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FIGO, UCSF and HEAL share 10 tips to avoid toxic chemicals during and after pregnancy

27th July 2020

The Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO), the University of California – San Francisco (UCSF) and the Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) have launched easy-to-use infographics for obstetricians, gynecologists and health groups to create awareness around toxic chemicals and pregnancy in a one-week social media campaign.

Revealed European Commission frictions over the Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability – HEAL’s concerns for health protection

17th July 2020

On 16th July 2020, several media outlets around Europe revealed major internal dissensions within the European Commission about the development of the European Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability, including a leaked annotated draft of the strategy.

European Parliament calls on EU Commission to take health-first approach in upcoming chemicals strategy

10th July 2020

The European Parliament has adopted a resolution setting its position on the European chemicals strategy for sustainability, demanding a ‘health and environment-first’ approach to European legislation on chemicals.

European Parliament environment committee demands a health-first approach to EU chemicals strategy

30th June 2020

The Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) applauds MEPs for supporting ambitious proposals in favour of a shift towards a ‘health and environment-first’ approach in European chemicals legislations, in order to reduce people’s exposure to mixtures of harmful substances, prevent diseases, and support the transition to a non-toxic circular economy.

EEB & HEAL urge governments to restrict substances in tattoo inks & permanent make-up ahead of REACH Committee Meeting

18th June 2020

1 in 10 Europeans has a tattoo. On 23 June, EU governments will discuss a restriction on tattoo inks and permanent make-up. HEAL and the EEB wrote a letter to the REACH Committee, urging members to restrict these health-harming chemicals.

HEAL regrets ECHA Member States Committee failure to recognise endocrine disrupting Resorcinol as a substance of very high concern

18th June 2020

HEAL urges Member States and the Commission to support the recognition of the endocrine disrupting Resorcinol as a substance of very high concern.

HEAL requests intervention in industry legal challenge of European non-renewal of chlorpyrifos-methyl

10th June 2020

The Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) today announced having requested the right to intervene in a legal challenge recently launched against the non-renewal of pesticide active substance chlorpyrifos-methyl at the…

HEAL and European Cancer Leagues launch infographic illustrating how Europe can prevent cancer by tackling environmental pollutants

25th May 2020

To mark the start of the European Week Against Cancer 2020, the Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) and the European Cancer Leagues (ECL) have teamed up to launch an infographic telling the story behind environmental cancer prevention.

New science commentary: How fossil fuel-derived pesticides and plastics harm health, biodiversity, and the climate

21st May 2020

A new commentary published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology shows how three global health threats - chemical pollution (including endocrine disrupting chemicals), loss of biodiversity and climate change - are more strongly interlinked than previously thought by their common origins in fossil fuels such as coal, oil, or gas, including that derived from fracking.

New scientific study highlights non-monotonic dose-response curves and low-dose effects of bisphenol A

20th May 2020

A new scientific study, undertaken as part of the US CLARITY-BPA project, developed a quantitative assessment of the effects of bisphenol A (BPA) exposure on mammary gland development and found a consistent pattern of non-monotonic dose response relationships [2] on a set of over 90 measurements. This demonstrates a causal relationship between exposure to BPA and the health effects observed.

A healthy, green and just response to the COVID-19 crisis in the Western Balkans

6th May 2020

The Western Balkan countries are faced with an unprecedented crisis, and the magnitude of public health consequences of COVID-19 are and will be costing the Balkan region dearly. The World…

HEAL asking for environmental health protection and evidence-based disease prevention at the heart of EU’s COVID-19 recovery

29th April 2020

Today the Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) wrote to Presidents Michel and Von der Leyen to ask that environmental health protection and evidence based disease prevention are put at the…

Executive Vice-President Timmermans’ reply to HEAL’s letter on zero pollution and health protection

23rd April 2020

Executive Vice-President Timmermans' reply to HEAL's letter on zero pollution and health protection

Joint letter: Greening state aid as part of the Commission’s Green Recovery Strategy

22nd April 2020

HEAL together with the other Green 10 organisations has sent a letter to Commission President Von der Leyen as well as on greening state aid as part of the European…

For a Europe that cares for all – during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond

22nd April 2020

Solidarity must be the bedrock of Europe’s response to this crisis: to fighting the pandemic and protecting all people, to managing the social and economic consequences, and to defending democracy. Solidarity goes beyond borders and should not be limited to European Union countries.

CSOs open letter on the importance and urgency of publishing the Farm to Fork strategy by end April 2020

15th April 2020

On 14 April, 39 civil society organisations have sent a joint letter to Executive Vice-President Timmermans, Commissioner Kyriakides, Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski and Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius, highlighting the importance and urgency of publishing the Farm to Fork strategy without delaying further by end April 2020.

How endocrine disrupting chemicals affect women’s reproductive health: new factsheet and infographic by the FREIA project

9th March 2020

It is beyond a doubt that endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) impact the health of humans and the environment globally. Surprisingly, we still don’t know exactly how EDCs can harm female reproductive health. The Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) has teamed up with the FREIA project to launch a factsheet and infographic - available in English, Dutch and French - to introduce this research project and to illustrate how EDCs affect women’s health.

International scientists sound alarm bell over harmful chemicals coming in contact with our food

3rd March 2020

An international group of 33 world-renowned scientists published today a peer-reviewed consensus statement on the impact of food contact chemicals on human health and recommended improvements of the assessment of chemicals in a health-protective way. Civil society groups from Europe, the U.S. and Asia have issued a declaration of concern in response to this consensus statement, calling on regulators to upgrade regulatory frameworks in order to protect public health while ensuring a transition away from single-use towards safe and reusable food packaging..

MEPs block EU Commission proposal that would allow toxic lead in recycled PVC

12th February 2020

Members of the European Parliament today objected to a European Commission proposal to allow lead-contaminated recycled PVC to be sold in the EU. The Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL), ClientEarth and the European Environmental Bureau (EEB) have applauded MEPs for using their power of scrutiny in order to ask the European Commission to walk the talk and keep toxics out of the circular economy, a promise outlined in the European Green Deal.

The “forever chemicals” that are harming our health: PFAS

4th February 2020

You may not recognize the name PFAS, short for per and polyfluorinated alkyl substances, yet it is likely you come in contact with this toxic chemical on a daily basis. From frying pans and cosmetics to paper food packaging and clothing, PFAS is a class of more than 4,700 widely-used, man-made chemicals. And they are putting our health and the environment at serious risk.

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