Bisphenol A is toxic for reproduction and a substance "of very high concern", but PlasticsEurope has filed a case at the EU court to overturn that listing.

Companies are required to check if their 'novel' food product is allowed. But breaking that EU rule is not as costly in some member states as in other EU countries.

Breast cancer is still the most frequent cause of cancer death for women in Europe - but life expectancy of patients in Romania or Poland are lower than the EU average, and screening programmes vary hugely.

The European Commission is considering rolling back medical research incentives, on the faulty assumption they are somehow driving higher drug prices. But not only is that premise flawed – the proposed fix will do nothing to benefit ordinary health consumers.

Most EU states forget to tell Brussels how they will punish misuse of the toxic metal, despite legally agreed deadlines having passed.

The World Health Organization has called upon policymakers in the EU to take forward a decisive action to clean up the air for the benefit of citizens.

The European Commission is putting in place a tracking mechanism but the devil will be in the detail in terms of involvement by big tobacco companies.

Anti-smuggling expert Luk Joossens says draft bill in European Parliament on a 'track-and-trace' system - due by May 2019 - will bring improvements, and that a veto 'would be the nuclear solution'.

As our leaders aim to get the EU back on track, they should remember that healthy populations are the basis for strong economic growth.

The decision to move the European Medicines Agency to Amsterdam still needs to be approved by the European Parliament, which was hardly involved in the process.

Social and geographical inequalities in Europeans' health are one of the main challenges for the EU, says health commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis. He calls on finance ministers to look at the consequences for their country's economies and competitiveness.

As of January 1, 2018 Denmark now permits the use of medical cannabis for patients suffering from various illnesses. But a stigma still lingers against the use of the plant-based drug as a medicine across Europe.

A five-year renewal of the herbicide glyphosate, used in Monsanto's Roundup, was officially adopted by the EU Commission on Tuesday despite public alarm.

Leading scientists and conservation groups have said the EU's plastics strategy must include 'serious regulation' given the potential impact of microplastic pollution on human health.