by European Public Health Alliance | Aug 31, 2022 | Opinion
Guest article by Dr Alessandro Borgini, ISDE – Italy Decades of important scientific studies have revealed the strong connection between exposure to air pollution and adverse health outcomes like respiratory infections, heart disease and lung cancer. Both...
by European Public Health Alliance | Aug 31, 2022 | 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 Bhavani Srinivasan | Aug 31, 2022 | Newsletters
Since the World Health Organisation’s Air Quality Guidelines’ publication in September 2021, the environmental and health communities have been active to explain why these guidelines are so important. They not only identify the levels of air quality necessary to...
by Bhavani Srinivasan | Jun 30, 2022
What’s the healthiest replacement for Diesel? 30 June 2022 10:00 - 11:30 CEST Online Air pollution from diesel road vehicles costs Europe billions every year. So what should we replace diesel with? After the European Parliament’s vote to end the sale of new...
by European Public Health Alliance | May 5, 2022 | Statements
This article has been updated on 21 June 2022. On 30 May, a group of over 50 NGOs from across Europe have co-signed a letter addressed to MEPs ahead of their vote on car and van CO2 laws on June 7. They appeal for higher CO2 targets for carmakers as a mean to speed up...