373 civil society and Indigenous Peoples organizations from 74 countries urged leaders at a historic global conference to act with urgency to phase out Highly Hazardous Pesticides (HHPs), a particular group of pesticides that cause the most severe harm to human health and the environment and are considered too dangerous for use.
The European Parliament’s Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety is currently considering the proposal to revise the EU’s ambient air quality directives (AAQD), a cornerstone for the protection of people’s health and the environment from air pollution.
Today, HEAL, together with the European Public Health Alliance (EPHA), the European Respiratory Society (ERS), the International Association of Mutual Benefit Societies (AIM), Mutualités Libres/Onafhankelijke Ziekenfondsen, the European Federation of Allergy and Airways Diseases Patients Associations (EFA) and the Standing Committee of European Doctors (CPME) has written to members of the committee, urging them tostep up on the European Commission’s proposal, to reduce ill-health and health cost swiftly and significantly.
Read the full letter here
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