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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A new report by CE Delft for EPHA investigates the health-related costs to society of outdoor air pollution caused by residential heating and cooking, looking at the impact of different air pollutants ...

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 ...