EU publishes new guidelines to protect workers from asbestos

mennessä CrNet Oy | joulu 19, 2025 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

The European Commission has issued new guidelines to better protect workers from the dangerous cancer-causing substance asbestos, as well as an updated list of occupational diseases. Asbestos exposure remains one of the leading causes of occupational cancer in the EU....

Gaza: Access to food improves but living conditions remain dire

mennessä CrNet Oy | joulu 19, 2025 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

A pregnant woman in Gaza thought she might lose her child because of malnourishment. Ten days ago, she gave birth and is now in recovery thanks to World Food Programme (WFP) facilities that are back up and running again, the agency’s representative for Palestine said...

Researchers Find Trees Could Spruce Up Future Water Conservation Efforts

mennessä CrNet Oy | joulu 19, 2025 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

Trees contain valuable information about Earth’s past, so much so that studying their rings may help fill in hidden gaps in Ohio’s environmental history. Trees are the planet’s living lungs; they remove carbon from the atmosphere to clean the air, and filter our...

Asylum: EP and Council reach a deal to update safe third country rules

mennessä CrNet Oy | joulu 18, 2025 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

Parliament and Council negotiators have reached a political agreement on updates to the 2024 Asylum Law regarding the conditions for applying the rules on safe third countries. On Thursday the negotiating team of the Civil Liberties Committee informally agreed with...

Record 2026 EU funding boosts agri-food promotion as Commission launches new food campaign

mennessä CrNet Oy | joulu 18, 2025 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

The European Commission has announced a record €205 million package to co-finance activities promoting sustainable and high-quality EU agri-food products in 2026, both domestically and internationally. The new promotion programme aims to strengthen the global...