SCIENCE ADVICE FOR POLICY
BY EUROPEAN ACADEMIES

FEAM publishes summary report of round table discussion on use of animals in scientific research

FEAM (the Federation of European Academies of Medicine) has published a summary report from a FEAM European Biomedical Policy Forum round table discussion on the use of animals in scientific research, which was chaired by Professor André Parodi, Honorary President of the French National Academy of Medicine and of the French Veterinary Academy.

SAPEA provides evidence for the European Commission on authorisation of Plant Protection Products

SAPEA (Science Advice for Policy by European Academies) has published its third Evidence Review Report titled Improving authorisation processes for plant protection products in Europe: a scientific perspective on the assessment of potential risks to human health. The report examines the methods and procedures for assessing potential harmful effects on human health from the use of Plant Protection Products (PPPs), and the ways in which the current authorisation processes could be improved from a scientific perspective.

SAPEA provides evidence for the European Commission on Carbon Capture and Utilisation technologies

SAPEA  has published its second Evidence Review Report titled Novel Carbon Capture and Utilisation Technologies: research and climate aspects. The report explores whether Carbon Capture and Utilisation (CCU) technologies have the potential to contribute significantly to mitigating the effects of climate change.

Health inequalities – an interdisciplinary discussion of socioeconomic status, health and causality – 24 May 2018, Amsterdam

Despite decades of research into health inequalities there is still no consensus on some of the basic issues. For example, different disciplines hold different views on the nature of the causal relationship between low socioeconomic status and health, and on the main mechanisms linking low socioeconomic status to ill health and premature death.