EU
Protecting the environment through criminal law
October 11, 2019
The European Commission launches public consultation to evaluate EU rules. Directorate-General for Justice and Consumers is currently evaluating the Environmental Crime Directive (Directive 2008/99/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008) on the protection of the environment through criminal law and whether it has achieved its objectives. The objective of […]
Britons exposed to chemicals from birth
October 8, 2019
Banned flame retardants were found in the umbilical cord blood of new-born babies. The UK Parliaments environmental audit committee (EAC) recently published a report accusing UK ministers of “sitting on their hands” while “unnecessary and potentially toxic” chemicals continued to enter people’s homes MPs have warned that Britons are being exposed to a “cocktail of […]
