by Zoltán Massay-Kosubek | Apr 27, 2017 | Air, water pollution and health effects, Clean Air | Analysis & Opinion
Air pollution is one of the major public health challenges of our time. The public health context in terms of protecting EU citizens’ health and reducing the chronic disease burden and its associated costs to healthcare systems is a vital consideration in the debate...
by Zoltán Massay-Kosubek | Dec 8, 2016 | Air, water pollution and health effects, Clean Air | Analysis & Opinion
The European COPD Coalition (ECC), the European Respiratory Society (ERS), the European Public Health Alliance (EPHA) and the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) welcome the European Commission’s proposal on the 3rd Real driving emissions (RDE) package and call on the...
by EPHA | Dec 14, 2015 | Air, water pollution and health effects, Clean Air | Analysis & Opinion
Ahead of the 16 December Environment Council meeting, 17 health organisations signed a letter containing recommendations to Environment and Health Ministers for ambitious EU action that will benefit people’s health, the environment and the economy. To: Ministers of...
by EPHA | Apr 30, 2015 | Air, water pollution and health effects, Clean Air | Analysis & Opinion, Healthy Environments | Analysis & Opinion
According to WHO predictions, climate change will cause an increase in annual heat related deaths of elderly people in Europeto 27,000 by 2050, if decisive policy action is not taken at the Paris Climate Conference this year. At the mid-term review of the European...
by EPHA | Mar 7, 2013 | Air, water pollution and health effects
How is coal pollution making us sick? is the latest Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) report launched on 7 March. The paper provides an overview of the scientific evidence of how air pollution impacts on health and how emissions from coal power plants are...
by EPHA | Jan 16, 2013 | Air, water pollution and health effects
Air quality is a major concern for European citizens and is an area in which the EU has been particularly active over the last 30 years. As part of continuing efforts to improve air quality and air pollution, the European Commission is currently undertaking a...
