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Employers urged to address mental health of home workers 24 March 2022, Katie Coyne New report from WHO and ILO highlights both benefits and risks of remote working Pandemic medical waste poses global health risk 03 March 2022, By Katie Coyne WHO calls for world-wide shake-up in dealing with increased medical waste Northern Ireland bans smoking in cars with children present 17 February 2022, Steve Smethurst A ban on the sale of e-cigarettes and vapes to under-18s has also come into force Rise in fuel poverty is a looming ‘health and social crisis’ 02 February 2022, By Katie Coyne A million more households with children will be thrown into fuel poverty from April under the new cap Fence maker fined £90K for H&S breaches 20 January 2022, By Katie Coyne Managers have responsibility to identify risk and devise safe methods of working Air pollution ‘increases’ Covid risk, finds Italian study 18 January 2022, By Katie Coyne Government efforts to further reduce air pollution must continue 'Non-lethal’ gull deterrent is not enough, say Bath politicians 22 December 2021, Katie Coyne Council prevented from removing gull nests in Bath, risking community’s health Sewage pressure builds for water companies 08 December 2021, Steve Smethurst EA calls for greater penalties for corporate environmental crime as major investigation into sewage treatment works launched. £7m data hub launched to improve public health and environment 08 December 2021, Katie Coyne New data hub will optimise spend on environment, society, economy and health UK household food waste has fallen but it continues to feed climate change 10 November 2021, By Sterling Crew ONS report shows 11-year decline in UK household food waste, but greenhouse gas emissions still considerable
Employers urged to address mental health of home workers 24 March 2022, Katie Coyne New report from WHO and ILO highlights both benefits and risks of remote working
Pandemic medical waste poses global health risk 03 March 2022, By Katie Coyne WHO calls for world-wide shake-up in dealing with increased medical waste
Northern Ireland bans smoking in cars with children present 17 February 2022, Steve Smethurst A ban on the sale of e-cigarettes and vapes to under-18s has also come into force
Rise in fuel poverty is a looming ‘health and social crisis’ 02 February 2022, By Katie Coyne A million more households with children will be thrown into fuel poverty from April under the new cap
Fence maker fined £90K for H&S breaches 20 January 2022, By Katie Coyne Managers have responsibility to identify risk and devise safe methods of working
Air pollution ‘increases’ Covid risk, finds Italian study 18 January 2022, By Katie Coyne Government efforts to further reduce air pollution must continue
'Non-lethal’ gull deterrent is not enough, say Bath politicians 22 December 2021, Katie Coyne Council prevented from removing gull nests in Bath, risking community’s health
Sewage pressure builds for water companies 08 December 2021, Steve Smethurst EA calls for greater penalties for corporate environmental crime as major investigation into sewage treatment works launched.
£7m data hub launched to improve public health and environment 08 December 2021, Katie Coyne New data hub will optimise spend on environment, society, economy and health
UK household food waste has fallen but it continues to feed climate change 10 November 2021, By Sterling Crew ONS report shows 11-year decline in UK household food waste, but greenhouse gas emissions still considerable