Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) news

The US Environmental Protection Agency have come under fire from leading NGOs for its outdated testing program of endocrine-disrupting chemicals. It is feared that the numerous holes in the current programme fail to detect many serious effects on human development.

The Environmental Protection Agency is ready to start testing 67 pesticide ingredients for their possible endocrine disruption effects. However, the US based NGO, the Endocrine Disruption Exchange (TEDX) argues that the testing pr

There is much grey matter surrounding causes of brain cancer in children, but there is increasing evidence indicating that a culprit may be pre-birth pesticide exposure.

In a new study released by the National Institute of Health Sciences, herbicide use appeared to cause an elevated risk for cancer. The study found that children living in homes where their parents use pesticides are twice as likely to develop brain cancer versus those that live in residences in which no pesticides are used.<

A recent Environment Ministerial Meeting of the Group of Eight (G8) major industrialised countries showed renewed focus on children’s health as a fundamental objective of environmental protection and sustainable development.

The meeting, held in Siracusa, Italy on April 22-24 2009 was attended by Environment Ministers and senior officials from G8 countries and the European Commission, as well as officials from Brazil, People`s Republic of China, India, Mexico, South Africa, Australia, Egyp

In April 2009, 50 doctors issued a united call to leaders in politics and health in the Dutch capital, The Hague. They called for stricter measures to be taken to minimize exposure to electromagnetic fields.

The Dutch doctors, ranging from general practitioners, specialists to medical scientists, called for a reduction in the exposure to electro-magnetic fields (EMF) and a more conscious use of electrical and wireless technology.

The group reported an increase in recent years of chro

The United Kingdom’s Health Protection Agency recently released a document detailing how the environment affects children’s health and what can be done to improve current conditions. This report is based on the World Health Organisation’s Children’s Environment and Health Action Plan for Europe (CEHAPE), in which participating countries from across the European Region agreed to develop plans to improve children’s health.

 According to this new strategy, it is important that en