This year, plastic pollution rightly takes centre stage on World Environment Day. The proliferation of plastics in our oceans ...

Therefore, public health should be central to the EU’s financial future. This means stepping up of EU investments in better ...

By Rose Gallagher, Professional lead Sustainability, Royal College of Nursing Nursing, as a profession, is critical to the ...

Dementia is one of the most pressing public health challenges facing Europe. Affecting over 9 million people in Europe, ...

The precautionary principle – which calls for preventive action in the face of scientific uncertainty – must be the guiding ...

Air pollution is the biggest environmental health risk in Europe, with the problem greatest in cities, according to the EEA.Particulate matter (PM), nitrogen dioxide (NO₂) and ground-level ozone (O₃) ...

On brake pollution, conventional internal combustion engine (ICE) cars mainly use disc brakes to slow the car down, which emits particle pollution. In contrast, EVs use “regenerative braking” as it ...

Superbugs cost the life of nearly 90 people every day in the EU and the EEA¹. A serious threat to patient safety, AMR crosses national borders and endangers many healthcare interventions, including ...

The ongoing public health emergency has made it more obvious than ever that housing and health are intrinsically interlinked. Housing is a social determinant of health, but it is rarely considered in ...

In March 2021 the European Commission presented the European Pillar of Social Rights Action Plan – a framework to update the “social rulebook” by 2030 with targets to significantly reform employment, ...

The magnitude of the health costs of diesel pollution is still hidden. Despite the media coverage the Dieselgate scandal has received, too few actions have been taken in Europe in order to rectify the ...

As part of the European Commission’s Roma Strategic Framework for Equality, Inclusion and Participation, every European member state (except for Malta) is required to implement a National Roma ...