The European Commission must fulfil their obligation to reduce pharmaceutical pollution
19 January 2017, Brussels - Representing hundreds of environmental and health organisations in all 28 European Union Member States and further afield, 14 NGOs are calling for immediate action and answers…
Endocrine disrupting pesticides in tap and surface water
PRESS RELEASE (Original in French) EXPPERT Survey 8: Exposure to endocrine-disrupting pesticides in water Générations Futures EXPPERT survey 8 uses government reports on water quality in France as the basis…
Vote on EU-Canada deal disappoints health groups
Environment Committee of the European Parliament votes against recommendations to protect chemical safety. Brussels, 12 January 2017 – Thirty-five organizations committed to maintaining effective chemical safety regulation in Europe are dismayed…
Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals — One more way CETA endangers public health and the environment
Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals — One more way CETA endangers public health and the environment Dear MEP La Via, Dear ENVI Committee Members, On behalf of 35 public interest organisations, we…
Low-dose, long-term exposure to Roundup causes disease in rats
Brussels, 9 January 2017 – A study published today shows that low levels of exposure to the weed killer Roundup over a long period of time can cause liver disease in…
Lifting Europe’s Dark Cloud – How cutting coal saves lives
Effective emissions limits could save thousands of lives every year, yet more than half of coal power stations in Europe are operating with ‘permission to pollute’ above limits set in…
Europe’s Dark Cloud – How coal-burning countries are making their neighbours sick
HEAL, together with Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe, the WWF European Policy Office and Sandbag launched a new report entitled ‘Europe’s Dark Cloud: How coal-burning countries are making their neighbours…
€8.5 billion in health costs from Balkan coal plants prompt call for EU policy rethink
Brussels/Sarajevo, 15 March 2016 – First-ever estimates of the huge health costs associated with air pollution from coal power plants in the Western Balkans are released today. (1) The costings…
WHO report underlines need for stronger EU action on air pollution
A scientific review on air pollution conducted by the World Health Organization (WHO) shows that the EU needs to step up efforts to improve air quality, according to the Health…
Coal’s health bill reaches €43 billion a year
Brussels, 7 March 2013 - The health costs of coal-fired power stations add a financial burden to the European population of up to €42.8 billion a year. The assessment is…
Unpaid Health Bill – how coal power plants make us sick
In March 2013, HEAL launched the first ‘Unpaid Health Bill – How coal power plants make us sick’, highlighting that the health costs of coal-fired power stations add a financial…
