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Join Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) and the Dutch Parkinson’s Association (De Parkinson Vereniging) for our upcoming science and policy webinar, “Pesticides and Parkinson’s disease: the health impacts of regulatory decisions”, taking place on Thursday, 10 September at 17:00 CEST. This webinar aims to provide a space to reflect on the importance of ensuring that EU regulatory decisions on…
HEAL's comments and recommendations on the update of the REACH Restriction Roadmap’s rolling list. HEAL's comments were submitted as a follow-up to the 58th CARACAL Meeting.
Poland faces some of the most acute climate-health risks in the EU. A new briefing from the EU-funded CATALYSE project, coordinated by ISGlobal — in which HEAL is a partner — explores the health impacts of those risks and recommends solutions local policymakers can implement to protect public health. The briefing presents evidence from the…
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has lowered the consumer health-based guidance values of trifluoroacetic acid (TFA). TFA is an extremely persistent ultra-short-chain PFAS compound, which is highly water-soluble and has been widely detected in human and environmental samples, including in drinking water sources. Ambitious and complementary regulatory approaches, particularly a robust…
This high-level conference will bring together EU, national and local policy-makers, scientists, health experts and civil society organisations to present the latest evidence on the health costs of pollution and discuss the way forward for an EU 2030 agenda which invests in people’s health, reduces disease cost, and lessens inequalities.
The EU Healthy Air Coalition (EUHAC), joined by European and global health organisations, has issued a statement calling on EU policymakers to phase out fossil fuels swiftly.
The EP's Public Health Committee (SANT) recently adopted its position on the EU cardiovascular health plan, emphasising the need for prevention instead of solely focusing on treating the consequences of cardiovascular disease.
HEAL, together with ChemTrust and ClientEarth, has submitted comments on two topics discussed in the recent 58th CARACAL meeting.
The Green 10, representing 50 million Europeans across all EU member states and candidate countries, met with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen today.
Local policymakers, civil society, and researchers to explored new findings on the health benefits of two major environmental policies in Warsaw, sustainable mobility and the increase of green spaces, at a recent UBDPolicy project workshop in June. Organised by the Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) and the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), participants discussed how to…
