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Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) @healthandenv.bsky.social · 16d

HEAL’s new report, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘍𝘈𝘚 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘺 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘌𝘶𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘥: 𝘈 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸, was commissioned by HEAL from Milieu Consulting. It provides a 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗵𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗱𝗱𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗣𝗙𝗔𝗦 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻.

📰➡️ ow.ly/fZSJ50X01UX

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Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) @healthandenv.bsky.social · Jul 28

Join us at the @chemtrust.bsky.social and HEAL conference:

💡REACH revision 2025: simpler, faster, bolder
🗓️ 29 September 2025
📍 Residence Palace, Brussels

➡️ More info and registration (free of charge) ow.ly/4FoJ50Wnxtq

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Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) @healthandenv.bsky.social · Jul 24

Out now! A new UBDPolicy briefing on the health benefits of green spaces. 🌳🍃🟩

Highlighting best practice from 12 European cities as well as policy recommendations for local and European decision makers.

Read it in EN, BG, ES, FR, NL and PL:
ow.ly/K0V350Wuvbp

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Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) @healthandenv.bsky.social · Jul 17

The EU’s new budget lacks pollution funding, risking #ZeroPollution & public health.

💸 Fossil fuel subsidies (€93B) nearly double the €58B needed for pollution control

☠️ Pollution causes 1 in 10 early deaths in Europe

EU budget must prioritise health ➡️ www.env-health.org/eu-budget-ri...

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Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) @healthandenv.bsky.social · Jul 14

This week, @ec.europa.eu will launch a proposal for the next #MFF.

The EU budget should
💡Prioritise financing for zero pollution objectives, climate and biodiversity
💡Strengthen implementation of legally binding commitments
💡End of subsidies for fossil fuels

HEAL’s letter ow.ly/ae2150WoZFW

Letter to EU Commission: Scaling up public investments into health protection from pollution and climate change in the next EU budget | Health and Environment Alliance

As the European Commission is currently finalising the post-2027 Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) proposal set to be launched on 16 July 2025, HEAL has sent a letter to the EU Commission Presiden...

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Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) @healthandenv.bsky.social · Jul 11

Today, with our partners from the Green 10, HEAL's Executive Director Genon Jensen met with @ec.europa.eu President @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu.

The triple climate-nature-pollution crisis undermines people, communities, business and society today and in the future.

Green10's asks: shorturl.at/TWPQe

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Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) @healthandenv.bsky.social · Jul 11

Join @chemtrust.bsky.social and HEAL for a one-day conference, REACH revision 2025: simpler, faster, bolder

🗓️ 29 September 2025 in Brussels

Register free of charge before 16 September 2025
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Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) @healthandenv.bsky.social · Jul 9

[email protected]’s chemicals omnibus proposals confirm serious concerns about how the EU’s deregulation drive puts people’s health at risk.

Policymakers should reject proposals that would roll back core public health protections against the most harmful chemicals.

HEAL's reaction shorturl.at/xgDdp

Press release - From cosmetics to 'forever chemicals': the EU’s deregulation drive puts people’s health at risk | Health and Environment Alliance

Today’s publication of the European Commission’s chemicals omnibus confirms serious concerns: if pushed through the proposal will significantly weaken protections in the Cosmetic Products Regulation, ...

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Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) @healthandenv.bsky.social · Jul 1

📬🥫🥤The Food for Thought newsletter shares key updates on food contact material (FCM) policy, ideas for revised FCM legislation and useful resources.

💻 This edition features a webinar recording on biobased and compostable food packaging.

Read it now: mailchi.mp/af4303176720...

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Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) @healthandenv.bsky.social · Jun 30

🌍🏙️ The EU has published a new Eurobarometer survey: Public opinion on urban challenges and investment in cities.

The numbers show that many EU citizens want their governments to take action to address the environmental threats which are also impacting their health.

europa.eu/eurobaromete...

Reposted by Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL)

CHEM Trust @chemtrust.bsky.social · Jun 27

🍸People and #nature are constantly exposed to a complex cocktail of known and suspected harmful chemicals through air, water, food, consumer products and other routes.

Our new blog sets out how the upcoming REACH Revision can help to address #ChemicalCocktails 👉🏼 chemtrust.org/reach_reform...

REACH Reform: Don’t ignore new science on Chemical Mixtures

The European Commission is currently finalising a revision of the EU’s main chemicals law, the REACH regulation. In the time since REACH was agreed, almost 20 years ago, there has been a big leap forw...

chemtrust.org

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Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) @healthandenv.bsky.social · Jun 27

The June HEAL newsletter is out now!

Featuring our latest work on Health and Environment, Chemicals, Pesticides, Climate and Energy, and Air Quality.

📰 Read it here: mailchi.mp/env-healt...

📬 Subscribe here: env-health.us18.list...

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Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) @healthandenv.bsky.social · Jun 11

HEAL is among over 230 civil society organisations welcoming the Nice Wake Up Call for an Ambitious Plastics Treaty, issued by 90+ UN member states. The treaty is a call to end plastic pollution to protect human health and the environment.

www.breakfreefromplastic.org/2025/06/11/n...

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Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) @healthandenv.bsky.social · Jun 6

🛫 Final call! Today is the last day to register for the online stream of our conference, Preventing Diseases by Reducing Exposure to Harmful Chemicals.

📆 10 June 2025

Don't miss your chance to attend online! ⏱️

Click here: healpolska.pl/konfer... and scroll down for English

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Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) @healthandenv.bsky.social · Jun 5

It's time to #BanPVC Sign the petition: ✍️https://action.wemove.eu/sign/202310-act_now_to_ban_pvc-petition-EN/

European Environmental Bureau🍃 @eeb.org · Jun 5

Dangerously toxic and found everywhere: this is PVC!

It harms our health and the planet at every stage.

The industry hides the risks, but the truth is clear ➡️ there’s no such thing as sustainable PVC.

#BeatPlasticPollution #BanPVC #REACH #WorldEnvironmentDay