HEAL response to EU Commission roadmap on endocrine disrupting chemicals
HEAL has welcomed the opportunity to comment on the European Commission roadmap, titled 'Harmful chemicals - endocrine disruptors, review of EU rules'.
Available for download: Recordings and presentations from our series of webinars on chlorpyrifos
The Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) held a series of three webinars dedicated to the health and environmental impacts of chlorpyrifos, a pesticide widely used across Europe and of which residues are regularly found in our food. Download them today!
“Forever chemical” added to the European list of substances of very high concern
The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has recognised HPFO-DA – a fluorinated substance using the so-called GenX technology - as a substance of very high concern (SVHC) due to its probable serious effects on human health and the environment.
Environment Council’s demand for more ambitious action on chemicals at start of new European term could lead to major health benefits
The Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) welcomes the European environment ministers’ demand for more ambitious and swifter action against harmful chemicals from the European Commission, Member States and ECHA. The European Council conclusions agreed upon today lay out the strategic direction that the EU’s future policy on chemicals should take, and highlight in particular REACH, endocrine disruptors, nanomaterials and pharmaceuticals as priority areas.
New overview of data on chlorpyrifos residues in fruit strengthens health-case for EU-wide ban
Chlorpyrifos, a pesticide known for its damaging effects on children’s brain development, is among the top 15 active substances most frequently found in European unprocessed food and prominently present in fruit. This is the conclusion of a new briefing published today, bringing together all official EU data on the analysis of 791 different pesticide residues.
New overview of data on chlorpyrifos residues in fruit strengthens health-case for EU-wide ban
Chlorpyrifos, a pesticide known for its damaging effects on children’s brain development, is among the top 15 active substances most frequently found in European unprocessed food and prominently present in fruit. This is the conclusion of a new briefing published today, bringing together all official EU data on the analysis of 791 different pesticide residues.
European Commission fails to publish outcome of a fitness check on Europe’s chemicals legislation
Mere weeks before a high-level conference on the future of the European Union’s chemicals policy, the European Commission has not yet published the ‘raison-d’être’ for the event: the outcome of an evaluation of all chemicals policies except REACH.
Scientists propose concept of “essential use” to organise phase out of PFAS and other groups of chemicals of concern
In a study published in the journal Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts, a group of European and American scientists proposes a definition of “essential use” as a driver to more health-protective and efficient regulation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (or PFAS).
Infographic: Ban the toxic pesticide chlorpyrifos from our plates
Chlorpyrifos is one of the most commonly used pesticides in Europe. It is known for its damaging effects on child brain development. This infographic was created to help you understand why we want to ban this toxic pesticide from our plates.
Food contact materials and chemical contamination
There are multiple health concerns related to chemicals in food
contact materials in Europe. This briefing looks at the current
legislative system in the European Union for these materials and
defines what is missing in the existing system and what must be
changed if public health is to be protected.
Webinar – Lessons learned from the approval of chlorpyrifos
HEAL is delighted to invite you to a new series of webinars dedicated to the health and environmental impacts of chlorpyrifos, a pesticide widely used across Europe and of which residues are regularly found in our food.
Join us for the third and final edition in this exciting new series on Wednesday 12 June, 17:00 - 18:00 CET.
How the chemicals in food contact materials are putting our health at risk
Nobody should ever have to worry about toxic substances making their way into our food. Yet, if you ask around, most consumers have no idea about the composition of the packaging wrapping their food and drinks, and how this might affect them. Current loopholes in the European legislation on food contact materials have as a result that its objective to provide a high level of protection for health is not fulfilled.
Webinar: New evidence on the endocrine disrupting properties of chlorpyrifos
The Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) is organising a new series of webinars dedicated to the health and environmental impacts of chlorpyrifos, a pesticide widely used across Europe. Register today!
33 organisations call for EU food policy and Vice President for Food – open letter to candidates for the presidency of the European Commission
Thirty-three leading campaign groups, farming organizations, and think tanks have come together to call on the next European Commission President to put an EU food policy in place. Read our letter today.
Clearing our plates from toxic pesticides – A webinar trilogy making the health case for a ban on chlorpyrifos
The Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) is organising a new series of webinars dedicated to the health and environmental impacts of chlorpyrifos, a pesticide widely used across Europe. Sign up today!
Health effects of glyphosate can be passed down to other generations, shows new study on rodents
A new study published today finds a variety of adverse health impacts in second and third generation offspring of rats exposed to glyphosate. It is the first of its kind to look at transgenerational effects and shows how descendants of exposed offspring were more likely to develop prostate, kidney and ovarian diseases, obesity and birth abnormalities.
European Parliament puts health and the environment first and calls on Commission to get rid of endocrine disrupting chemicals in our daily lives
In the final plenary session of the European Parliament before the EU elections, MEPs have adopted a Resolution on endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) and are calling on the Commission to swiftly take all necessary action to ensure human health and the environment are protected against these harmful chemicals .
French farmer takes on Monsanto and wins – victory for all victims of pesticides
The Court of Appeal in Lyon has ruled to hold Monsanto legally accountable for severely harming the health of Paul François, a grain farmer from France’s Charente region. Health actors are welcoming this historic win, a legal precedent in France, as a victory for all victims of pesticides.
New study calls for urgent evaluation of links between chlorpyrifos and autism development
The existing scientific evidence of the links between the brain-harming pesticide chlorpyrifos and the development of autism among children should urgently be reviewed, according to a new study published today in Environmental Health Perspectives.
Health risks associated with combined exposures to endocrine disruptors are systematically underestimated, shows EU research project
Findings from the European research project EDC-MixRisk released today highlight that the health risks associated with the combined exposures to endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) are systematically underestimated under current assessment methods in the European Union.
