Luftqualität: Gesundheit durch neue Standards schützen
Luftqualität: Gesundheit durch neue Standards schützen Hohe Risiken für akute und chronische Krankheiten durch Feinstaub und Stickstoffdioxid Hannover/Brüssel, 28.10.2022. Die Gefahr ist unsichtbar: Luftverschmutzung ist ein großer umweltbedingter Risikofaktor für die…
2022 Global Report of the Lancet Countdown: The health of people around the world is at the mercy of a persistent fossil fuel addiction
The Lancet Countdown team has published its 2022 report, tracking the relationship between health and climate change across five key domains and 43 indicators. “It shows that the world is…
Air pollution law revision can be a game changer for zero-pollution ambition
Today, the European Commission released the proposed update to the Ambient Air Quality Directives (AAQD), the first one since 2008. As part of the Zero Pollution Package, this proposal has…
Reactions from the health community on the European Commission’s proposal on updating the Ambient Air Quality Directive
Environmental health groups urge national governments to play their part to ensure reforms of key chemical legislations make speedy progress
HEAL at WHO Bonn Dialogue on Environment and Health: risk communication for environment and health
HEAL’s Anne Stauffer spoke at the fourth of a series of high-level Bonn Dialogues on Environment and Health, held by the WHO European Centre for Environment and Health (ECEH), under…
EU leaders: reaffirm Europe’s leadership in clean air policies
Joint letter by C40, Clean Cities Campaign, European Cyclists' Federation, Transport & Environment and HEAL, calling to Fully align EU limit values for pollutants with the global air quality guidelines…
Health leaders speak out against pesticide pollution in Europe
Health leaders across Europe are calling for urgent measures to reduce exposure to harmful pesticides following their participation in the citizens’ science project ‘the Pesticide-CheckUp’, results of which were published…