Health and Environment Alliance | Position Papers: Pesticides

Joint statement: For an ambitious pesticides regulation that protects people, biodiversity and ecosystems

23rd October 2023

More than 75 health and environment groups call upon all EU member states and members of the EU Parliament to support a strong Sustainable Use of Pesticides Regulation (SUR) without further delays.

HEAL’s response to the public consultation on the EU Pesticide Reduction Law proposal

20th September 2022

Responding to European Commission’s public consultation on its plans for a Sustainable Use of Plant Protection Products Regulation (SUR), the Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) has welcomed the proposal but calls for more significant and faster reduction of pesticide use in order to protect health from the pesticide pollution across the EU.

Joint statement: A strong EU Nature Package to tackle the climate, health and biodiversity crises

16th June 2022

HEAL has joined 24 civil society organisations to call on the European Commission to publish the EU Nature Package on the planned date to tackle the climate, health and biodiversity crises.

Joint statement: Urgent need for precise public data on the use of pesticides across Europe

30th May 2022

76 organisations call on EU Member States to support the European Parliament's proposals on the reform of the agriculture statistics regulation (SAIO).

Briefing: HEAL’s response to the public consultations on the EU’s initial assessment of glyphosate

3rd February 2022

This briefing outlines HEAL's response to two public consultations on the EU's initial assessment of glyphosate, and lists our key concerns about the EU assessment report on the toxicity of the pesticide.

Glyphosate: EU toxicity assessment report still fails to address health risks of world’s most-used pesticide

25th November 2021

A review of the EU assessment report from the Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) on the toxicity of the popular pesticide glyphosate confirms that the evaluation is still mostly based on studies and arguments provided by the chemical industry.

HEAL position on the Sustainable Use of Pesticides Directive

12th April 2021

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 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

HEAL’s response to French consultation on draft national action plan on endocrine disruptors

7th February 2019

France’s initiative to update its national action plan on endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) can be an inspiring driver for European action towards the reduction of exposure to toxic chemicals and…

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…

HEAL Media briefing: Serious health conditions caused by pesticides in France

27th March 2014

Position Papers: Pesticides