29 NGOs call on EU Parliament and Council to support the Commission’s proposal on the SUR, despite attacks to weaken and delay its adoption
Why melamine should be added to REACH’s blacklist of harmful chemicals
Luftqualität: Gesundheit durch neue Standards schützen
Luftqualität: Gesundheit durch neue Standards schützen Hohe Risiken für akute und chronische Krankheiten durch Feinstaub und Stickstoffdioxid Hannover/Brüssel, 28.10.2022. Die Gefahr ist unsichtbar: Luftverschmutzung ist ein großer umweltbedingter Risikofaktor für die…
Air pollution law revision can be a game changer for zero-pollution ambition
Today, the European Commission released the proposed update to the Ambient Air Quality Directives (AAQD), the first one since 2008. As part of the Zero Pollution Package, this proposal has…
Reactions from the health community on the European Commission’s proposal on updating the Ambient Air Quality Directive
Environmental health groups urge national governments to play their part to ensure reforms of key chemical legislations make speedy progress
HEAL at WHO Bonn Dialogue on Environment and Health: risk communication for environment and health
HEAL’s Anne Stauffer spoke at the fourth of a series of high-level Bonn Dialogues on Environment and Health, held by the WHO European Centre for Environment and Health (ECEH), under…
EU leaders: reaffirm Europe’s leadership in clean air policies
Joint letter by C40, Clean Cities Campaign, European Cyclists' Federation, Transport & Environment and HEAL, calling to Fully align EU limit values for pollutants with the global air quality guidelines…
Health leaders speak out against pesticide pollution in Europe
Health leaders across Europe are calling for urgent measures to reduce exposure to harmful pesticides following their participation in the citizens’ science project ‘the Pesticide-CheckUp’, results of which were published…
Letter to European Commission: Civil society vision on how the EU can deliver the European Green Deal and address the multiple crises we face
Civil society groups urge the EU to keep their promises to ban ‘forever chemicals’ PFAS
Current pesticide reduction measures fail to protect vulnerable groups from pesticide pollution, new study from Italy shows
EDC-Free Europe campaigners welcome the publication of the draft proposal for new EU hazard classes for endocrine disruptors
100+ organisations call for stricter, WHO aligned EU air pollution limits
International health organisations call for fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty to protect lives of current and future generations
Ahead of COP27 in November, more than 192 organisations have signed a letter that demands that governments lay out a legally binding global plan to phase out fossil fuel use.…