The countdown to clean air for health – HEAL and EFA webinar on key air quality and health information tools
Join this webinar organised by HEAL and EFA and navigate with us through the different air and health information systems.
HEAL’s 2025-2026 annual report is now available
Learn more about HEAL, our strategic goals, and our impact in addressing air quality, climate change, chemicals and pesticides pollution.
EU budget 2028-2034: Adequate funding for clean air for health
The next years will see significant action for clean air, with EU member states having to implement key requirements of the revised AAQD and the NEC Directive. The next EU multiannual financial framework – EU MFF – will be key to help deliver on clean air for health, as major investments for implementation are needed.
HEAL response to call for evidence on housing simplification package
HEAL has great concerns that this consultation is part of efforts to deregulate key health protective environmental legislation and slow down the much-needed stronger implementation and enforcement of EU environmental and climate legislation.
Showcasing the health impacts of noise pollution
A new infographic from the UBDPolicy project — in which HEAL is a partner — shows how noise pollution impacts health, a key issue in cities.
How the health sector can ensure EU Ambient Air Quality Directive transposition
Air pollution is the European Union's single greatest environmental health threat, contributing to hundreds of thousands of premature deaths each year and billions of euros in health-related costs...
Webinar: Pesticides and Parkinson’s disease: the health impacts of regulatory decisions
Watch the recording of the Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) and the Dutch Parkinson's Association (De Parkinson Vereniging) for our upcoming science and policy webinar, “Pesticides and Parkinson's disease: the health impacts of regulatory decisions”
HEAL comments on the 2026 update of the EU REACH Restrictions Roadmap
HEAL's comments and recommendations on the update of the REACH Restriction Roadmap’s rolling list. HEAL's comments were submitted as a follow-up to the 58th CARACAL Meeting.
Climate change and health in Poland – a policy brief
Poland faces some of the most acute climate-health risks in the EU. A new briefing from the EU-funded CATALYSE project, coordinated by ISGlobal — in which HEAL is a partner…
HEAL comments to 58th CARACAL meeting: reproductive toxicity and notifications of new hazards
HEAL, together with ChemTrust and ClientEarth, has submitted comments on two topics discussed in the recent 58th CARACAL meeting.
Green10 meeting with European Commission President von der Leyen
The Green 10, representing 50 million Europeans across all EU member states and candidate countries, met with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen today.
HEAL supports the harmonised classification of chloroethane and texanolisobutyrate
HEAL has submitted comments to the proposals for harmonised classification of chloroethane and texanolisobutyrate (TXIB) as reproductive toxicants and endocrine disruptors.
HEAL submission to EC public consultation on the renewable energy framework for the decade ahead
In its response to the European Commission’s consultation on the renewable energy framework, HEAL called on the Commission not to label biomass combustion as a sustainable renewable energy source, highlighting…
Webinar: The countdown to clean air for health
Join the HEAL webinar on the Ambient Air Quality Directive transposition, 23 June, 2pm CEST
HEAL comments on the SEAC draft opinion on the proposed restriction of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)
HEAL supports SEAC (ECHA Committee for Socio-economic Analysis) draft findings that the proposed restriction on PFAS is the most appropriate measure to address the known risks but cautions the any derogations from the restriction must be time-limited and their need thoroughly justified.
The health impacts of noise pollution: a new UBDPolicy brief
The briefing explains the health impacts of noise on urban residents, current policies in place to address noise, and recommendations for improvements.
Policy briefing: Strengthening EU action for health and climate resilience
The health burden from climate change in Europe keeps growing, with heat as a leading threat, claiming over 47,000 lives in 2023 alone. This briefing makes the case that health resilience by design should be integrated into ongoing adaptation efforts and provides recommendations to strengthen health protection, especially for vulnerable groups.
National targets and flexibilities in the EU climate policy framework after 2030 – HEAL response
HEAL has submitted a response to the call for evidence of a key pillar of the post-2030 climate governance framework: National targets and flexibilities in the EU climate policy framework…
HEAL supports the harmonised classification of two benzotriazoles and their inorganic salts
Benzotriazoles, including 1H-benzotriazole and methyl-1H-benzotriazole, are substances that are widely found in the environment and that have also been detected in urine samples from people in Europe. The broad exposure of nature and humans to benzotriazoles underlines the importance of the identification and classification of their hazards.
