Health and Environment Alliance | Pesticides

373 civil society groups urge leaders to take ambitious action to phase out world’s most dangerous pesticides

25th September 2023

373 civil society and Indigenous Peoples organizations from 74 countries urged leaders at a historic global conference to act with urgency to phase out Highly Hazardous Pesticides (HHPs), a particular group of pesticides that cause the most severe harm to human health and the environment and are considered too dangerous for use.

Letter: Health groups urge EU member states to support the non-renewal of glyphosate’s market license

12th September 2023

HEAL, ISDE Italy and the Belgian Independent Health Insurance Funds call on European governments to rely on independent scientific evidence and support a full ban of glyphosate’s market license, ahead of a meeting between member states’ representatives in the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed (SCoPAFF) taking place on 15 September.

Letter to EU Health Commissioner: Stop the reapproval of glyphosate due to major deficiencies in carcinogenicity assessment

11th September 2023

Press note: Health groups concerned about EFSA statement suggesting absence of health concerns in the renewal assessment of probable carcinogen glyphosate

6th July 2023

A statement published today by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) concluded that glyphosate, the most widely used herbicide on the planet, does not pose unacceptable risks for human health, despite independent scientific evidence to the contrary. More...

Infographic (Turkish): Pestisitler ve Sağlığa Etkileri

16th June 2023

Letter to EU Health Commissioner: 10 demands to urgently address shortcomings and flaws in the EU pesticide authorisation system

13th June 2023

83 civil society groups, including HEAL, urge the EU Commissioner for Health and Food Safety to respond to the unfulfilled requests from the EU Parliament to improve Europe's current pesticide authorisation system.

Letter to Members of the EU Parliament: No backward step in EU Pesticides Regulation

13th June 2023

83 civil society groups, including HEAL, urge Members of EU Parliament to recall the Parliament's requests to the Commission and member states to improve the existing pesticide regulation in a plenary vote in January 2019.

Letter to MEPs: Advancing on the implementation of the Farm to Fork strategy for better health and long-term benefits for farmers and everyone

9th May 2023

Ahead of a debate on the role of farmers as enablers of the green transition and a resilient agricultural sector, HEAL urges members of the European Parliament to support the implementation of the Farm to Fork strategy and to adopt a strong health-protective Pesticides Regulation (SUR).

Impact screening on glyphosate: ‘Into the Weeds’ documentary

6th April 2023

Think-Film Impact Production is organising a sneak-preview of ‘Into the Weeds’ documentary in Brussels in April 2023. The documentary covers the legal battle that San Francisco groundskeeper Dewayne Johnson took against Monsanto (now Bayer) for poisoning by glyphosate.

Infographic: The impact of harmful pesticides on people’s health and the environment

30th March 2023

To answer some of the most frequently asked questions regarding the impact of harmful chemicals on people’s health and the environment, the Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) has launched a new easy-to-use infographic and supporting social media assets.

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,…

Pesticides and Health Impacts / Pestisitler ve Sağlığa Etkileri

26th January 2023

Pestisitlerin Sağlık Etkileri konusunda Türkiye sağlık sektöründen öneriler

‘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…

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…

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

14th December 2022

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.

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.

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…

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.

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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