From asthma and allergies, diabetes and reproductive problems to cancer and obesity, environmental degradation plays a role... HEAL ensures our voices on these issues are heard in Brussels
… CAMPAIGN PROFILE: Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) Matilda Lee | 1st December 2010 Activism Health Climate Change HEAL Mercury Pesticides … Jensen, executive director of Brussels-based Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL). ‘I …
Public may be more likely to accept responsibility for climate change and support mitigation action if they see it as a threat to human health, suggests research
… Climate change should be billed as a 'health' not 'environmental' disaster The Ecologist | 22nd July 2010 News Health Climate Change asthmahealth.jpg Climate change has been linked with …
An average one in four people in the UK will suffer a mental health problem at some point. New research, and a pioneering therapy project, are proving that nature and the wild outdoors have the power to heal and should be included within a mix of treatments
… Laura Sevier | 21st September 2010 Activism Health Society Wildlife How To Make A Difference Mental Health Wildlife Trust … in four people in the UK will suffer a mental health problem at some point. New research, …
A huge number of UK citizens take food supplements or buy health food products, yet new legislation threatens to either remove these items from our shelves, restrict their dosages or ban them from making any health claims
… How long until health foods become illegal? Chris Milton | 23rd March 2010 News Health Green Living Food And Farming Health Foods Supplements vitamins.jpg A huge …
The new coalition Government must do what Labour failed to do in 13 years in power and finally introduce the necessary measures to protect people from pesticides, says Georgina Downs
… Downs | 22nd October 2010 Comment Pesticides Health Comment Government Agriculture Cancer … environment, wildlife and, above all, human health. I have long found it a scandal that … despite all the unarguable evidence of the health risks. Delays, obstruction, lack of …
After the Clean Air Acts banished the smogs of the 50s and 60s, many thought that air pollution problems had disappeared. They were wrong
… What is the health impact of air pollution? Andrew Marszal | 20th April 2010 News Health Air Pollution Particulates Transport … most of the population as an outdated public health issue – has returned to mainstream …
What started out as a conventional UN bureaucracy has become the subject of wild speculation and fear - just what is the UN's Codex Alimentarius, and what does it mean for our food and health?
… | 10th August 2010 News Food And Farming Health Codex Alimentarius Food Rules Un … and what does it mean for our food and health? Imagine this: a Nazi war criminal … and Agriculture Organisation and the World Health Organisation. Its aim is to establish …
Campaigners urge health secretary Andrew Lansley to act to reduce air pollution, as government medical experts warn of its 'significant' health burden
… | 21st December 2010 News Air Pollution Health Cars Particulate Matter … reduce air pollution levels Campaigners urge health secretary Andrew Lansley to act to … medical experts warn of its 'significant' health burden Long-term exposure to …
European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) says no convincing evidence to cause it to ban or further restrict exposure to the controversial chemical bisphenol-A used in plastic bottles and containers
… Levitt | 1st October 2010 News Bispenol-A BPA Health Cancer babybottle.jpg Campaigners want … used in plastic bottles and containers Health campaigners have reacted with dismay … including WWF, Breast Cancer UK and The Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) backed …
You might not know it, but the UK has some of the worst air quality hotspots in Europe. Follow these tips to find the cleanest air you possibly can
… February 2010 Ethical Living Green Living Health Air Quality Air Pollution Asthma … at twice the level specified in World Health Organisation (WHO) standards . … deaths each year. Worldwide, the World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates that air …
Campaigners say ruling 'opens the door' to the US to limit carbon emissions from industry under existing laws and removes the need to force through new bitterly opposed climate legislation
… carbon emissions being labelled danger to health The Ecologist | 30th July 2010 News … by GHG emissions was a threat to public health and the environment. Citing the … air pollutants in order to protect public health and welfare. The Centre for Biological …
Eifion Rees talks to the Compassion in World Farming veteran and co-editor of The Meat Crisis - a shocking new book that exposes the range of environmental and health threats facing us if we don't kick our addiction to meat
… Joyce D'Silva: 'Meat should carry a health warning' Eifion Rees | 30th September … that exposes the range of environmental and health threats facing us if we don't kick our … we’re consuming too much meat for our health, global resources of land and water, …
Food industry spent €1 billion euros lobbying against proposals to help consumers make 'healthy meal' choices with a system of red, green and amber labels on the front of food packaging
… Farming Food Industry Traffic-light Labelling Health foodlabel.jpg Consumer and health campaigners have complained that … against proposals to help consumers make 'healthy meal' choices with a system of red, …
A leading US research body has said the range of confirmed or suspected carcinogens to which we are exposed on a daily basis is cause for serious concern, but UK campaign groups refuse to change their views
… risk The Ecologist | 17th May 2010 News Health Cancer Pollution Toxins chemicals.jpg … other potential risks, the evidence of the health harms in humans is still inconsistent,' said Ed Yong, head of health information at Cancer Research UK 'For …
Our national taste for shellfish is leading to exploitation of our shores by criminal gangs, putting human health and fragile environments at risk. Andrew Wasley reports
… our shores by criminal gangs, putting human health and fragile environments at risk. … protection officers and environmental health teams. In a coordinated series of raids … community near the beach and the serious health issues related to the possible …
The economic and climate-related impacts of forest destruction are well known, but continued logging could unleash devastating new pandemics and spread fatal diseases into the human population, scientists tell the Ecologist
… David Hawkins | 17th November 2010 News Health Deforestation Climate Change Malaria … has huge potential relevance to human health. 'Non-migratory birds are a more … range. Dr Steve Lindsay, professor of public health entomology at the London School of …
Emmanuelle Schick Garcia is the director of 'The Idiot Cycle', a new film exposing the chemical industry and how it benefits from the contamination it is causing
… Levitt | 6th September 2010 Comment Toxins Health Checmicals Cancer Gm idiotcycle.jpg The … or measuring the impact of dioxins on our health? For example, with things like … on the testing. Since my film deals with the health issue of cancer and the lack of testing …
Quebec government considering $58 million loan to support the mine despite moral outrage over export of dangerous asbestos to India, Indonesia and the Phillipines
… Vi Nguyen | 23rd December 2010 News Asbestos Health Canada Mining asbestos.jpg Once … safely and effectively. However, the World Health Organisation (WHO) estimate more than … mining, processing and use is harmful to health,’ said Dr. Jeff Turnbull, President of …
How to make your food your medicine and medicine your food, starting with six common herbs you can use in your recipes and everyday cooking
… August 2010 Ethical Living Green Living Food Health Herbs Aromatherapy Herbal Remedies Fresh Herbs Healthy Eating Natural Health herbs.jpg How to make your food your …
It's easy to dismiss 'detox' as a fad, as some product claims are exaggerated. But detoxing, as a practice, has been around for centuries.
… Living Ecologist Guide To Detox Green Living Health And Beauty Detox Ayurvedic Hale Clinic … Organic Food Dr.Briffa Alliance For Natural Health glass-of-water.jpg It's easy to dismiss … means colonic irrigation, supplements, super healthy food and/or juices and saying 'no' to …
Report highlights the danger of cloning to animal health as campaigners also warn it will reduce genetic diversity within herds
… products from cloned animals until potential health risks can be ruled out Report … highlights the danger of cloning to animal health as campaigners also warn it will reduce … welfare problems and threatens the long-term health of livestock breeds as genetic …
In the tenth anniversary edition of the Ecologist, Edward Goldsmith took aim at a misguided approach to healthcare in industrialised countries, arguing instead for an ecological approach to both our physical and social ills
… The Ecologist July 1980: Our broken healthcare system Edward Goldsmith | 28th June 2010 Other Archive 30 Years Ago Health Ecology July-Aug-Sept 1980 july - … Goldsmith took aim at a misguided approach to healthcare in industrialised countries, …
Awareness of pesticide-use in public areas used by children is low but the health dangers demand our attention
… News Pesticides Food And Farming Children Health childplayground.jpg At present children … public areas used by children is low but the health dangers demand our attention The … rather than voluntary. A recent report by the Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) and PAN …