European Commission publishes roadmap for restrictions on most harmful chemicals, but important implementation details are missing
Reply from European Commision to civil society letter calling to save lives, protect nature from air pollution with science-based revised EU air quality standards
On 22 March, HEAL, together with 35+ medical, health, environmental, public health civil society organisations has sent a letter to European Commission Executive Vice-President Timmermans, Commissioners Sinkevičius and Kyriakides, calling on them…
Green 10 letter to the European Commission calling for the RePowerEU plan to support a phaseout of fossil fuels and nuclear energy
The Green 10 have sent a letter to European Commission President Von der Leyen, with copy to Executive Vice-President for the European Green Deal Timmermans and Commissioner for Energy Simson,…
ENBEL project April newsletter out
The ENBEL project (Enhancing Belmont Research Action to support EU policy making on climate change and health) of which HEAL is a project partner has published its latest newsletter. The…
Infographic: Reforming EU rules on the Classification, Labelling and Packaging of chemicals to better protect health
European Commission reply to Green 10 letter on taxonomy complementary delegated act
The European Commission has sent a reply to a Green 10 letter on the taxonomy complementary delegated act, sent on 28 January 2022. The reply can be found here.
HEAL’s submission to consultation on the evaluation of the LIFE programme
HEAL has submitted a response to the European Commission's consultation on the evaluation of the LIFE programme. It can be found here.
HERA Final Conference: Shaping the Agenda for Research for the Green Deal
The Health Environment Research Agenda for Europe (HERA) final conference was held on March 18, 2022 as a hybrid event in Paris and online, under the patronage of the French…
Delay to EU Pesticide Reduction Exposes Citizens to Increased Health Risks
Responding to the European Commission’s deferral [1] of today’s College discussion on the Sustainable Use of Plant Protection Products Regulation (SUR) proposal contrary to what was originally announced [2], the…
Letter: Civil society call to save lives, protect nature from air pollution with science-based revised EU air quality standards
HEAL, together with 35+ medical, health, environmental, public health civil society organisations has sent a letter to European Commission Executive Vice-President Timmermans, Commissioners Sinkevičius and Kyriakides, calling on them and…
Joint open letter: Publication of the revision of the legislation on the sustainable use of pesticides (SUD)
More than 60 health and environment groups have written to EU Commission President von der Leyen, Executive Vice-President Timmermans and Commissioners Kyriakides, Wojciechowski and Sinkevicius to not postpone the much…
Infographic: Europe needs to ban glyphosate to protect farmers, our health and the environment
HERA Final Conference: Research for the Green Deal / La Recherche pour le Pact vert
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…