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Environment and health
A clean environment is essential for human health and well-being. However, the interactions between the environment and human health are highly complex and difficult to assess. This makes the use of the precautionary principle particularly useful. The best-known health impacts are related to ambient air pollution, poor water quality and insufficient sanitation. Much less is known about the health impacts of hazardous chemicals. Noise is an emerging environment and health issue. Climate change, depletion of stratospheric ozone, loss of biodiversity, and land degradation can also affect human health.
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Publications
- Ensuring quality of life in Europe's cities and towns
- 28 May 2009
- Spatial assessment of PM10 and ozone concentrations in Europe (2005)
- 24 Mar 2009
- Air pollution by ozone across Europe during summer 2008
- 24 Mar 2009
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Indicators
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CSI 003 - Emissions of primary particles and secondary particulate matter precursors (version 2) - Assessment published Dec 2008
- 19 Dec 2008
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CSI 003 - Emissions of primary particles and secondary particulate matter precursors (version 1) - Assessment published Mar 2008
- 07 Mar 2008
- TERM04 - Transport contribution to air quality - Assessment published Jun 2006
- 28 Jun 2006
- Related themes
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Air pollution
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Noise
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Highlights
- EU set to miss 2010 air pollutant limits
- 01 Oct 2009
- Best way to get around: bicycle, car or on foot?
- 16 Sep 2009
- Emissions of air pollutants down in EU-27
- 21 Aug 2009
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External links
- Health-EU Portal
- DG Environment Environment and Health
- European Research on Environment and Health Funded by the Sixth Framework Programme
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Upcoming events
- Pesticide Action Network UK Annual Lecture: Birds & Pesticides: Is the threat of a Silent Spring really behind us?
- 02 Dec 2009 - 02 Dec 2009, brunei gallery, soas, thornhaugh street, london, wc1h oxg
Green tips
The European Environment Agency (EEA) is an agency of the European Union.