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 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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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.

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.