In a few months Austria will be taking over the presidency of the Council of the European Union. In an open letter sent to Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, HEAL encourages Austria…
New resources were added to this article on 10 October 2019. The Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) is an official stakeholder to HBM4EU, the European Human Biomonitoring Initiative. HBM4EU is…
French President Emmanuel Macron will be addressing the European Parliament on Tuesday 17 April 2018 about the future of Europe. Ahead of this important debate, the Health and Environment Alliance…
On 22 March 2018, the European Parliament’s Petitions committee and the Environment, public health and food safety committee held a joint public hearing on the impact of endocrine disrupting chemicals…
Germany’s biggest annual public health conference took place 20 and 21 March in Berlin, bringing together 2,500 participants on the topic of ‘Armut und Gesundheit’ (Poverty and Health). The conference…
The Complex Urban Systems for Sustainability and Health (CUSSH) is a four-year Wellcome Trust funded project that will deliver key global research on the systems that connect urban development and…
On 9 March, HEAL’s Health and Climate Change Officer Eva Takaria joined a conference organised by the project ‘Italian Network of Sentinel Physicians for the Environment (RIMSA)’ in Rome, Italy…
Brussels - Toxic substances linked to a range of adverse health impacts can be present in carpets sold in the European Union (EU), the European Public Health Alliance (EPHA) and…
Doctors and health groups have issued an urgent call to improve air quality in Tuzla and Lukavac (Bosnia and Herzegovina), joining the global Unmask My City campaign for clean air, and inviting doctors region wide to join.
Massive investments into new coal power generation are being planned in Turkey, worsening an already poor air quality situation and threatening people’s health. A new HEAL toolkit puts the spotlight on the three ‘coal hotspot’ cities of Terkidag, Canakkale and Izmir.
