Health and Environment Alliance | Press Releases: Health and Diseases

European Parliament recognises the European Green Deal as a significant contributing factor to cancer prevention in Europe

17th February 2022

The European Parliament has adopted its non-legislative report responding to the publication of the EU Commission 2021 communication on Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan, recognising the EU Green Deal is a key tool to limit people’s exposure to pollution and prevent cancer.

How ATHLETE research on the Human Exposome offers tools for lifelong disease prevention and policy action: New overview article in Journal of Environmental Epidemiology

25th January 2022

A new overview paper in the Journal of Environmental Epidemiology connects the dots on how the ATHLETE project's research on the Human Exposome offers advanced tools for lifelong disease prevention and policy action.

Glyphosate: Health and cancer groups ask France to publicly clarify contradictory position regarding the health effects of the world’s top-selling herbicide

4th November 2021

Is France making a dangerous U-turn on its position on glyphosate? In an open letter published today, HEAL, the Association of European Cancer Leagues and La Ligue contre le Cancer urge the French government to publicly clarify its position regarding the health risks posed by the substance.

HEAL reaction to the European Commission’s Zero Pollution Action Plan

12th May 2021

Today, the Commission published its Zero Pollution Action Plan for air, water and soils (ZPAP). Anne Stauffer, Director for Strategy and Campaigns at HEAL commented: “The European Commission today has…

If Europe really wants to beat cancer, it needs to drastically reduce environmental pollutants and action its Zero Pollution ambition

3rd February 2021

Today the European Commission launched the Beating Cancer Plan, marking the beginning of a new era in cancer prevention. The Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) has welcomed the ambitious plan as a major step forward to prevent cancer by preventing pollution.

Survey shows almost 50% of Belgians are unaware of health-harming endocrine disrupting chemicals in daily lives

19th November 2020

Results from a new survey published by the Belgian Independent Health Insurance Funds (Mutualités Libres / Onafhankelijke Ziekenfondsen) reveal nearly half of Belgian citizens have little knowledge of what endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) are and how they can impact our health.

Moment of truth for EU as over one million people and 100 NGOs call for green, healthy and just recovery

14th May 2020

Over one million people and 100 environmental NGOs across Europe are calling on the European Union to restart its economy by launching the biggest green investment plan the world has…

The European Green Deal identifies right areas for action but more urgency needed to meet zero pollution ambition and benefit health

11th December 2019

Today, the European Commission presented the European Green Deal plan that sets out many environmental health issues, where the European Union policies such as climate, air or chemicals, can help deliver a zero pollution objective and better health protection for all. However, to achieve the transformational, systemic change needed to address the magnitude of the challenges the world is facing today, the timeline and scope of the European Green Deal will have to better reflect the evidence which clearly makes the case for more urgent action.

European Parliament safeguards future of EU financing for environmental health action

11th December 2018

Health voices across the EU welcome steps made by Members of the European Parliament to prioritise health and environment in the next EU budget cycle, in a vote on the next LIFE programme (2021-2017) today.

Endocrine disruptors – Put exposure reduction at the centre of EU action now, urge health groups

17th July 2018

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

27th June 2018

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…

HEAL’s vision for Europe leading the way towards a non-toxic environment

7th June 2018

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…

EDC-Free Europe coalition urges European Commission to protect people and environment from hormone disruptors

15th May 2018

The EDC-Free Europe coalition, representing more than 70 health and environment organisations across Europe, is calling on the EU Commission to finally release a long overdue strategy on endocrine disrupting…

Europe’s non-toxic environment strategy could lead the way towards an ambitious international chemical framework beyond 2020

13th March 2018

Brussels, 13th March 2018 – A global intergovernmental meeting starts today in Stockholm, Sweden, which is instrumental to the process of developing a Strategic Approach for International Chemical Management (SAICM) and a new framework beyond 2020.

Swept under the rug: new report reveals toxics in European carpets threatening health, environment and circular economy

5th March 2018

Toxic substances linked to a range of adverse health impacts can be present in carpets sold in the European Union (EU), the European Public Health Alliance (EPHA) and the Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) warned today following a new study by Anthesis.

Human exposure to preventable environmental chemicals is resulting in health costs of 10% of global GDP

5th December 2017

Cost study prompts call to put health at the top of the policy agenda.

20 Organisations sign declaration expressing serious concern about pharmaceuticals in the environment in the EU

17th November 2017

Today, the Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) joined a group of twenty organisations – led by Health Care Without Harm (HCWH) Europe – to send a Declaration to European Commissioner for Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Karmenu Vella.

Çevre Kirliliği 9 milyon insanın erken ölümünden sorumlu

25th October 2017

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.

Gizli Maliyetler Can Yakıyor

24th October 2017

Pollution causes nine million deaths per year worldwide reveals new and first of its kind Lancet report

20th October 2017

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.

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