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Turkey: Rising Temperatures and the Impact of Heat Waves on Health, Cities, Water and Forests
23rd September 2021
The summer of 2021 has put health concerns of extreme weather events to the forefront.…
Health groups call for EU air quality standards to be fully aligned with new WHO recommendations
22nd September 2021
he World Health Organization (WHO) has today published its much awaited new evidence-based Global Air Quality guidelines, the first update since 2005. Health groups now urge the European Union and national decision-makers to protect the health of hundreds of millions by stepping up efforts for clean air for health. This can be achieved first and foremost by fully aligning EU air quality standards with the science based guidelines and other new studies - a step that thousands of citizens have been calling for.
Letter: Health and environment groups call on EU governments to identify Resorcinol as a substance of very high concern
6th September 2021
Eight health and environment groups across Europe are calling on EU ministers to identify Resorcinol, a health-harming endocrine disruptor, as a substance of very high concern.
Joint letter: Territorial Just Transition Plans assessed against WWF Just Transition principles
3rd September 2021
WWF and nine other organisations have written to the European Commission to urge Territorial Just Transition…
NGOs to refuse invitations to speak at fossil-fuel sponsored media events
2nd September 2021
Sixteen leading European civil society organisations [1] have announced they will no longer accept invitations…
Bundesregierung verpasst Chance, tausende vorzeitige Todesfälle aufgrund von Luftverschmutzung aus Kohlekraftwerken zu verhindern
16th August 2021
Bundesregierung legt unambitionierte Grenzwerte für Kohlekraftwerke fest, die zu über 18.000 vorzeitigen Todesfällen führen werden.…
HEAL webinar series on transport and health in Poland
29th July 2021
The road transport sector is one of the main sources of pollution in cities. It…
Health groups call for EU air quality standards to be fully aligned with new WHO recommendations
22nd September 2021
he World Health Organization (WHO) has today published its much awaited new evidence-based Global Air Quality guidelines, the first update since 2005. Health groups now urge the European Union and national decision-makers to protect the health of hundreds of millions by stepping up efforts for clean air for health. This can be achieved first and foremost by fully aligning EU air quality standards with the science based guidelines and other new studies - a step that thousands of citizens have been calling for.
NGOs to refuse invitations to speak at fossil-fuel sponsored media events
2nd September 2021
Sixteen leading European civil society organisations [1] have announced they will no longer accept invitations…
Bundesregierung verpasst Chance, tausende vorzeitige Todesfälle aufgrund von Luftverschmutzung aus Kohlekraftwerken zu verhindern
16th August 2021
Bundesregierung legt unambitionierte Grenzwerte für Kohlekraftwerke fest, die zu über 18.000 vorzeitigen Todesfällen führen werden.…
Revealed: EU Glyphosate assessment was based on flawed science
3rd July 2021
A new scientific analysis concludes that the European Food Safety Authority's (EFSA) claim that glyphosate is not genotoxic cannot be justified on the basis of manufacturers’ studies. Of the 53 industry-funded studies used for the EU’s current authorization of glyphosate, 34 were identified as "not reliable", 17 as "partly reliable" and only 2 studies as "reliable" from a methodological point of view.
Letter: Gouvernance et moyens de la Stratégie Nationale sur les Perturbateurs Endocriniens (SNPE)
25th June 2021
À l’occasion de la réunion du Groupe Santé Environnement (GSE) le 30 juin 2021, un…
Ominous first step in EU renewal process of glyphosate: 4 member states suggest no risk for human health – HEAL comment
15th June 2021
Today four EU member states (France, Hungary, the Netherlands and Sweden) released a statement proposing that glyphosate does not pose risks for human health. HEAL is concerned at such a conclusion, which is in contradiction to the scientific evidence of the association between exposure to the popular pesticide and the development of cancer.
How PFAS chemicals affect women, pregnancy and human development: Health actors call for urgent action to phase them out
25th May 2021
The International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO), the Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) and the University of California in San Francisco (UCSF) have published a fact sheet and infographic to call for immediate action against “forever chemicals”, to protect reproductive health, fertility and human development.
Letter: Health and environment groups call on EU governments to identify Resorcinol as a substance of very high concern
6th September 2021
Eight health and environment groups across Europe are calling on EU ministers to identify Resorcinol, a health-harming endocrine disruptor, as a substance of very high concern.
Joint letter: Territorial Just Transition Plans assessed against WWF Just Transition principles
3rd September 2021
WWF and nine other organisations have written to the European Commission to urge Territorial Just Transition…
Letter: Gouvernance et moyens de la Stratégie Nationale sur les Perturbateurs Endocriniens (SNPE)
25th June 2021
À l’occasion de la réunion du Groupe Santé Environnement (GSE) le 30 juin 2021, un…
A tale of disruption: looking back at one decade of Europe’s (unkept) promises to address endocrine disrupting pesticides
29th July 2021
By using the example of the ongoing assessments of five substances that have long been suspected to disrupt our thyroid function, HEAL's Natacha Cingotti and Angeliki Lyssimachou illustrate the extremely slow pace of and the related weakness in the implementation of Europe’s promises to protect people, animals and wildlife from effects associated to exposure to endocrine disruptors.
Announcement of Belchatow coal plant closure is turning point for health
10th June 2021
Therefore, the Belchatow closure announcement is a milestone for better health protection for the people in Poland and beyond, and shows that there is a growing recognition that coal cannot have a place in a healthy energy future for Poland, or elsewhere.
At the same time, there’s no reason for leaning back, as we have not reached our goal of a coal phase out in the EU by 2030 yet - a date that is scientifically proven to be needed to slow down the climate crisis.
Beat pollution today to prevent disease tomorrow – for everyone
4th June 2021
By Genon K. Jensen, HEAL’s Executive Director Adapted from speech given at high level event…
Greater health engagement and commitment needed to clean up the air in Serbia
14th May 2021
The launch of the first ever national Air protection Program in the Republic of Serbia…
Turning the plastic tide: how upgraded chemicals regulations are piece and parcel of addressing the plastics challenge
21st October 2020
Taking on the plastics challenge in a way that puts health and the environment first to deliver on Europe’s Zero Pollution ambition requires upgrading European regulations on chemicals and articles in which they are used, encompassing the entire lifecycle of plastics.
Ditch fossil fuelled transport to guarantee healthy air, study confirms
21st October 2020
What kind of city do we want to live in? Normally we don’t think much about that in our daily lives, but with the COVID pandemic we’ve also had to re-think the ways we move about in our cities.
