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Europe’s environment now healthier – but new risks emerging: Europeans live longer and healthier lives than in the past, partly due to successful environmental policies that have reduced the exposure to harmful environmental contaminants in air, water and food, according to a new report. However, these contaminants are still a problem, and several new health risks are emerging, for example, from new chemicals, new products and changing lifestyle patterns.
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Neonicotinoid pesticides are a huge risk – so ban is welcome, says EEA: The European Commission has decided to ban three neonicotinoid insecticides. These chemicals can harm honeybees, according to a large body of scientific evidence, so the European Environment Agency (EEA) commends the precautionary decision to ban them.
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Hazardous substances in marine organisms (MAR 001) - Assessment published Mar 2013: The concentrations were generally Low or Moderate for HCB and lindane, Moderate for cadmium, mercury and lead, and Moderate or High for PCB and DDT. A general downward trend was found in the Northeast Atlantic for lead, lindane, PCB and DDT and also in the Baltic Sea and Mediterranean Sea for lindane. A general upward trend was found in the Mediterranean Sea for mercury and lead.
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Part A - Lessons from health hazards: Part A commences with an analysis of 'false positives' showing that these are few and far between as compared to false negatives and that carefully designed precautionary actions can stimulate innovation, even if the risk turns out not to be real or as serious as initially feared.
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Late lessons II Chapter 10 - Bisphenol A contested science divergent safety evaluations: Located in Publications › Late lessons from early warnings: science, precaution, innovation › Single chapters
Late lessons II Chapter 6 - Beryllium's 'public relations problem': Located in Publications › Late lessons from early warnings: science, precaution, innovation › Single chapters
Late lessons II Chapter 5 - Minamata disease a challenge for democracy and justice: Located in Publications › Late lessons from early warnings: science, precaution, innovation › Single chapters
Late lessons II Chapter 4 - Too much to swallow PCE contamination of mains water: Located in Publications › Late lessons from early warnings: science, precaution, innovation › Single chapters
The cost of ignoring the warning signs - EEA publishes ‘Late Lessons from Early Warnings, volume II’: New technologies have sometimes had very harmful effects, but in many cases the early warning signs have been suppressed or ignored. The second volume of Late Lessons from Early Warnings investigates specific cases where danger signals have gone unheeded, in some cases leading to deaths, illness and environmental destruction.
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EEA reviews new findings from 2012, the Year of Water: Europe needs to work harder to protect its water resources from increasing pressures. This was one of the messages that emerged during 2012, ‘European Year of Water’. The European Environment Agency (EEA) also presented important findings in many other areas, including air, climate, biodiversity and chemicals.
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