Member states fail to agree on glyphosate: Phase out is the only option to protect health
Representatives of the 28 European Member States failed to reach an agreement on the proposed European Commission reauthorisation of glyphosate today.
Pollution causes nine million deaths per year worldwide reveals new and first of its kind Lancet report
Pollution in the air, water, soil and in the workplace is linked to an estimated nine million deaths each year worldwide – equivalent to one in six (16%) of all deaths, according to a ground-breaking new report in the leading medical journal The Lancet.
HEAL joins German NGOs to call for swift implementation of pollution control regulation
In an open letter to the German ministry of economy as well as the ministry of environment, the Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) joined six large German NGOs as well…
New rules hasten end for Europe’s dirtiest power plants
Europe’s most polluting power plants, including many large coal-fired power stations, will be forced to clean up or close down thanks to new EU rules adopted today.
National governments must not use legal loopholes to hide failure on air quality
Nine EU Member States have asked the European Commission for permission to pollute above national limits set in EU law.
Open letter to Nicolas Hulot, French Minister responsible for the environment
Dear Minister, We are writing to you on behalf of the EDC Free Europe coalition [1], which represents 70 civil society groups – trade unions, consumers, health professionals, cancer organisations, environmental…
HEAL Healthy Energy Paper
Check out HEAL’s brand new Healthy Energy Paper in English, Polish and Czech, which we just launched at the 6th Environment and Health conference organized by the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) in Ostrava, Czech Republic!
Further delay on flawed EDC criteria maintains unnecessary risks on human health and the environment
Brussels, 18 May 2017 – The criteria to identify hormone disrupting chemicals (or EDCs), for which a decision was expected today, continue to cause disagreements among EU member states. The…
HEAL participates in European Commission’s ‘Noise in Europe’ conference
In the EU, more than 100 million people suffer from noise levels that are considered to have a negative effect on health. Member States’ representatives, scientists, and environmental health NGOs…
HEAL Poland continues to raise awareness in the fight for cleaner air
Despite Polish government’s efforts to underestimate the problem of air pollution in the country, HEAL Poland continues to raise awareness and involve medical community into the fight for cleaner air…
