The precautionary principle – which calls for preventive action in the face of scientific uncertainty – must be the guiding star of the European Commission’s response to PFAS. Given the growing body ...

This year, plastic pollution rightly takes centre stage on World Environment Day. The proliferation of plastics in our oceans, soils, and even our bodies is exemplary of the web of commercial, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Following the so-called «migration crisis» over the last five years, the EU has chosen to perceive migration as a threat, and has focused its efforts on securing its borders, increasingly depending on ...

The emergence of COVID-19 as a public health emergency by the World Health Organization has led to a number of precautionary measures such as quarantines, social distancing or in some cases total ...

Although it is unclear by whom the term ‘medical deserts’ was first introduced, it appears to have been progressively discussed since the early 2000s. Especially over the last decade, it has become a ...

21 October 2020, Brussels – Air pollution costs the average European city resident €1,276 per year, according to the largest study of its kind. Though Bucharest in Romania tops the Europe chart for ...

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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 ...