HEAL produces and shares a wide range of content.
We advocate for policies to benefit people’s health and the environment, raise awareness on environment and health links and publicise opportunities for action through various resources.
Stay briefed, read our reports, press releases, letters, briefings, policy papers, scientific statements and many other publications are all available below.
Webinar: how pesticides can affect fertility
Join us for a webinar with Rossella Cannarella M.D., Ph.D. and Professor Aldo E. Calogero, to discuss how pesticides can affect fertility. The event will also explore key concerns around the Food and Feed Safety Simplification omnibus proposal.
Investments at member state level are key to protecting health and reducing inequalities
HEAL is partner in publishing a joint briefing to provide support to the European Commission and EU member states on how to effectively design and implement National and Regional Partnership Plans (NRPPs), part of the next EU budget.
The countdown to clean air for health – HEAL and EFA webinar on key air quality and health information tools
Join this webinar organised by HEAL and EFA and navigate with us through the different air and health information systems.
HEAL’s 2025-2026 annual report is now available
Learn more about HEAL, our strategic goals, and our impact in addressing air quality, climate change, chemicals and pesticides pollution.
EU budget 2028-2034: Adequate funding for clean air for health
The next years will see significant action for clean air, with EU member states having to implement key requirements of the revised AAQD and the NEC Directive. The next EU multiannual financial framework – EU MFF – will be key to help deliver on clean air for health, as major investments for implementation are needed.
Investments at member state level are key to protecting health and reducing inequalities
HEAL is partner in publishing a joint briefing to provide support to the European Commission and EU member states on how to effectively design and implement National and Regional Partnership Plans (NRPPs), part of the next EU budget.
EU budget 2028-2034: Adequate funding for clean air for health
The next years will see significant action for clean air, with EU member states having to implement key requirements of the revised AAQD and the NEC Directive. The next EU multiannual financial framework – EU MFF – will be key to help deliver on clean air for health, as major investments for implementation are needed.
HEAL response to call for evidence on housing simplification package
HEAL has great concerns that this consultation is part of efforts to deregulate key health protective environmental legislation and slow down the much-needed stronger implementation and enforcement of EU environmental and climate legislation.
How the health sector can ensure EU Ambient Air Quality Directive transposition
Air pollution is the European Union's single greatest environmental health threat, contributing to hundreds of thousands of premature deaths each year and billions of euros in health-related costs...
HEAL comments on the 2026 update of the EU REACH Restrictions Roadmap
HEAL's comments and recommendations on the update of the REACH Restriction Roadmap’s rolling list. HEAL's comments were submitted as a follow-up to the 58th CARACAL Meeting.
Showcasing the health impacts of noise pollution
A new infographic from the UBDPolicy project — in which HEAL is a partner — shows how noise pollution impacts health, a key issue in cities.
How the urban environment impacts people’s health: a new UBDPolicy infographic
A new infographic, published by the EU funded UBDPolicy research project, of which HEAL is a partner, summarises the health impacts of urban environments.
Health impacts of air pollution, heat, and lack of green space in Sofia: a new UBDPolicy infographic
A new infographic, published by the EU funded UBDPolicy research project, of which HEAL is…
Infographic: Invest in better health
HEAL's new infographic on the next EU budget highlights science-based recommendations on investing in pollution prevention for better health.
EUHAC infographic: It’s time to cut pollutants at all sources
For UNEP's International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies, the EU Healthy Air Coalition (EUHAC), which brings together non-profit health expert voices in the EU to advocate for better health for all through clean air, calls to cut pollutants at all sources in a new infographic.
Infographic: The EU must protect people’s health and the environment against endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs)
The EDC-Free Europe coalition, of which HEAL is a member, has launched a new infographic illustrating the harmful impacts of exposure to known and suspected endocrine disruptors on our health and the environment.
New report: Chemical pollution driving men’s health crisis
A new report commissioned by the Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) warns that chemical pollution is fuelling a growing men’s health crisis in Europe. Rates of prostate and testicular cancer, as well as male infertility, continue to rise — with evidence linking these trends to exposure to harmful chemicals such as phthalates, PFAS, pesticides, and microplastics. Alarmingly, exposure even before conception is associated with disorders in sons.
HEAL annual report 2024-2025 now available
Read HEAL's annual report to learn more about HEAL, our strategic goals, and our impact in addressing air quality, climate change, chemicals, and pesticides.
New report: The PFAS policy landscape across Europe
A new report commissioned by the Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) finds that EU member states have varying policies to protect health from per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) pollution. While Austria, Denmark, and France have national PFAS plans, and Belgium has regional ones, most EU member states rely on EU regulations that are not sufficient to control PFAS contamination and protect health.
An early coal phase-out in Poland can save lives, improve health and strengthen the economy
As the Polish government is about to launch its update on its 2040 Energy Strategy (PEP), part three of HEAL’s ‘Curing Chronic Coal’ series, published today, shows that the earlier Poland phases out coal power, the greater the health benefits and saved health costs to society will be.
Curing Chronic Coal: The health benefits of a 2030 coal phase out in Turkey
A new report by the Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) now highlights that phasing out…
An early coal phase-out in the Western Balkan can save lives, improve health and strengthen the economy
A new report by the Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL), published today, shows that phasing out…
Webinar: how pesticides can affect fertility
Join us for a webinar with Rossella Cannarella M.D., Ph.D. and Professor Aldo E. Calogero, to discuss how pesticides can affect fertility. The event will also explore key concerns around the Food and Feed Safety Simplification omnibus proposal.
The countdown to clean air for health – HEAL and EFA webinar on key air quality and health information tools
Join this webinar organised by HEAL and EFA and navigate with us through the different air and health information systems.
Webinar: Pesticides and Parkinson’s disease: the health impacts of regulatory decisions
Watch the recording of the Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) and the Dutch Parkinson's Association (De Parkinson Vereniging) for our upcoming science and policy webinar, “Pesticides and Parkinson's disease: the health impacts of regulatory decisions”
Webinar: The countdown to clean air for health
Join the HEAL webinar on the Ambient Air Quality Directive transposition, 23 June, 2pm CEST
Webinar: Strengthening climate resilience in Poland: the role of the health sector
Join the webinar on 12 May, 16.00-18.00 CEST.
Plastic, Chemicals & Infertility: What we know now
In this EDC Strategies Partnership webinar, Dr. Swan discussed the science behind the "Plastic Detox" movie, details of the “detox” process the participating couples undertook, and how to understand the implications of this experiment.
