Forever chemicals have polluted the water supply of 60,000 people, threatening human health, wildlife and the wider ecosystem. But activists say this is just the tip of the Pfas icebergOne quiet Saturday night, Sandra Wiedemann was curled up on the sof…
The leaked proposal also weakens rules on advertising hazardous chemicals. Consumer groups warned it was a health risk.
A deadly wave of avian influenza, industry-led policy and deepening ethical and biological risks are exposing flaws in the world’s most efficient meat machine.
President Donald Trump has attacked nearly every aspect of the U.S. effort to confront rising temperatures.
The law should list certain chemicals as critical to Europe’s strategic autonomy, copying similar policies for minerals and medicines.
The rich oil state has built a team of silver-tongued U.N. negotiators with a simple mandate: keep plastic production growing.
2024 was the first year to break through the 1.5C temperature barrier, an EU agency finds.
What the EU will be squabbling about in VDL’s second term.
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Southeastern Europe dealt with strong heat stress for most of the season, scientists said.
Sleep deficiency is a serious health risk that profoundly affects individuals and economies yet conditions like chronic insomnia are worryingly low on the global health agenda
Photojournalist Selene Magnolia Gatti has been documenting the effects on human health and wellbeing of living alongside intensive agricultureWelcome to the Anthropocene: the historical period that scientists suggest may be marked by the ubiquitous pre…
He was keen to impress in his new job just as a heatwave was gripping the country. What can David Azevedo’s story tell us about the threat increasingly extreme weather poses to human health?For Anne-Marie Azevedo, 13 July 2022 started off like a normal…
Jacques Bellezit, University of Strasbourg
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If one wants to trace back the history of European construction, it
would necessarily have to mention the European…
The EU Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that operations at Italy’s Ilva plant in Taranto – Europe’s largest steelmaking complex – must be suspended if they continue to “presents serious and significant dangers to the environment and human health”, as t…
The reduction of the maximum level allowed for mycotoxins in cereals, substances produced by fungi that can harm human health if consumed in sufficient quantities, could cost European cereal producers dearly, warned French European Parliament (MEP) Ann…
As the world faces record-high temperatures, experts call for implementing nature-based solutions (NbS) to help cities adapt to climate change and improve human health and well-being.
Prioritising pollution prevention or human health? That’s the question probing the ethical limits of Belgium’s pharmaceutical industry, amidst discussion of whether to approve new medicines if environmental risk assessments prove inadequate.
US federal testing and surveillance of the outbreak has so far lagged since initial detection in dairy cows more than a month ago.
One in five samples of retail milk in the U.S. have tested positive for viral fragments.
The Companion Animals Stakeholder Summit was held in Brussels on 19th of March 2024 and aimed to bring stakeholders together to work on a common purpose: underscoring the need in the EU for greater cooperation and policy action for companion animals’ h…
A Human-Animal Bond Report was launched at the EU Companion Animals Stakeholder Summit on 20 March in Brussels, advocating advancements in companion animal policy to improve human and animal health and wellbeing.
MEP Marina Kaljurand (S&D) has questioned whether the European Commission should include a commissioner dedicated to animals, despite the proven benefits of pet ownership.
