HEAL was honoured to host renowned epidemiologist Dr. Shanna Swan in Brussels in May 2025. She met with different stakeholders to discuss impact of pollution to reproductive health. To specifically assess sperm decline, Dr. Swan has examined hundreds of scientific studies and conducted her own, which all indicate that sperm count is declining globally. This is the case even when controlling for all variables such as genetic and lifestyle factors.
Today, the European Parliament plenary voted on the revision of the EU’s Ambient Air Quality Directive (AAQD) (2022/0347(COD)).
The report by rapporteur Javi Lopez was voted on with 363 in favour, 226 against, and 46 abstentions.
Anne Stauffer, Deputy Director of the Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) comments:
Health groups welcome the outcome of today’s EP plenary vote on clean air as a crucial step forward towards greater protection from the top environmental threat to people’s health.
MEPs recognised the urgency to act, and have given a much needed health boost to the EU Commission proposal, even though the ambition level was slightly watered down compared to the ENVI committee vote.
We now call on Member States to show the same leadership for health protection, and conclude the AAQD revision negotiations swiftly. Every single person in Europe will benefit from cleaner air.
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