by Cristina Pricop | Oct 26, 2022 | Clean Air | Analysis & Opinion, The View from EPHA
© Image by European Health Forum Gastein via Flickr. Estimates say we spend about 90% of our time indoors. In doing so, we are faced with an invisible yet pervasive threat: indoor air pollution. On Thursday 29 September, EPHA organised a session at the European Health...
by European Public Health Alliance | Aug 31, 2022 | Clean Air | Analysis & Opinion
Guest article by Marta Montanari, Policy and Events Officer at the European Respiratory Society In 2020, the European Commission started to work on a new initiative to update the current set of rules to reduce Fluorinated gases (F-gases) emissions. There are four...
by Matteo Barisione | Aug 31, 2022 | Clean Air, Clean Air | Analysis & Opinion
The European Public Health Alliance (EPHA), the European Respiratory Society (ERS), the European Environmental Bureau (EEB), Transport & Environment, and POLIS Network, co-signed a letter on 30 June asking the European Commission to not postpone the release of its...
by Matteo Barisione | Apr 25, 2022 | #CleanAirHealthyCities, Clean Air | Analysis & Opinion
Plastic degradation is a global threat that affects our planet and our health. According to a new study published by Hull York Medical School (United Kingdom) in March 2022, for the first time, microplastic pollution has been discovered lodged deep in the lungs of...
by European Public Health Alliance | Oct 28, 2021 | Clean Air | Analysis & Opinion
Guest article by Roberta Sadauskaite, European Respiratory Society On 22nd September 2021, the European Respiratory Society, together with more than 100 partners, issued a strong statement on the highly anticipated new WHO Air Quality Guidelines which reflect years of...
by European Public Health Alliance | Oct 28, 2021 | Clean Air | Analysis & Opinion
Guest article by Anna Kotarska, Project Manager, Polish Society for Health Programs (PTPZ)Zdrowe Powietrze | FacebookLove autumn? Take a deep breath.In Poland, together with the beauty of autumnal golden leaves, the heating season has brought the old problem of air...