Explainers

EU legislation sets minimum standards for health and safety at work, and protects workers against exposure to dangerous substances, such as asbestos.

Air pollution is the biggest environmental health risk in Europe. New EU rules will significantly improve air quality and reduce pollution-related deaths.

The EU and its member states have taken strategic and operational measures to address the security and health implications of drug trafficking and drug use.

The page presents the latest data about air pollution in Europe, as well as facts about how pollution affects human health and the environment.

Organic farming produces food by means of natural methods that have a limited environmental impact. The EU wants 25% of its farmland to be organic by 2030 and has clear rules to support that goal.

The critical medicines act addresses shortages of key medicines to better meet patient needs and improve the EU’s resilience to health crises.

The EU helps to improve public health through funding and legislation on tackling cross-border health threats, medicines, patient's rights in cross-border healthcare, disease prevention and promotion of good health.

The pharma package updates the current rules on medicines to better meet patient needs and support competition and innovation.

Moving freely in the EU will become easier for people with disabilities. A European disability card and a parking card will ease access to their rights and to preferential conditions in all EU countries.

107 million Europeans have some form of disability. Find out more facts and figures on living with disabilities in the EU.