Health and Environment Alliance

Call for applications: Advocacy and Campaigns Officer (Health and Chemicals)

2nd February 2023

The Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) is recruiting a new Advocacy and Campaigns Officer to implement advocacy and campaign action plans on key files of the Health and Chemicals Programme,…

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Pesticides and Health Impacts / Pestisitler ve Sağlığa Etkileri

26th January 2023

Pestisitlerin Sağlık Etkileri konusunda Türkiye sağlık sektöründen öneriler

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‘ÇİSİP’ – a joint project on health collaboration on climate change and environment in Turkey

1st January 2023

Since 2020, HEAL, together with HASUDER – the Association Of Public Health Specialists and Kocaeli University, Department of Public Health, has been coordinating the “Health Collaboration on Climate Change and…

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Environmental health groups welcome introduction of European harmonised hazard classes for endocrine disruptors

19th December 2022

The European Commission has today released its proposal for the creation of dedicated hazard classes for endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) under the EU legislation for classification, labelling and packaging of…

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Joint letter to Commissioner Stella Kyriakides: Take the side of European people and ban glyphosate

14th December 2022

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David vs Goliath: French farmer victim of pesticide poisoning brings the story of his legal battle against agri-giant Bayer-Monsanto to Brussels to support pesticides phase out

8th December 2022

Today, French farmer Paul François is in Brussels following the release of another national court ruling, as part of his decade-long legal battle against agribusiness giant Bayer-Monsanto.

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European Commission mustn’t abandon hazardous chemical exports ban commitments made in EU Green Deal

1st December 2022

Ahead of the Global No Pesticides Day on 3 December, more than 325 civil society organisations from across the globe, institutions and trade unions are publishing today a Joint Statement demanding a ban on the export of hazardous chemicals that are forbidden in the EU.

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Webinar: Prenatal exposure to phthalates, bisphenol, and organophosphate pesticide mixtures and fetal growth

16th November 2022

6 December 2022, 16:00 - 16:45 CEST Click here to watch the recording of the webinar Click here to download the presentation slides Pregnant women are ubiquitously exposed to a…

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Environmental health groups urge national governments to play their part to ensure reforms of key chemical legislations make speedy progress

25th October 2022

HEAL and 14 environmental health organisations call on European governments to keep pressing the European Commission to deliver the promised reforms of the REACH and CLP regulations, and to support the proposal for a new pesticide reduction law.

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Health leaders speak out against pesticide pollution in Europe

19th October 2022

Health leaders across Europe are calling for urgent measures to reduce exposure to harmful pesticides following their participation in the citizens’ science project ‘the Pesticide-CheckUp’, results of which were published…

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Current pesticide reduction measures fail to protect vulnerable groups from pesticide pollution, new study from Italy shows

4th October 2022

A study carried out in the Italian province of Bolzano-South Tyrol reveals that despite measures taken by local authorities to reduce pesticide pollution, synthetic pesticides that can harm health and the environment are still detected in nearby children's playgrounds and schoolyards.

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HEAL’s response to the public consultation on the EU Pesticide Reduction Law proposal

20th September 2022

Responding to European Commission’s public consultation on its plans for a Sustainable Use of Plant Protection Products Regulation (SUR), the Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) has welcomed the proposal but calls for more significant and faster reduction of pesticide use in order to protect health from the pesticide pollution across the EU.

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Today: HEAL in European Court of Justice to defend the ban of health-harming pesticide chlorpyrifos-methyl

8th September 2022

The Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) will appear in the European Court of Justice today to support the European Commission in its defense over the ban of chlorpyrifos-methyl and the scientific assessment that led to it.

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Letter to PAFF Committee: Call to adopt without delay the Implementing Regulation harmonising the content and format of the pesticide use records

11th July 2022

58 organisations across Europe are calling on representatives of national governments and members of the PAFF Committee to adopt without delay the Implementation Regulation harmonising the content and format of the pesticide use records.

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Phyto-Victimes web series shines light on farmers’ fight for recognition as victims of toxic pesticides

24th June 2022

A new web series launched by Phyto-Victimes, a French group supporting victims seeking legal justice and compensation following exposure to health-harming pesticides, brings into focus the long quest for recognition many farmers are forced to undergo in France and elsewhere.

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Health groups welcome Europe’s plan to reduce pesticide dependency but demand stronger protection measures

22nd June 2022

Responding to the European Commission's delayed proposal for a Sustainable Use of Plant Protection Products Regulation (SUR), HEAL and several health groups caution that the measures set by the new plan will not achieve a meaningful reduction of Europe's dependency on synthetic pesticides.

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Joint statement: A strong EU Nature Package to tackle the climate, health and biodiversity crises

16th June 2022

HEAL has joined 24 civil society organisations to call on the European Commission to publish the EU Nature Package on the planned date to tackle the climate, health and biodiversity crises.

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Scientific evidence of glyphosate link to cancer dismissed in ongoing EU assessment, new report reveals

8th June 2022

A HEAL report published today shows that scientific evidence that glyphosate is carcinogenic has so far been dismissed in the EU scientific assessment that will form the basis for the re-approval discussion of its EU market license.

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Health and environmental groups raise alarms over EU Chemicals Agency’s failure to classify glyphosate as a carcinogen for human health

30th May 2022

Health and environmental organisations have expressed severe concerns after the European Chemicals Agency’s Committee for Risk Assessment (RAC) concluded that the widely-used pesticide-active substance glyphosate does not meet the criteria to be labeled as a carcinogenic or genotoxic agent.

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Joint statement: Urgent need for precise public data on the use of pesticides across Europe

30th May 2022

76 organisations call on EU Member States to support the European Parliament's proposals on the reform of the agriculture statistics regulation (SAIO).

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Pesticides

Call for applications: Advocacy and Campaigns Officer (Health and Chemicals)

Pesticides and Health Impacts / Pestisitler ve Sağlığa Etkileri

‘ÇİSİP’ – a joint project on health collaboration on climate change and environment in Turkey

Environmental health groups welcome introduction of European harmonised hazard classes for endocrine disruptors

Joint letter to Commissioner Stella Kyriakides: Take the side of European people and ban glyphosate

David vs Goliath: French farmer victim of pesticide poisoning brings the story of his legal battle against agri-giant Bayer-Monsanto to Brussels to support pesticides phase out

European Commission mustn’t abandon hazardous chemical exports ban commitments made in EU Green Deal

Webinar: Prenatal exposure to phthalates, bisphenol, and organophosphate pesticide mixtures and fetal growth

Environmental health groups urge national governments to play their part to ensure reforms of key chemical legislations make speedy progress

Health leaders speak out against pesticide pollution in Europe

Current pesticide reduction measures fail to protect vulnerable groups from pesticide pollution, new study from Italy shows

HEAL’s response to the public consultation on the EU Pesticide Reduction Law proposal

Today: HEAL in European Court of Justice to defend the ban of health-harming pesticide chlorpyrifos-methyl

Letter to PAFF Committee: Call to adopt without delay the Implementing Regulation harmonising the content and format of the pesticide use records

Phyto-Victimes web series shines light on farmers’ fight for recognition as victims of toxic pesticides

Health groups welcome Europe’s plan to reduce pesticide dependency but demand stronger protection measures

Joint statement: A strong EU Nature Package to tackle the climate, health and biodiversity crises

Scientific evidence of glyphosate link to cancer dismissed in ongoing EU assessment, new report reveals

Health and environmental groups raise alarms over EU Chemicals Agency’s failure to classify glyphosate as a carcinogen for human health

Joint statement: Urgent need for precise public data on the use of pesticides across Europe

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