Blogpost by Genon K. Jensen, HEAL founder and Executive Director on the need to prioritise health in the 2024 EU elections: it is time policymakers take strong and consistent action to address climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution for their constituents' benefit.
HEAL and several other organisations are calling on Permanent Representatives of the European Union to protect European citizens by opposing the Commission’s proposal for a 10-year renewal of glyphosate’s approval. This is especially crucial in light of new scientific evidence demonstrating that glyphosate-based herbicides can cause leukaemia in rats, even at low doses that were previously deemed safe by EU regulatory authorities.
Read the full letter here.