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The new Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) - Ex EPHA Environment Network - website carries updated and in-depth news about about health and environment issues. This section will continue to cover the major issues a more limited way.
HEAL (Ex-EEN) is born as a sustainable platform to link together environment and health issues, and bring together diverse NGOs interested in the two topics.
HEAL Founding Members are the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH), the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA), the European Public Health Alliance (EPHA) and the Dutch Monitoring Network for Health and Environment (MNGM).
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27/01/2010
What’s next after the Copenhagen climate change conference ended in failure ?
COP15 - background
From 7-18 December 2009, governments from 192 countries met in Copenhagen, Denmark for the 15th session of the Conference of The Parties (COP15). They tried to thrash out a sweeping agreement to succeed the Kyoto Protocol (expiring in 2012) amid growing signals from scientists that global warming is occurring more quickly than expected. After two weeks of talks, world leaders delivered an agreement that left Europeans disappointed as it failed to legally commit any (...)
From 7-18 December 2009, governments from 192 countries met in Copenhagen, Denmark for the 15th session of the Conference of The Parties (COP15). They tried to thrash out a sweeping agreement to succeed the Kyoto Protocol (expiring in 2012) amid growing signals from scientists that global warming is occurring more quickly than expected. After two weeks of talks, world leaders delivered an agreement that left Europeans disappointed as it failed to legally commit any (...)
27/08/2009
Respiratory doctors call for EU action on climate change
Two leading health organisations, the European Respiratory Society (ERS) and the Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL), want to ensure that the respiratory health effects and costs of climate change are considered in all discussions and recommended actions at the EU level.
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 at the (...)
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 at the (...)
16/11/2009
EPHA Response to DG SANCO Public Consultation on Nanotechnology
On 19 June 2009, EPHA responded to the public consultation from DG SANCO on the risk assessment of nanomaterials. Please find the EPHA response below.
Adequate and effective regulation of nanomaterials and nanotechnology represents a current need for the health sector. Such regulation is vital to ensure that products containing manufactured nanoparticles are safe and beneficial to consumers and do not lead to new human health and environmental risks.
Inadequate funding and the lack of (...)
Adequate and effective regulation of nanomaterials and nanotechnology represents a current need for the health sector. Such regulation is vital to ensure that products containing manufactured nanoparticles are safe and beneficial to consumers and do not lead to new human health and environmental risks.
Inadequate funding and the lack of (...)
1er/04/2009
Farmers protected against GM patent lawsuits
A question mark remains over the safety of GMOs and their long-term impact on human health. In light of the upcoming CAP review and discussions on a renewed social agenda that incorporates sustainability at its core, the debate will remain high on the political agenda.
Background The WHO suggests that GM foods are developed – and marketed – because there is a perceived advantage either to the producer or consumer from these foods. This desired result is cheaper products that (...)
Background The WHO suggests that GM foods are developed – and marketed – because there is a perceived advantage either to the producer or consumer from these foods. This desired result is cheaper products that (...)
29/01/2009
*Update* WHO Event on Healthy Environments : Luxembourg, 28 January 2009
A thematic meeting on healthy environments is to be held in Luxembourg next week.
It is expected that recommendations for effective public action and policies in such areas as poor indoor air quality are expected from the meeting that will be organized by WHO/Europe and hosted by the Ministry of Health of Luxembourg and the European Commission, Directorate-General for Health and Consumers. The meeting will address respiratory disease, obesity and injuries, and will be a milestone in the (...)
It is expected that recommendations for effective public action and policies in such areas as poor indoor air quality are expected from the meeting that will be organized by WHO/Europe and hosted by the Ministry of Health of Luxembourg and the European Commission, Directorate-General for Health and Consumers. The meeting will address respiratory disease, obesity and injuries, and will be a milestone in the (...)
26/01/2009
WHO Event : "Sustainable and healthy transport can boost economies," Amsterdam, 22-23 January 2009
Organized by World Health Organization, Regional Office for Europe, in collaboration with the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and the Ministries of Transport, Environment and Health of the Netherlands, the third high-level meeting on transport, health and environment takes place in Amsterdam on 22-23 January.
It reviews progress made in the implementation of the Transport, Health and Environment Pan-European Programme (THE PEP) since its establishment in 2002. High-level (...)
It reviews progress made in the implementation of the Transport, Health and Environment Pan-European Programme (THE PEP) since its establishment in 2002. High-level (...)
7/01/2009
HEAL and Mouvement pour les Droits et le Respect des Générations Futures Publish New Cartoon Strip
The “Choosing our Future” comic strip highlights – in a humorous and simple way – the recent evidence of harm to health from certain widely used chemicals.
Produced jointly by HEAL’s Chemicals Health Monitor project and Mouvement pour les Droits et le Respect des Générations Futures (MDRGF) in English and French, the publication and associated website aim to provide readers with what is currently known about the links between health and man-made chemicals and (...)
Produced jointly by HEAL’s Chemicals Health Monitor project and Mouvement pour les Droits et le Respect des Générations Futures (MDRGF) in English and French, the publication and associated website aim to provide readers with what is currently known about the links between health and man-made chemicals and (...)
18/04/2008
HEAL and EUREGHA launch the "Climate Change and Health Good Practice Awards"
On the occasion of the year’s World Health Day 2008 the Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) and the EUropean REGional Health Authorities (EUREGHA) network launch a Good Practice Award for local and regional mitigation and adaptation projects that simultaneously promote human health and protect the climate.
The competition has two awards categories : climate change mitigation and climate change adaptation, aiming to showcase health focused projects where establishments have reduced their (...)
The competition has two awards categories : climate change mitigation and climate change adaptation, aiming to showcase health focused projects where establishments have reduced their (...)
18/12/2008
*Reminder* Primer on Environment and Health in Europe published
EPHA would like to take this opportunity to draw our readers attention to the Health and Environment Primer that was published earlier this year.
The Health and Environment Primer provides an introduction to European environmental health policy. The booklet sketches out basic environmental health concepts and maps out recent developments in the environment and health arena. It covers European policy developments in an accessible and approachable text that combines history with information (...)
The Health and Environment Primer provides an introduction to European environmental health policy. The booklet sketches out basic environmental health concepts and maps out recent developments in the environment and health arena. It covers European policy developments in an accessible and approachable text that combines history with information (...)
31/10/2007
Questions raised about the health impact of electromagnetic fields
The BioInitiative Working Group, an international group of scientists, researchers and public health policy professionals, has published in collaboration with the European Environment Agency (EEA), a new report which raises concerns about the negative effects of electromagnetic radiation from mobile phones, power lines and other sources, and calls for new safety standards.
The report, “Bioinitiative : A Rationale for a Biologically-Based Public Exposure Standard for (...)
The report, “Bioinitiative : A Rationale for a Biologically-Based Public Exposure Standard for (...)
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