HEAL recently highlighted the importance of continued EU action to reduce pollution in a panel discussion at the Brain Innovation Days. The science on how exposure to air, chemicals or pesticides pollution harms healthy brain development keeps growing: a recent review of 40 empirical studies conducted across four continents has shed light on the concerning link between outdoor air pollution and children's brain development.
On 14 April, 39 civil society organisations have sent a joint letter to Executive Vice-President Timmermans, Commissioner Kyriakides, Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski and Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius, highlighting the importance and urgency of publishing the Farm to Fork strategy without delaying further by end April 2020.
Read the full letter here