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The European Commission must not hold back in the fight against AMR
By omitting critically important antimicrobials from the list of antimicrobials to be reserved for human health, the European Commission is undermining efforts to safeguard human medicine from life-threatening resistance.
The EU must take the lead in preserving essential medicine for human use
The European Commission presented a draft list of antimicrobials to be preserved for human use only, but there are crucial omissions in this legally-binding list that will undermine both human and animal health.
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Project update | Towards plastic-free healthcare in Europe
By transitioning to a circular economy model so that plastic use is reduced, this project aims to reduce the negative impact of plastics in the European healthcare sector on both human health and the environment.
Webinar | The role of chemistry in sustainable medical textiles
On 17 March 2022, HCWH Europe hosted a webinar to discuss the health and environmental impacts of the linear medical textile life-cycle (manufacture, use, and disposal) and the harmful substances that are used in their production.