and policy-makers
Support from EU decision-makers for human biomonitoring is growing. Measuring contaminants in our bodies can help politicians to fine tune or even launch new policies, allowing them to identify priorities and provide an early warning on potential threats to public health. Read more...
Leading scientist on EDCs speaks on “winning back” public health
Andreas Kortenkamp, author of two major reports on endocrine disruptors for the EU Commission, gave a lecture in Paris on tackling EDCs to win back public health. The meeting was organised by HEAL member Réseau Environnement Santé (RES). Read more...
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Sign on to the PPTOX consensus statement on early life exposure
The scientific consensus statement from the recent ‘PPTOX’ conference on environmental and nutritional stressors in the developmental origins of disease is now open for signatures from scientists.
The paper highlights that because early development (in utero and during the first few years after birth) is particularly sensitive to disruption by exposures to chemicals in the environment and to imbalanced nutrition, with potentially adverse consequences for health later in life, both research and disease prevention strategies should focus more on these vulnerable life stages.
The paper is now open for further signatures from scientists, who can sign by sending their name, affiliation, and country to pptox3@gmail.com. Act now!
Events
May
- 15 – Brussels, Belgium: EPHECT Stakeholders meeting on chemicals in consumer products and indoor air quality - Registration closes on 14 May. Register and download the full programme here
- 16 - Brussels, Belgium: EP event - Can EU citizens afford their medicines? The economic crisis and access to medicines in Europe - More information and register here
Learn more about HEAL’s views and policy work on Chemicals
25 April 2013: Which endocrine disrupting insecticides are children exposed to everyday?
25 April 2013: EFSA opinion on endocrine disruptors problematic
14 March 2013: European Parliament vote on EDCs conveys urgency of protecting health
23 January 2013: EP Committee tells Commission “the sooner the better” on EDCs
25 October 2012: EU biomonitoring shows mothers and children exposed to harmful chemicals
All press releases on Chemicals »Joint NGO letter to President Barroso and Commissioners: Call to reduce our exposure to EDCs
2 October 2012Joint NGO letter to Commissioners on EDCs
31 August 2012NGO comments on the RAC and SEAC opinion on the Danish phthalate dossier
All letters on Chemicals »3 May 2013: CHEM Trust & HEAL’s view on the report of the ED Expert Advisory Group
25 April 2013: NGOs Position Paper on the EC proposal for a Medical Device Regulation COM(212) 542
13 April 2012: HEAL response to consultation on chronic disease policy
2 April 2012: Call on industry to provide substitution case stories
4 April 2011: Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals under REACH: Four Priority Areas for Regulation
All position papers on Chemicals »
6 April 2012: A CHEM Trust and HEAL briefing: Regulating chemicals with endocrine disrupting properties
