36 News & Press Releases found
Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) News
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EU Parliament misses the mark on putting end to toxic chemicals in children’s toys made from recycled plastics
Following a provisional agreement with the Romanian Presidency of the EU, the European Parliament’s environment committee today agreed to new EU rules on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs), which will keep millions exposed to ...
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New study calls for urgent evaluation of links between chlorpyrifos and autism development
This call, published a day after World Autism Day, adds to well-founded concerns about health effects of human exposure to chlorpyrifos, as the pesticide authorisation is currently being discussed for possible prolongation in Europe [2]. ...
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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 [1] highlight that the health risks associated with the combined exposures to endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) are systematically underestimated under current assessment ...
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UNSAFE: New EU Rules Allow Toxic Chemicals in Children’s Toys and Other Products Made of Recycled Plastics
The European Parliament and Council decision on the reform of the Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) Regulation announced this week, hailed as protective for health, will keep children exposed to hazardous flame-retardant chemicals ...
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Human exposure to preventable environmental chemicals is resulting in health costs of 10% of global GDP
A paper (1) published today on the health costs associated with exposure to chemical substances in the everyday environment should provoke a major rethink on priority setting in environmental policy, including a more important focus on prevention ...
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New rules hasten end for Europe’s dirtiest power plants
Europe’s most polluting power plants, including many large coal-fired power stations, will be forced to clean up or close down thanks to new EU rules adopted today. The revised standards demand reductions in toxic emissions, yet businesses and ...
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Health professional societies send joint statement on diesel NOx emissions to members of German Parliament
Together with three health professionals societies the Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) has sent a statement to members of the German Parliament on evaluating health risks from diesel NOx emissions, on the occasion of a parliamentary report on ...
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Unmask my City: Anti-air pollution campaign launched in Europe
The Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) is calling on city authorities to clean up the air in Europe as part of the “Unmask my City” campaign launched today on World Asthma Day 2017. Unmask My City (1) is a global initiative by ...
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Poland’s anti-smog battle turns political
Many areas in Poland spent a lot of January under a choking smog, as a result of residential coal health and diesel cars, polluting the air and impacting health. HEAL in Poland has commented on opportunities and dangers of government proposals to ...
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WHO: 90 percent of world’s population breathes dirty air
Nine out of 10 people globally live in places with poor air quality. A recent report from the World Health Organisation (WHO) blames a worldwide air pollution crisis for being a major factor in millions of deaths per year. Air pollution has ...
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Effective coal regulation could slash deaths from toxic fumes by 85%
Effective emissions limits could save thousands of lives every year, yet more than half of coal power stations in Europe are operating with ‘permission to pollute’ above limits set in EU law. These are the findings of a new ...
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Leading environmental NGOs urge top EU decision-makers to prioritize people’s health and the environment during Bratislava Informal Summit
Dear President Tusk, President Juncker, President Schulz and Prime Minister Fico, In a few weeks EU-27 leaders will gather in Bratislava for an informal summit to discuss the way forward following the UK’s vote to leave the EU. With this ...
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Research: many air pollutants are higher indoors than outdoors
Levels of many harmful air pollutants are higher indoors than outdoors, according to new research conducted within the European Union, released this week (8th February). These latest findings, which identify the main polluters and map their ...
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Green 10 steps to halt biodiversity loss by 2010
On the occasion of Green Week 2006, the Green 10 group of environmental NGOs published a leaflet entitled Saving life: 10 simple steps to help halt biodiversity loss by 2010. It contains facts and figures summarising the main concerns related to ...
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Campaigners call on pesticides manufacturer to withdraw the most hazardous chemicals
The Coalition against Bayer Dangers (CBG), based in Germany, have called on the multinational company Bayer to withdraw their most dangerous pesticides from the world market. The network particularly calls on Bayer to quit sales of all products ...
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Why the precautionary approach is needed for environmental health risks
Speaking in Paris on 12 October, David Gee of the European Environment Agency announced that the second edition of his important book on the precautionary approach would be available in spring 2010. It would include the following examples of the ...
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Irish Doctors call for health focus in climate change talks
HEAL member, The Irish Doctors Environmental Association (IDEA), have joined the HEAL and Health Care Without Harm Europe (HCWH E) campaign for health to become central to United Nations (UN) climate change discussions in December. On the 7th ...
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Campaign launched to ensure better air quality in London
The UK government is failing by a wide margin to meet its legal obligations to combat air pollution in London. Environmental law and policy organisation, ClientEarth, have a launched a new campaign to ensure full compliance with air quality laws in ...
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Respiratory doctors call for EU action on climate change
The risk of premature death due to temperature increases associated with global warming is six times higher for Europeans who are already suffering from respiratory problems, according to a paper published this week. Two leading health ...
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Good practice: examples of good practice in climate change and health
Examples of good practice for hospitals from the dicussion paper, Healthy Hospitals, Healthy Planet, Healthy People: Addressing climate change in health care settings- produced the HEAL and Health Care Without Harm Europe and the World Health ...