Will business secrecy keep defeating the public’s right to know on food safety?
As discussions about a European Commission proposal on the transparency of EU food safety data are underway in both the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union, organisers of the #StopGlyphosate European Citizens’ Initiative warned that to live up to its promising objectives, the proposal must be amended.
Ten of the largest environment organisations publish manifesto ahead of 2019 European elections
The Green 10, a coalition of ten of the largest environmental organisations representing tens of millions of citizens across Europe, call on candidates for the European elections to promote a European Union that puts people and our planet first.
WHO on circular economy and health: opportunities and risks
Circular economy can be an opportunity for health enhancement, only if it is designed to reduce environmental impacts - hazardous substances should not survive in recycled products. But if risks…
Unmask my City: Global health professionals initiative for clean air
The Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) is calling on city authorities to clean up the air in Europe and meet the WHO’s air quality guidelines as part of the “Unmask…
Health, environment and civil society groups join Brussels region in legal challenge over glyphosate renewal
26 July 2018 Brussels – The Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL), Pesticide Action Network (PAN) Europe, Nature et Progrès Belgique, WeMove.EU and SumofUs today officially applied before the Court of…
Health groups warn proposed change to pesticide law would undermine effective identification and ban of endocrine disruptors
A discussion on a controversial proposal to amend the European pesticide legislation started between representatives of European governments on 19-20 July. Health groups warn that such a change would undermine…
Call to protect people’s health as permitting of new coal power projects accelerates in Turkey, including in Eskisehir city
Health groups are concerned about the acceleration of permissions for new coal power plants fuelled with lignite and importated coal, with the approval of two impact assessment (EIA) reports and…
Endocrine disruptors – Put exposure reduction at the centre of EU action now, urge health groups
As the European Commission’s consultation on a roadmap for a framework on endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) comes to a close, the Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) urges the European Commission…
Health groups call for phasing out of diesel cars as a public health imperative
Dieselgate has put the high health impacts from polluting diesel cars into the public and policy-makers’ spotlight. On the occasion of a high-level debate in the European Parliament on the…
Letter to European Commission on the non-toxic environment strategy
Under the seventh Environmental Action Plan (7th EAP), the European Commission is committed to the development of a Union’s strategy for a non-toxic environment by the end of 2018. According…
HEAL’s vision for Europe leading the way towards a non-toxic environment
The Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) today released its vision for Europe leading the transition towards a non-toxic environment and called on the European Commission to finally draw its long…
Increase in number of Coal Power Plants in Canakkale City, Turkey puts air quality and health at risk
Brussels – The city of Canakkale in Turkey is not only famous with its Galipoli and Troia wars, it is unfortunately also a coal and health hotspot in the country. In…
