Human exposure to preventable environmental chemicals is resulting in health costs of 10% of global GDP
Cost study prompts call to put health at the top of the policy agenda.
Guest blog from the European Environment Agency (EEA): Human Biomonitoring for Europe
HEAL is excited to be an official stakeholder to HBM4EU, the European Human Biomonitoring Initiative. HBM4EU is a joint effort of 28 countries, the European Environment Agency and the European…
Institute of Public Health of Serbia: Heavy metal pollution from mining sites harms public health
The Institute of Public Health of Serbia, a HEAL member, recently published a study focusing on the public health threats of some of the most industrially contaminated areas in Serbia. Coal…
HEAL’s debrief of COP23 in Bonn, Germany
November 2017 –The yearly UN Climate Change Conference took place in Bonn, Germany from 6 to 17 November this year. HEAL sent a 16 head strong delegation to Bonn to…
20 Organisations sign declaration expressing serious concern about pharmaceuticals in the environment in the EU
Today, the Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) joined a group of twenty organisations – led by Health Care Without Harm (HCWH) Europe – to send a Declaration to European Commissioner for Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Karmenu Vella.
HEAL supports position paper which calls for greater civil engagement in defining research priorities EU
Engagement of civil society organisations and citizens has been suboptimal in defining research and innovation priorities in Horizon 2020 and in previous EU Research Framework Programmes.
Çevre Kirliliği 9 milyon insanın erken ölümünden sorumlu
Tıp dünyasının en önde gelen akademik yayınlarından Lancet’te yayınlanan ve 2015 yılını temel alan yeni çalışma, çevre kirliliğinin küresel ölümlerin yaklaşık yüzde 16’sından sorumlu olduğunu ortaya koyuyor.
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.
New WHO report on non-communicable diseases (NCDs) shows 23% of deaths globally can be prevented through healthier environments
HEAL welcomed a new report from the World Health Organization (WHO), which highlights why environmental risk reduction is essential in NCD prevention and that 23% of deaths globally can be…
Sign our petition to tell Members of European Parliament to ban EDCs!
Sign our petition to tell Members of the European Parliament to put public health first and to ban EDCs! The European Union is about to give the green light to new plans…
HEAL highlights from the Sixth Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health in Ostrava, 13-15 June 2017
To increase citizens’ engagement and speed up action on key areas of environmental health, the Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) travelled to Ostrava in the Czech Republic to participate in…
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…
Over 250 non-government organisations launch alternative vision for Europe
Brussels, June 20, 2017 – More than 250 non-government organisations from across Europe have today released an alternative vision for a more democratic, just and sustainable Europe. [1] Intended to…
EU finally recognises Bisphenol A as an endocrine disruptor for human health
Helsinki/Brussels, 16 June 2017 - The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) today recognised bisphenol A (BPA) as a substance of very high concern because of its endocrine disrupting properties for humans.…
Chemical regulation is “best buy” in cancer prevention
Brussels, 25 May 2017 – The 2017 edition of the European Week Against Cancer(1) opens in a context where the European Commission just announced its intention to resume the discussion…
