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Polyrisk flyer: How micro- and nanoplastics in the environment might impact our health and immune system

30th March 2023

While evidence of the existence of microplastics within our bodies exists, we currently do not know how they affect human health. This new Polyrisk flyer illustrates how this EU-funded project aims to advance the science of how MNPs in our environment impacts health, particularly in relation to the immune system.

Webinar: The Ohio Train Derailment: Impacts and Emerging Lessons

22nd March 2023

Mid-term review of the FREIA project: updates and next steps on how novel research is helping identify endocrine disrupting chemicals that harm female reproductive health

14th March 2023

To mark the start of the final stages of FREIA, the Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) has teamed up with the research project to launch a review of its main findings and milestones of research into the effects of endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) on female reproductive health thus far.

The ATHLETE project holds its fifth consortium meeting – updates on exposome research and early life exposure

10th February 2023

Around 140 researchers representing 23 different partners from 12 countries gathered in Barcelona, Spain and online for the fifth annual consortium meeting of ATHLETE, an EU-funded project that aims to better understand how our environment can impact human health from pregnancy to adolescence by studying the human exposome.

HEAL contributor to WHO Europe roadmap on reducing noncommunicable diseases

13th January 2023

In December 2020, the Regional Director of the WHO Regional Office for Europe established the Advisory Council on Innovation for Noncommunicable Diseases (‎NCD Advisory Council)‎, on which HEAL’s Executive DIrector…

HEAL General Assembly 2022

13th December 2022

For the first time since 2019, HEAL members came together in person in Brussels again, for the HEAL Annual General Assembly in October 2022. The HEAL secretariat and members spent…

HEAL at WHO Bonn Dialogue on Environment and Health: risk communication for environment and health

20th October 2022

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…

Heatwaves – A major health threat

11th August 2022

HEAL dives into the impacts of heatwaves on human health and what policy action is needed to stop this from happening.

HEAL and European Cancer Leagues relaunch infographic illustrating how Europe can prevent cancer by tackling environmental pollutants

25th May 2022

To mark the start of the European Week Against Cancer 2022, the Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) and the European Cancer Leagues (ECL) have teamed up to relaunch an infographic telling the story behind environmental cancer prevention.

HERA Final Conference: Research for the Green Deal / La Recherche pour le Pact vert

9th March 2022

The Health Environment Research Agenda for Europe (HERA), of which HEAL is a project partner, will hold its final conference on 18 March 2022, taking place in Paris and as…

Webinar: How prenatal and postnatal exposure to PFAS affects child cardiometabolic health and inflammatory biomarkers – six European cohorts

14th February 2022

Join us for a special webinar on February 23rd to explore how prenatal and postnatal exposure to PFAS affects child cardiometabolic health and inflammatory biomarkers.

Joint letter: taxonomy complementary delegated act

28th January 2022

The Green 10, of which HEAL is part of, together with other groups has written to European Commission President Von der Leyen, in light of the Commission’s upcoming publication of…

How ATHLETE research on the Human Exposome offers tools for lifelong disease prevention and policy action: New overview article in Journal of Environmental Epidemiology

25th January 2022

A new overview paper in the Journal of Environmental Epidemiology connects the dots on how the ATHLETE project's research on the Human Exposome offers advanced tools for lifelong disease prevention and policy action.

HEAL urges MEPs to put spotlight on environmental health at EU French Presidency exchange

18th January 2022

The European Parliament will hold an exchange with French President Emmanuel Macron regarding the programme of activities of the French Presidency of the Council of the EU (January - June 2022) on 19 January 2022. At the onset of the third year of Covid-19 pandemic, HEAL underlines how this exchange is a major opportunity for MEPs to demand urgent, non-ambiguous and much needed EU action to address environmental pollution, which affects everyone’s health in our society, starting with the most vulnerable.

High level panel: Why urgent action on the EU’s Zero Pollution ambition matters for health – voices from communities and vulnerable groups

24th November 2021

Virtual, public event - moderated by Tamsin Rose. Friday, 10 December 2021, 14.30 – 16.00 CET Pollution harms our health and the environment. It is the largest environmental cause of…

Green 10 statement: EU funds should never harm nature, climate or the environment

18th November 2021

Glyphosate: Health and cancer groups ask France to publicly clarify contradictory position regarding the health effects of the world’s top-selling herbicide

4th November 2021

Is France making a dangerous U-turn on its position on glyphosate? In an open letter published today, HEAL, the Association of European Cancer Leagues and La Ligue contre le Cancer urge the French government to publicly clarify its position regarding the health risks posed by the substance.

Stop glyphosate

30th July 2021

Glyphosate is the most widely used pesticide in the world, which is of concern since its negative impacts on human health and the environment are well-documented. Exposure to this infamous…

How does early-life exposure to environmental pollutants affect our health? New flyer and video from the ATHLETE project

10th June 2021

Have you ever wondered whether and how our everyday environment and activities affect our health? The ATHLETE project is designed to answer these questions by studying the Human Exposome – the totality of environmental exposures from conception to adulthood. Today we are excited to launch a new flyer and video to present the key activities of our research project.

HEAL assessment of Action Plan “Towards a Zero Pollution Ambition for air, water and soil – building a Healthier Planet for Healthier People”

7th June 2021

HEAL scorecard on the European Commission's zero pollution action plan.