We’ve got to get diesel cars off our roads to protect everyone’s health.
On Thursday 19 October, we joined London mining network, War on Want, Colombia Solidarity Campaign and People & Planet, for a demonstration against BHP’s neocolonial extractivism. We stood in solidarity with […]
Medical doctors and scientists, including Medact’s director David McCoy, write a letter calling on the British government to immediately begin the process of joining the international treaty demanding the ban […]
Medact has received a letter from the Mayor of the City of Hiroshima, along with a copy of their Peace Declaration. The Medact Hiroshima Appeal 2017 has just recently launched. It will enable us to continue […]
An editorial by Medact and Doctors Against Diesel discussing the government’s Air Quality plan, how it does little to ease the crisis in UK towns and cities, and the need […]
November 2018 update: The British Psychological Society has now committed to end its investment in fossil fuels! A big thank you to all who supported the Open Letter below and campaigned […]
Excellent news about a ban on petrol and diesel cars, but it needs to be expedited Commenting on the government plan to tackle air pollution published today, Professor Jonathan Grigg said: […]
There is overwhelming evidence that exposure to small particles and gases from fossil-fuel derived air pollution has major adverse consequences on health. Published this week in the New England Journal […]
A response has been received from the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Michael Gove, to the Doctors against Diesel response to Prime Minister Theresa May’s Letter […]
Medact is a London-based public health charity that works on environmental health, amongst other things. Medact is the lead organiser of the Doctors Against Diesel campaign which comprises a wide […]