HEAL at the European Health Forum Gastein
HEAL Executive Director Genon K. Jensen will be at the European Health Forum Gastein, speaking at the session, Regulatory shield defending Europe’s brain’s health in a volatile environment.
European Parliament resolution on cardiovascular health includes pollution prevention and climate action
The European Parliament resolution includes key points on cardiovascular health HEAL has raised repeatedly with decisionmakers.
Over 500 scientists and doctors call on European Parliament to pause pesticide deregulation
European scientists and doctors have sent a letter urging the European Parliament to suspend the Food and Feed Safety Simplification Omnibus, until an independent scientific investigation on its health and environmental impacts has been conducted.
HEAL’s response to the public consultation on the application of the ‘do no significant harm’ principle
HEAL has submitted a response to the public consultation on the draft guidance on the application of the ‘do no significant harm’ principle under the 2028-2034 Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF)…
EU court dismisses industry appeal on of health-harming pesticide chlorpyrifos-methyl
The European Court of Justice dismissed the appeal from pesticide manufacturers to challenge once again the non-renewal of the pesticide chlorpyrifos-methyl. Studies show that chlorpyrifos-methyl can impact brain development (developmental neurotoxicity) and cause DNA damage (genotoxicity) – both potentially leading to adverse effects across generations.
HEAL calls on the Commission to Withdraw the Food and Feed Safety simplification omnibus proposal
The Food and Feed Safety simplification omnibus proposal puts health at risk. Health groups have significant concerns that this proposal, as well as some amendments proposed by the co-legislators, would lead to a weakening of key health protective provisions...
Protecting health through climate action – HEAL writes to environment comittee MEPs
Ahead of an exchange between EP envi committee members with Leena Ylä-Mononen, Executive Director of the European Environment Agency (EEA). HEAL has written a letter to MEPs in the committee, urgently calling to place health protection at the centre of EU climate action and step up the EU commitment for public investments.
How the health sector can ensure EU Ambient Air Quality Directive transposition
Air pollution is the European Union's single greatest environmental health threat, contributing to hundreds of thousands of premature deaths each year and billions of euros in health-related costs...
More than 200 organisations call on President von der Leyen to make this fossil fuel crisis Europe’s last
HEAL is one of over 200 signatories of a letter to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen urging her to make this fossil fuel crisis Europe's last, as she is preparing for her State of the European Union speech in September.
Webinar: Pesticides and Parkinson’s disease: the health impacts of regulatory decisions
Join Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) and the Dutch Parkinson's Association (De Parkinson Vereniging) for our upcoming science and policy webinar, “Pesticides and Parkinson's disease: the health impacts of regulatory decisions”
Climate change and health in Poland – a policy brief
Poland faces some of the most acute climate-health risks in the EU. A new briefing from the EU-funded CATALYSE project, coordinated by ISGlobal — in which HEAL is a partner…
Lower EU health-based guidance value for TFA in the diet underlines the need to stop PFAS pollution at the source to protect health
Notes: HEAL webinar on ultrashort-chain PFAS: The global threat of trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) with Dr. Hans Peter Arp (2025) HEAL’s response to Germany’s proposal to classify trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) as toxic for…
METEOR conference on health, environment, climate: an EU agenda to reduce the burden of disease and inequalities
This high-level conference will bring together EU, national and local policy-makers, scientists, health experts and civil society organisations to present the latest evidence on the health costs of pollution and discuss the way forward for an EU 2030 agenda which invests in people’s health, reduces disease cost, and lessens inequalities.
Over 30 health groups call to phase out fossil fuels
The EU Healthy Air Coalition (EUHAC), joined by European and global health organisations, has issued a statement calling on EU policymakers to phase out fossil fuels swiftly.
Better cardiovascular health by reducing environmental pollution
The EP's Public Health Committee (SANT) recently adopted its position on the EU cardiovascular health plan, emphasising the need for prevention instead of solely focusing on treating the consequences of cardiovascular disease.
Green10 meeting with European Commission President von der Leyen
The Green 10, representing 50 million Europeans across all EU member states and candidate countries, met with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen today.
Translating evidence into action: UBDPolicy workshop in Warsaw
Local policymakers, civil society, and researchers to explored new findings on the health benefits of two major environmental policies in Warsaw, sustainable mobility and the increase of green spaces, at…
Letter to EP AGRI, BUDG, REG committees: Increase EU investment for health, climate resilience and clean air across member states
HEAL has sent a letter to members of the European Parliament’s Committee AGRI, BUDG, REGI ahead of them considering the amendments to the draft report on the proposal for the National and Regional Partnership Plan (NRPP) Regulation of the next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) 2028-34.
Joint letter: Advancing chemical safety in the EU through stronger implementation and enforcement of REACH
HEAL and EEB have sent a joint letter to Vice-President Sejourné and Commissioner Roswall.
Letter to EP ENVI and AGRI: Food and feed safety omnibus: Health call to uphold public interest and science on pesticides
HEAL has sent a letter to members of the European Parliament's ENVI and AGRI committees regarding the Food and Feed Safety Omnibus, to express great concerns that the omnibus processes overall, including the Food and Feed Safety Omnibus, would lead to a weakening of key health protective environmental laws.
