Health and Environment Alliance | Letters

Dear Minister: Voice your support to non-renewal of chlorpyrifos and chlorpyrifos-methyl

30th October 2019

Exposure to the pesticide chlorpyrifos harms children's brains. Yet it continues to be one of the most commonly used pesticides in Europe. HEAL calls on all European health, environment and agriculture ministers to support the non-renewal of chlorpyrifos and chlorpyrifos-methyl.

18 NGOs write to REACH committee ahead of potential vote on a restriction on tattoo inks and permanent make-up

1st October 2019

A tattoo can be an important means of cultural or self-expression and is popular among Europeans. 18 NGOs have written to members of the REACH committee regarding an proposal for a restriction on tattoo inks and permanent make up.

Will EU ministers support the ban of the pesticide chlorpyrifos?

25th July 2019

The governments of the 28 Member States of the European Union are in the process of deciding on the future of a health-harming pesticide: chlorpyrifos. The Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL), together with other civil society organisations, has written directly to all environment, health and agriculture ministers to express their concerns about the toxicity of this substance.

36 organisations call for EU food policy and Vice-President for Food in open letter to EU Commission President

17th July 2019

HEAL’s environmental health priorities for next EU Commission President

15th July 2019

Ahead of a major vote in the European Parliament on the future European Commission President, the Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) sent its priorities to the candidate for President of the European Commission designated by the Council, the German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen.

For a green reform of the Common Agricultural Policy – Open letter to the EU Parliament Agriculture Committee

9th July 2019

The Coalition for Sustainable Food Systems and Integrated Food Policy - of which HEAL is a member - is calling on the EU Parliament Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (AGRI) to conduct a fair and green reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).

European Commission fails to publish outcome of a fitness check on Europe’s chemicals legislation

17th June 2019

Mere weeks before a high-level conference on the future of the European Union’s chemicals policy, the European Commission has not yet published the ‘raison-d’être’ for the event: the outcome of an evaluation of all chemicals policies except REACH.

33 organisations call for EU food policy and Vice President for Food – open letter to candidates for the presidency of the European Commission

9th May 2019

Thirty-three leading campaign groups, farming organizations, and think tanks have come together to call on the next European Commission President to put an EU food policy in place. Read our letter today.

55 civil society organisations asking for a Europe for well-being and health

9th May 2019

Civil society organisations demand the removal of E171 from the EU list of permitted food additives

7th May 2019

HEAL letter on EU Sibiu Summit

29th April 2019

NGOs urge immediate action to stop toxic recycling in the EU

24th April 2019

Leading European health and environmental organisations are urging governments to withdraw the Stockholm Convention recycling exemptions for persistent organic pollutants used as flame retardant chemicals.

NGOs express concerns about EU regulation on Persistent Organic Pollutants

13th March 2019

Seven health and environment groups have written to European environment ministers, members of the EU Parliament and Commission to express concerns about the sum limit that includes DecaBDE in the regulation recast for persistent organic pollutants (POPs).

21 Civil society groups call for rejection of DEHP and Titanium Dioxide to protect health and environment

4th March 2019

HEAL joins other civil society groups in calling on members of the EU REACH Committee to protect human health and the environment in their upcoming discussions on the chemicals DEHP and Titanium Dioxide (TiO2) on 7 March.

EU Environment Ministers have opportunity to protect our health from EDCs

20th February 2019

In an upcoming Council meeting on 5th March, EU Environment Ministers have an opportunity to call on the EU Commission to develop specific proposals for how the European Union can systematically reduce human and environmental exposures to endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs).

EDC-Free Europe & Green 10 urge EU Commission for plans on non-toxic environment

12th February 2019

The EDC-Free Europe campaign and the Green 10 - a coalition of ten of the largest environmental organisations and networks active on the European level - urge the EU Commission to deliver on its promise to publish its 2018 plans for a non-toxic environment.

EU committee to discuss large number of chemicals that impact the health of thousands of citizens

11th February 2019

This week a EU committee will discuss and potentially vote on a large number of chemicals classification and labelling, restriction and authorisation proposals. If granted, these authorisations will allow the…

Joint open letter: EU air quality laws protect our health – Germany must respect them

5th February 2019

Open Letter by health, environmental, transport and legal civil society organisations, including asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and cancer patients

Members of EU Parliament have chance to ask EU Commission about concrete plans to protect health from toxic chemicals

21st January 2019

This week, Members of the EU Parliament will have the opportunity to engage in a public debate with the European Commission about its plans to reduce harmful exposure to endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs).

Green 10 to Commission VP Timmermans on protecting civil society in Germany

7th December 2018