HEAL’s contribution to Geert Messiaen (BE Mutuel) book ‘Is Europe Social?’
Génon K. Jensen, HEAL’s Executive Director, evaluates the actions of the European Union to protect public health and the environment in a new book by Geert Messiaen, Secretary General of…
HEAL expert forum on healthy cities at Germany’s largest public health conference
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…
Third UN Environment Assembly in Nairobi, Kenya
This year’s UNEA3 was all about health and pollution under the theme ; 'Towards A Pollution-Free Planet'. For the first time, HEAL sent a delegation to Nairobi: Vijoleta Gordeljevic and Eva…
Guest blog from the European Environment Agency (EEA): Human Biomonitoring for Europe
HEAL is excited to be an official stakeholder to HBM4EU, the European Human Biomonitoring Initiative. HBM4EU is a joint effort of 28 countries, the European Environment Agency and the European…
HEAL’s debrief of COP23 in Bonn, Germany
November 2017 –The yearly UN Climate Change Conference took place in Bonn, Germany from 6 to 17 November this year. HEAL sent a 16 head strong delegation to Bonn to…
New WHO report on non-communicable diseases (NCDs) shows 23% of deaths globally can be prevented through healthier environments
HEAL welcomed a new report from the World Health Organization (WHO), which highlights why environmental risk reduction is essential in NCD prevention and that 23% of deaths globally can be…
Sign our petition to tell Members of European Parliament to ban EDCs!
Sign our petition to tell Members of the European Parliament to put public health first and to ban EDCs! The European Union is about to give the green light to new plans…
HEAL highlights from the Sixth Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health in Ostrava, 13-15 June 2017
To increase citizens’ engagement and speed up action on key areas of environmental health, the Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) travelled to Ostrava in the Czech Republic to participate in…
HEAL participates in European Commission’s ‘Noise in Europe’ conference
In the EU, more than 100 million people suffer from noise levels that are considered to have a negative effect on health. Member States’ representatives, scientists, and environmental health NGOs…
HEAL joins task force meeting ahead of Sixth WHO Ministerial Conference
HEAL participated in the European Environment and Health Task Force meeting in Copenhagen, where negotiations continued on the draft Ministerial Declaration and Annexes for the Sixth Ministerial Conference on Environment…
Book review: “Toxic Cocktail: How chemical pollution is poisoning our brains” by Professor Barbara Demeneix
In her latest book, Professor Barbara Demeneix explains how exposure to endocrine disrupting chemicals is resulting in reduced IQ levels in children and higher rates of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)…
HEAL participates in Germany’s biggest public health conference
In March HEAL participated in Germany’s biggest public health conference titled ‘Poverty and Health’ (Armut und Gesundheit), to discuss the health impacts of climate change, its link to poverty, and…
Pesticide Action Week: Showing the world how to protect our health and environment
During Pesticide Action Week 2017, around 1,000 events took place around the world to inform consumers, citizens and decision-makers about the environmental and health risks related to harmful pesticides and…
