Making the health arguments heard in climate negotiations – HEAL at COP23
Yesterday, a sixteen head strong high-level HEAL delegation traveled to COP23, the UN Climate Change Conference 2017, taking place from 6-17 November in Bonn, Germany.
European Commission fails again to gather support for glyphosate renewal
European representatives of the 28 Member States met today in Brussels in a new attempt to come to a decision on the future of the herbicide glyphosate on the European market.
TV documentary shows how EDCs are affecting our brains
Exposure to endocrine disrupting chemicals may explain the fall in IQ and the explosion in mental development problems in children that have taken place over the past 20 years.
Challenge to EU leaders: Time to move Europe Beyond Coal
Health, environment and climate groups are calling on the European Union to hasten the move away from coal and other fossil fuels and towards clean renewable energy.
Çevre Kirliliği 9 milyon insanın erken ölümünden sorumlu
Tıp dünyasının en önde gelen akademik yayınlarından Lancet’te yayınlanan ve 2015 yılını temel alan yeni çalışma, çevre kirliliğinin küresel ölümlerin yaklaşık yüzde 16’sından sorumlu olduğunu ortaya koyuyor.
Member states fail to agree on glyphosate: Phase out is the only option to protect health
Representatives of the 28 European Member States failed to reach an agreement on the proposed European Commission reauthorisation of glyphosate today.
HEAL welcomes European Parliament vote on glyphosate
Today the European Parliament adopted a resolution objecting to the European Commission proposal for re-authorisation of glyphosate on the European Union market for another 10 years.
HEAL joins German NGOs to call for fast-track action programme on climate
Signed by over 60 organisations with an environmental, faith, development or health background, a proposal for a fast-track climate action programme until 2020 has been shared with the German government today at the beginning of coalition talks.
Pollution causes nine million deaths per year worldwide reveals new and first of its kind Lancet report
Pollution in the air, water, soil and in the workplace is linked to an estimated nine million deaths each year worldwide – equivalent to one in six (16%) of all deaths, according to a ground-breaking new report in the leading medical journal The Lancet.
European Parliament demands ambitious proposal to reduce citizens’ exposure to endocrine disrupting chemicals
The European Parliament today rejected a controversial European Commission proposal on identification criteria for endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs). The Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) applauds the courageous decision to veto a proposal that lacks ambition and would fail to protect human health and the environment.
Générations Futures’ investigation: 53.3% of food samples analysed on French market contained glyphosate residues
53.3% of cereal- and leguminous products that are widely available in French supermarkets contain traces of glyphosate, demonstrate test results from Générations Futures.
New rules hasten end for Europe’s dirtiest power plants
Europe’s most polluting power plants, including many large coal-fired power stations, will be forced to clean up or close down thanks to new EU rules adopted today.
National governments must not use legal loopholes to hide failure on air quality
Nine EU Member States have asked the European Commission for permission to pollute above national limits set in EU law.
World governments make citizens pay billions to destroy their own health
The Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) has launched the report Hidden Price Tags: How ending fossil fuel subsidies would benefit our health providing the first-ever comparison of fossil fuel subsidies and the costs to health associated with air pollution from fossil fuels.
New Meta-analysis finds that among men from North America, Europe and Australia, sperm concentration has declined more than 50% in less than 40 years
New research released today by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem points to an alarming decline in male reproductive health, and suggests worrying implications for male fertility and reproduction.
Giant weedkiller bottle torn down as Europe debates future of glyphosate
Citizens toppled a giant glyphosate bottle at the Schuman roundabout outside the European Commission to symbolise the demand of over 1.3 million people across Europe calling for a ban of the controversial weedkiller.
NGOs acknowledge vote on first ever EDC criteria – Call on European Parliament to reject flawed criteria for sake of health
Today, representatives of European member states from the EU pesticides committee adopted the criteria that are supposed to be used to identify endocrine disrupting chemicals (or EDCs) in the future.
Health groups criticise government report on diesel emissions for denying health impacts
Defeat devices in diesel vehicles have been causing unduly high emission rates of nitrous oxides, which cause serious effects on public health in Germany. According to health experts these effects…
Over 250 non-government organisations launch alternative vision for Europe
Brussels, June 20, 2017 – More than 250 non-government organisations from across Europe have today released an alternative vision for a more democratic, just and sustainable Europe. [1] Intended to…
