SCIENCE ADVICE FOR POLICY
BY EUROPEAN ACADEMIES

Science supports new and improved cancer screening programmes, say EU advisors

There is a strong scientific basis for introducing life-saving screening programmes in EU member states for both lung cancer and prostate cancer, according to experts advising the European Commission ahead of an expected update to the Council’s cancer screening guidelines.  In a comprehensive evidence review published today (2 March), SAPEA – part of the Commission’s … Read more

Discover the built2biodegrade.eu website!

As a follow-up to our report on biodegradability of plastics in the open environment published in December 2020, we are launching the built2biodegrade.eu! This is a website dedicated to a first-of-its-kind, public experiment to discover how long biodegradable plastics take to break down in seawater. Our report stresses that calling something ‘biodegradable’ doesn’t mean that … Read more