Press Note: Health groups welcome restriction on widely used sub-family of PFAS
Press Note: New scientific study indicates PFAS can increase risk of disease in unborn children
Press Note: Agreement on the CLP reform – health groups welcome the outcomes of the negotiations
Press Release: ECHA report confirms that regulatory action is needed on PVC and its additives
Press Note: Glyphosate: failed Member States’ vote shows it is impossible to ignore science – European Commission called to drop its proposal
Press Note: European Parliament votes to protect health with the reform of the CLP legislation
Press release – Victory for health: European General Court upholds ban for chlorpyrifos-methyl
European Parliament recognises the European Green Deal as a significant contributing factor to cancer prevention in Europe
How ATHLETE research on the Human Exposome offers tools for lifelong disease prevention and policy action: New overview article in Journal of Environmental Epidemiology
Glyphosate: Health and cancer groups ask France to publicly clarify contradictory position regarding the health effects of the world’s top-selling herbicide
HEAL reaction to the European Commission’s Zero Pollution Action Plan
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
Survey shows almost 50% of Belgians are unaware of health-harming endocrine disrupting chemicals in daily lives
Moment of truth for EU as over one million people and 100 NGOs call for green, healthy and just recovery
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
European Parliament safeguards future of EU financing for environmental health action
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…
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…