Air Quality and Air Pollution

HEAL recruiting Policy Officer: Climate and Air Quality

The Health & Environment Alliance (HEAL), of which EPHA is a member, is recruiting a part time Climate and Air Quality policy officer to contribute to their work to promote the better integration of public health benefits and impacts within these policies. The Health & Environment Alliance is Europe’s leading organisation working on how the environment affects health in the European Union. They are currently looking to recruit a part time policy officer to work on the policy (...)

Air pollution in the EU - European Environment Agency assesses the costs

Air pollution caused more than 100 billion euros in health and environmental damage: the European Environment Agency (EEA) found. This analysis shows the huge impact of fossil-fueled power stations and the very high costs they impose on people’s health and the environment, making the case for introducing cleaner, renewable and sustainable types of energy even more urgent and cost-effective. According to the EEA report "Revealing the costs of air pollution from industrial facilities (...)

TobTaxy Project: Registration open for the Training in Ireland

For NGOs based in the UK, Ireland, Iceland, Denmark, the Netherlands or Norway and want to be trained in tobacco taxation - Registrations opened until 20 January 2012.

Revision of the Tobacco Products Directive: false claims made by the tobacco industry

Cancer Research UK has produced a briefing note rebusting some of the false claims made by the tobacco industry about the ’Tobacco Product Directive’. The Tobacco Product Directive is being revised by the EU since September 2010, with intensive lobbying from the tobacco industry to prevent its strengthening. The Cancer Research UK briefing provides an outline of the key issues related to the Tobacco Products Directive and addresses some of the false claims (myths) that are (...)

TobTaxy Project - Registration open for the Training in Lithuania

Health organisations from Estonia, Finland, Latvia and Lithuania can register until 13 October 2011 to participate in a training on tobacco taxation. The training will take place in Lithuania (30 Nov 1-2 Dec) and is organised by the EU-funded TobTaxY (making Tobacco Tax TrendY) Project - of which EPHA is a partner. Application and registration are now open for the third workshop that will take place in Lithuania (covering Estonia, Finland, Latvia and Lithuania). The TobTaxy Project (...)

WHO publishes its 2011 Report on tobacco

The World Health Organization has released its third MPOWER Report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic, measuring progress (or lack of) in the implementation of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. The World Health Organization (WHO) recently published the 2011 Report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic. Third of a series that began in 2008, the 2011 Report presents the latest developments that happened in tobacco-related issues, such as smoke free legislation or tobacco taxation. The World (...)

WHO report on Environmental burden of disease associated with inadequate housing.

The WHO Europe published a report on the environmental burden of disease associated with inadequate housing. It provides substantial evidence on the consequences of bad housing on health. The report - entitled "Environmental burden of disease associated with inadequate housing. Methods for quantifying health impacts of selected housing risks in the WHO European Region. Summary report." - looks at several health issues that would be improved with adequate housing: indoor dampness and (...)

European Respiratory Roadmap: A practical guide for a healthier future

On 6th of September 2011, the European Respiratory Society organises an event to launch the European Respiratory Roadmap. The meeting will take place at the European Parliament, from 12:30 to 14:30. European Respiratory Roadmap: A practical guide for a healthier future Co-hosted by MEPs Ms Catherine Stihler (S&D, UK) and Mr. Marian-Jean Marinescu (EPP, Romania) European Parliament, Brussels, Room JAN 6Q2 Tuesday, 6 September 2011, 12:30-14:30 hrs Agenda Registration (...)

The missing option for the Common Agricultural Policy after 2013.

In November 2010, the European Commission presented its communication outlining objectives and scenarios for the EU Common Agricultural Policy after 2013. The Commission clearly opts for a more balanced and sustainable CAP aligned with the Europe 2020 strategy. Civil society working on the CAP proposed a fourth - healthier, stable and fairer - option put forward at the hearing organised at the European Parliament on 3 May, 2011. The European Commission communication outlines three options (...)

Noise pollution a critical public health problem, new WHO report says

WHO Europe released a new assessment on the burden of disease from environmental pollution - in particular from noise pollution, which shows that noise especially from road traffic, railways and airports is a critical public health problem: it is the second biggest environmental problem affecting health after air pollution. The report on the burden of diseases from noise from the WHO Europe shows that over 1 million healthy years of life are lost every year in the western countries of WHO (...)