Dutch offer €250mn office for EU medicines agency
The Netherlands is one of the many countries that want to host the EU's medicines agency after Brexit.
Opinion
Ceta and pesticides: A citizens' rights issue
The trade agreement with Canada will begin to apply on 21 September. But there is still a potential conflict on the right to data protection vs. the right to access information.
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EU adopts hormone disruptor norms
A European Commission proposal on how to define endocrine disruptors was voted through on Tuesday, after a year of blockage. A French turn-around allowed the decision.
Opinion
EU’s attitude to plant-based products needs to change
Increasingly popular non-meat products are good for the environment, health, and animal welfare. But the EU still remains strangely negative about the prospect.
Interview
Cheap meat is a bigger problem for climate and health
A leading scholar of sustainability issues has called on the EU to introduce protectionist food policies that impose tough health and environmental standards in order to stop the imports of cheap and poor quality meat.
Column / Health Matters
Is Brexit a risk to our health?
People seem more worried in the Brexit debate about the relocation of the European Medicines Agency building, than the more important issue of risks to European public health.
Cigarette tracking rules risk being derailed by lobbyists
Anti-smoking activists fear that tobacco lobbyists will neuter an EU tracking requirement to counter illicit trade, by trying to influence technical talks in Brussels.
Drug overdoses on the rise in Europe
The number of people registered as having died from drug overdose has increased in the EU, Norway and Turkey.
Nordics could become 'Silicon Valley' of food
Five Nordic prime ministers tested seaweed for lunch and launched a new sustainable food policy initiative.
Letter
An open letter to ministers on the audiovisual directive
The ongoing revision of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive is a key opportunity to reduce exposure of Europe's children to advertisements of health-harmful products – an opportunity that should not be missed.
Interview
Cost of obesity outweighs war and terrorism
Despite the expanding costs – and waistlines – caused by rising levels of European obesity, little is being done to remedy the epidemic.
Study: Dieselgate helped cause 6,800 premature deaths in EU
New research published in Nature science magazine gives a better picture of the health impact of cars emitting beyond the EU limits.
Analysis
Audiovisual bill falls short in battle against childhood obesity
Health campaigners would encourage kids to drink water instead of fizzy drinks. But the watering down of an EU directive to protect children from sugary food and drink ads was not what they had in mind.
Air pollution, Europe's largest environmental health hazard
While the health of hundreds of thousands of Europeans' are affected each year by air quality issues, the EU and its member states struggle to implement and comply with legislation that aims to reduce air pollution.
Investigation
Health experts to study Dieselgate impact
Scientists are aiming to provide a complete picture of the effects of the excess emissions of diesel cars, after they estimated VW's emissions test cheating would lead to 1,200 premature deaths in Europe.
Letter
Childhood obesity: Time to put words into action
MEPs from all parties have repeatedly voiced their concerns about the rising levels of childhood overweight and obesity. Yet, when the opportunity arises to put declarations into action, the response falls short.
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Breast implant scandal triggers more EU oversight
A broad range of medical devices, from stethoscopes to breast implants, will be put under greater scrutiny in the EU after the European Parliament agreed on new rule
Opinion
Don't let circular economy become a health hazard
The promotion of a circular economy must guarantee European consumers that products made from recovered or recycled materials, including plastics, do not also include recovered or recycled hazardous substances.
Feature
Civil society steps in to fight rising obesity
By 2030, it is estimated that more than 50 percent of Europeans will be obese. With a lack of public policies and coherent strategies, civil society is often the one trying to find a solution.
Interview
Malta's fight against childhood obesity
Despite ambitious plans and a top political priority to fight childhood obesity, Malta has only managed to halt the rise of obese and overweight children.
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The EU cannot let its patients down
Public health is being pushed into the background at EU level, while a cooperative and patient-centred approach could help to achieve a fairer and better healthcare system for European citizens.
Doubts over EU chemical agency after weedkiller study
Green MEPs and health pressure groups said the European Chemicals Agency could be suffering from conflicts of interest, after it said there wasn't enough evidence to prove that the world's most widely used weedkiller causes cancer.
Crowded race to win EU medicines agency
As cities line up to take over the European Medicines Agency some fear a kerfuffle that could destabilise the agency's work and slow down the pace of approving new medicines.
Cardiovascular disease remains Europe's biggest killer
Death rates from cardiovascular diseases such as heart attacks and strokes are falling but still cost the EU economy an estimated €210 billion a year, according to new figures.
Feature
Medical technology: Advancing too fast for its own good?
The rapid advancement of medical technology has contributed to people living longer, healthier lives but consumer and campaign groups say devices should come under more scrutiny before they are used on patients.
Column / Health Matters
Are you forgetful? Outsource your memory to the cloud
Cybernetics and artificial intelligence have the potential to treat or cure neurological diseases, according to the world’s first cyborg.
Anti-HIV measures failing in EU, says WHO
Rates of infection have stayed constant for a decade in the EU, though there has been a massive surge in Russia apparently caused by drug users sharing needles.
Feature
How Denmark led the way on 'sin taxes'
Denmark ditched their fat tax and cut levies on beer, but Danes still furnish health campaigners with the bulk of their evidence for "sin taxes" on unhealthy food and drink.
Malta, Latvia, and Hungary top EU obesity charts
Age and poor education factor into high obesity rates, according to the EU's statistical office Eurostat. On Thursday, it released figures showing Malta is the most obese country, relative to other EU states.
The stress hormone and EU garden cities
European town planners still borrow from the “garden city” ideals of the 19th century, but they might be doing more harm than good.
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