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 ...

Achieving deep reductions in farm antibiotics use will require widespread changes in animal husbandry practices towards higher animal welfare, argues a new paper written for EPHA. On 28 January 2022, ...

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) ...

Food environments shape what food we buy and eat. Food environments are the physical, economic, political and socio-cultural contexts in which people engage with the food system to make their ...

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 ...

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) continues to be a major global health concern, with the latest statistics showing nearly 200 000 deaths were associated with AMR in Europe in 2019 alone. It is ...

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 ...

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 ...