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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.

Coal phase out for health overdue

10th December 2018

A new briefing by the Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) (also available in German and and Turkish) demonstrates that 50% of the global lignite mining and use is taking place in Europe. Lignite coal – also called brown coal – is a form of coal that is highly inefficient and polluting. Assessing lignite and hard coal over their life cycles shows that lignite is the most health harming form of coal and should be abolished as soon as possible.

Health groups call for greater EU leadership in tackling climate change

29th November 2018

New research published in The Lancet medical journal today shows that emissions, climate change and rising temperatures are already exposing people everywhere to an unacceptably high health risk. The independent, interdisciplinary research collaboration Lancet Countdown identified that last year globally, 157 million more vulnerable people were subjected to a heatwave than in 2000.

Green NGOs welcome environmental commitments in Brexit deal

26th November 2018

After almost two years of negotiations, an agreement on the UK's withdrawal from the EU, and on the framework for the future EU-UK relationship, has been reached. Green NGOs welcome…

Will business secrecy keep defeating the public’s right to know on food safety?

25th September 2018

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.

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.

World governments make citizens pay billions to destroy their own health

27th July 2017

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.

Over 250 non-government organisations launch alternative vision for Europe

20th June 2017

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…

EU finally recognises Bisphenol A as an endocrine disruptor for human health

16th June 2017

Helsinki/Brussels, 16 June 2017 - The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) today recognised bisphenol A (BPA) as a substance of very high concern because of its endocrine disrupting properties for humans.…

Chemical regulation is “best buy” in cancer prevention

25th May 2017

Brussels, 25 May 2017 – The 2017 edition of the European Week Against Cancer(1) opens in a context where the European Commission just announced its intention to resume the discussion…

Press Releases: Health and Diseases

European Parliament safeguards future of EU financing for environmental health action

Coal phase out for health overdue

Health groups call for greater EU leadership in tackling climate change

Green NGOs welcome environmental commitments in Brexit deal

Will business secrecy keep defeating the public’s right to know on food safety?

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

Health groups call for phasing out of diesel cars as a public health imperative

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

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

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

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

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

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

Çevre Kirliliği 9 milyon insanın erken ölümünden sorumlu

Gizli Maliyetler Can Yakıyor

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

World governments make citizens pay billions to destroy their own health

Over 250 non-government organisations launch alternative vision for Europe

EU finally recognises Bisphenol A as an endocrine disruptor for human health

Chemical regulation is “best buy” in cancer prevention

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