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Protection of workers: Limit values for lead and diisocyanates
As part of its fight against harmful substances, on 13 February 2023 the European Commission tabled a proposal for a directive aimed at protecting workers' health by lowering occupational exposure to lead and diisocyanates. In Parliament, the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, which is responsible for the file, adopted its report on 7 September 2023. The mandate to enter into interinstitutional negotiations was endorsed by the plenary the following week. On 14 November 2023, Parliament and ...
Plenary round-up – January I 2023
The highlights of the January I 2023 plenary session were debates on the conclusions of the European Council meeting of 15 December 2022 and the presentation of activities planned under the Swedish Presidency of the Council of the European Union. The session opened with a ceremony marking the 30th anniversary of the single market, followed by a debate with the Council and Commission on the matter. Debates were held on the surge of respiratory infections and the shortage of medication in Europe; on ...
Cleaner air for Europe: EU efforts to fight air pollution
Air pollution knows no borders. Wind can carry pollutants over thousands of kilometres. Poor air quality impacts negatively on human health, ecosystems, crop yields and buildings. It is one of the main environmental causes of premature death, having claimed 5.5 million lives globally and over 430 000 in the EU in 2013. The European Commission estimates the cost of air pollution linked to the degradation of health in European society to amount to €330 billion to €940 billion per year. Developed since ...
Reducing smoking rates in the EU
Smoking is the largest preventable cause of death in the EU, creating both direct costs to healthcare systems and indirect costs due to productivity loss.
Municipal waste treatment methods
Municipal waste treatment can have negative effects on the environment, human health and may also cause nuisance to local residents.
The benefits of strict cut-off criteria on human health in relation to the proposal for a Regulation concerning plant protection products
Executive Summary This study assesses the health benefits of strict ‘cut-off criteria’ on human health in relation to the proposal for a Regulation concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market (COM(2006) 388). The Common Position text provides that active substances classified as carcinogen, mutagen or toxic for reproduction category 1 or 2 (CMR 1 & 2), or substances considered to have endocrine disrupting properties (ED) on the basis of internationally agreed test guidelines ...