Health and Environment Alliance | Position Papers

A 10+13 agroecology approach to shape policies and transform EU food systems

28th January 2021

This policy paper puts forward a proposal to mainstream agroecology into the policies governing EU food systems. It builds on the consensual vision of a coalition of EU civil society, farmers and scientific organizations to use the FAO ‘10 Elements of Agroecology’ and ‘13 Agroecological Principles’ as a framework to develop the appropriate instruments and targets for EU policies.

Feedback on the EU Commission public consultation on the inception impact assessment for the review of the Food Contact Materials legislation

26th January 2021

The Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) welcomes the opportunity to comment on the European Commission’s plans for revisions of the EU Food Contact Materials (FCM) legislation. HEAL has long called on the EU authorities to close the loopholes in the legislation, which put the health of Europeans at risk through potential leaching of chemicals of concerns from the food contact articles and materials into the food.

Comments on CA/MS/91/2020: 2nd Workshop on a pragmatic approach to address the risk from combined exposure to non-intentional mixtures of chemicals – REACH as an example

11th January 2021

HEAL’s follow-up comments to CARACAL 37 discussions on essential uses

6th January 2021

We welcome the opportunity to comment on the European Commission documents relating to the concept of essential uses, which were presented and discussed at CARACAL 37 in November 2020.

Four principles for a participatory just transition in the Western Balkans and Ukraine

10th December 2020

HEAL reply to ECHA public consultation on draft proposal for listing chlorpyrifos as a Persistent Organic Pollutant (POP) under the Stockholm Convention

8th December 2020

HEAL’s follow-up comments to third CASG-ED meeting

19th October 2020

HEAL response to public consultation on combined evaluation roadmap/inception impact assessment of the proposed revision of the directive on the sustainable use of pesticides

31st August 2020

Comments on CA/MS/47/2020 Synthesis paper for CARACAL provided by KEMI and the Netherlands “Comments on a pragmatic procedure to regulate the risks of exposure to coincidental combinations of chemicals, in the EU”

14th August 2020

HEAL response to ANSES proposal to classify Lithium Salts – lithium carbonate, lithium chloride, lithium hydroxide – as toxic to reproduction 1A

13th August 2020

HEAL comments on the EU Commission roadmap on a chemical strategy for sustainability

10th June 2020

REACH committee to discuss proposal to restrict over 4,000 chemicals that can be used in tattoo inks and permanent make-up

11th May 2020

On 13 May 2020, the REACH committee is scheduled to discuss a proposal from the European Commission that aims to agree on a restriction covering over 4,000 hazardous chemicals that can be used in tattoo inks or permanent make-up.

NGOs comment on CA/MS/34/2020 ´Towards a pragmatic procedure to regulate the risks of exposure to unintended combinations of chemicals in the EU´

8th May 2020

HEAL’s contribution to public consultation on proposed update of the EDC information requirements in the biocides product regulation (BPR)

30th March 2020

The problem of PFAS in Europe – joint NGO flyer

30th March 2020

Per- and Poly-fluoroalkyl Substances, more commonly known as PFAS, are a particularly harmful chemical group. In this flyer, HEAL, CHEMSEC, EEB, CHEM Trust and THINK-Film explain the problem of PFAS in Europe.

HEAL comments on CASG-ED

9th March 2020

HEAL’s contribution to stakeholder survey on EU legislation on endocrine disruptors

31st January 2020

HEAL questions for European Parliament hearings – Legislature 2019-2024

19th September 2019

The Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) prepared a dedicated set of questions to test three of the Commissioners-designates on their commitment to act for a healthy planet for healthy people.

Proposed European restriction on tattoo inks and permanent make-up: HEAL and EEB’s final assessment

17th September 2019

For millions of Europeans, a tattoo can be a means of self-expression. It may also, however, represent a direct source of exposure to a complex cocktail of chemicals. support the proposal for an EU-wide restriction on tattoo inks, building on existing national legislation and based on the highest standards of protection of human health.

Why the European Parliament should reject the Commission proposed “One in, one out” principle

17th September 2019

The Green 10 is firmly against the introduction of a “One in, one out” principle for new legislation, as planned by European Commission President-Elect Ursula von der Leyen. The proposed principle calls for any new initiative that creates a burden to be compensated by relieving an equivalent existing burden in the same policy area.