Health and Environment Alliance

National health groups’ letters to ministers for an ambitious Ambient Air Quality Directive

19th February 2024

As the Ambient Air Quality Directive revision negotiations are ramping up ahead of the final trilogue tomorrow (20 February) health experts from across the EU, including from France, Belgium, Germany, Bulgaria, Italy and Spain, have sent letters to their national ministers, warning decision makers about the potential impacts of exemptions and delays.

Joint letter – Restrict hazardous substances in the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation

16th February 2024

HEAL among many other organisations call for the negotiators of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation to reach an agreement on a robust approach to address substances of concern in packaging materials in the ongoing discussions.

Letter to German environment minister: more action to improve air quality in Germany

15th December 2023

The German Climate and Health Alliance (KLUG) and HEAL have sent a joint letter to the environment minister of Germany Lemke, calling for more action to improve air quality, instead of exemptions and delays.

Polish civil society groups call for ambitious action on EU clean air standards revision to protect health, the environment and the economy

14th December 2023

In a letter supported by dozens of Polish health and environment groups, HEAL calls on the newly elected Polish government to accelerate action against air pollution to protect health.

Letter: Health groups coalition calls on EU environment ministers to accelerate action for clean air for health

12th December 2023

Health groups have sent a joint letter to EU environment ministers, calling to accelerate action for clean air for health, instead of delaying.

HEAL & EEB letter on the promotion of protective hazard identification and labelling processes in the reform of CLP regulation

4th December 2023

HEAL and the European Environmental Bureau sent a joint letter to permanent representatives and ambassadors to the European Union with regards to the trilogue negotiations about the reform of the EU regulation on the classification, labelling and packaging of chemicals (CLP), calling for promotion of protective hazard identification and labelling processes of chemicals.

Letter to Members of the European Parliament: Health call for swift pesticide reduction to prevent disease and save on healthcare costs

16th November 2023

In view of the upcoming plenary vote on the Regulation on the Sustainable use of Pesticide Regulation (SUR) on 22 November, health organisations call on MEPs to swiftly advance the SUR negotiations and strengthen the protection of people in Europe against hazardous pesticides, as a key law to prevent disease.

Open letter to the EU Commission President: Stop the re-approval of glyphosate in light of new scientific evidence on cancer risk

15th November 2023

106 European civil society organisations call on EU Commission President von der Leyen to withdraw the proposal to renew glyphosate's approval, in light of new compelling evidence that the herbicide causes leukaemia in young rats.

Joint letter calling the Executive Vice-President for European Green Deal to uphold commitments made in the Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability

7th November 2023

HEAL alongside other organisations sent a joint letter to Executive Vice-President for European Green Deal Maroš Šefčovič calling to uphold commitments presented in the 2020 Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability in this mandate.

Letter to Chancellor of Germany calling for support for clean air

6th November 2023

HEAL and the German Climate and Health Alliance (Deutsche Allianz Klimawandel und Gesundheit, KLUG) have sent a letter to the Chancellor of Germany, calling for support of strict clean air standards, to prevent disease and lower health costs.

Joint letter: Urgent call to protect European citizens by opposing glyphosate renewal in light of leukaemia risk

2nd November 2023

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.

Joint letter to German environment minister calling for more ambition on clean air

30th October 2023

The German Medical Association (Bundesärztekammer), the German Climate and Health Alliance (Deutsche Allianz Klimawandel und Gesundheit (KLUG)) and HEAL have sent a letter to German environment minister Steffi Lemke regarding the revision of the Ambient Air Quality Directive (AAQD). The organisations call on the minister to improve the European Commission's proposal, by upping the ambition of the legislation...

Letter: Health groups urge MEPs to adopt a health-protective EU pesticides reduction law

18th October 2023

The Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) and its members have written to MEPs in the EP ENVI committee, calling on them to support pesticide reduction in the EU, ahead of a vote on the draft Sustainable Use of Pesticides Regulation (SUR) on 24 October 2023.

Joint letter to EU environment ministers: Health sector calls for clean air to prevent disease and save lives

17th October 2023

Today, HEAL, with seven more health organisations, has sent a letter to EU environment ministers about the EU’s clean air standards (Ambient Air Quality Directives - AAQD). The organisations, representing…

Letter: Health groups call for support for European Commission’s proposal for non-renewal of five endocrine disrupting pesticides

9th October 2023

HEAL calls on governments to support the European Commission's proposal for non-renewal of five endocrine disrupting pesticides.

Letter: Health groups across Europe call on governments to ban glyphosate to safeguard public health

9th October 2023

HEAL and eight of its members and health partners have written to European agriculture, environment, and health ministers to urge their governments to support a complete phase-out of glyphosate.

373 civil society groups urge leaders to take ambitious action to phase out world’s most dangerous pesticides

25th September 2023

373 civil society and Indigenous Peoples organizations from 74 countries urged leaders at a historic global conference to act with urgency to phase out Highly Hazardous Pesticides (HHPs), a particular group of pesticides that cause the most severe harm to human health and the environment and are considered too dangerous for use.

Letter: Health groups urge EU member states to support the non-renewal of glyphosate’s market license

12th September 2023

HEAL, ISDE Italy and the Belgian Independent Health Insurance Funds call on European governments to rely on independent scientific evidence and support a full ban of glyphosate’s market license, ahead of a meeting between member states’ representatives in the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed (SCoPAFF) taking place on 15 September.

Letter to EU Health Commissioner: Stop the reapproval of glyphosate due to major deficiencies in carcinogenicity assessment

11th September 2023

Health groups’ letter to members of the European Parliament: support the Lopez report

7th September 2023

Today, the health groups Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL), European Federation of Allergy and Airways Diseases Patients’ Associations (EFA), European Respiratory Society (ERS), International Society of Environmental Epidemiology (ISEE) Europe, Standing Committee of European Doctors (CPME), European Public Health Alliance (EPHA) and Mutualités Libres/Onafhankelijke Ziekenfondsen sent a letter to all members of the European Parliament.

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