The winners of the European Fossil Fuel Subsidies Awards have been revealed, with Poland as the big “winner”! The awards, for which HEAL helped judge the unhealthiest contestants, were organised…
This month HEAL joined a Civil20 (C20) summit in Hamburg, which brought together over 300 civil society organisations to advise G20 governments on how to achieve a fossil-free future. On…
Three major endocrine expert groups have alerted the European Commission they are seriously concerned with its proposed criteria on EDCs and alert that it will not protect human health. In a…
Defeat devices in diesel vehicles have been causing unduly high emission rates of nitrous oxides, which cause serious effects on public health in Germany. According to health experts these effects…
The Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) has joined a coalition of 73 NGOs and The World Alliance for Mercury-Free Dentistry to urge the UN Environment Executive Director to co-sponsor a…
To increase citizens’ engagement and speed up action on key areas of environmental health, the Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) travelled to Ostrava in the Czech Republic to participate in…
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…
Brussels, June 20, 2017 – More than 250 non-government organisations from across Europe have today released an alternative vision for a more democratic, just and sustainable Europe. [1] Intended to…
Helsinki/Brussels, 16 June 2017 - The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) today recognised bisphenol A (BPA) as a substance of very high concern because of its endocrine disrupting properties for humans.…
Ostrava, 15 June 2017 - HEAL does community monitoring on the Road to WHO Environment and Health Ministerial conference To increase citizens’ engagement and more speedy action to improve Europe’s…
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…
