News & Reports

Women's and Health Organizations write letter to Dutch politicians
WECF, and 6 other networks ask to put environmental health higher on the political agenda (Dutch text)
10.11.2006 | Irma Thijssen

Germ fighter works as endocrine disrupter
Triclosan, popular in soaps and lotions, perturbs the thyroid system of frogs and humans
30.10.2006 | Helen Lynn

The Fourth CEHAPE task force meeting
The Fourth meeting of CEHAPE Task Force took place in Limassol, Cyprus, on 16 - 17 October 2006.
30.10.2006 | Sascha Gabizon

WECF workshops reach over 1000 women
25 Workshops on Toxic Free Future organized by WECF, 4VO (rural women's organizations) and Tiye (black and migrant women's organizations)
30.10.2006 | Irma Thijssen

Windsor study
Questions about work history and breast cancer risk
17.10.2006 | Helen Lynn

Pesticide residues data in food now available
The Netherlands finally provides access to food testing data (text in Dutch)
16.10.2006 | Sascha Gabizon

UPDATE: "Women and their Toxic World" launched at European Parliament
Report from the WECF event on 4 October
09.10.2006 | Daniela Rosche & Sascha Gabizon

WECF and WfW at the Stockholm World Water Week, August 2006
Exchanging experiences on water and sanitation, from local to international
05.10.2006 | Sabine Bock

Breast cancer cases rise 80 % since 1970s
It is the disease women fear more than any other, and its incidence is soaring. Breast cancer cases have hit a new record, official figures show, and the increase shows no sign of slowing.
02.10.2006 | Helen Lynn

EP needs to strengthen key passages during second reading REACH
WECF and European Women's Lobby call on members of Environment and Women's Rights Committee to uphold comittment to substitute hazardous chemicals through REACH
06.09.2006 | Daniela Rosche