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Internship at EPHI in spring 2026
Internship at EPHI VT2026 About EPHI The Environment and Public Health Institute (EPHI) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank and meeting place that addresses the environmental and health problems of our time. We do so based on the conviction that free enterprise, economic growth, new technologies and citizens' free choices are not threats...
From waste to resource? The EU Waste Directive under the microscope
Adam Schlüssler, EPHI's Director of Waste, reports live from Brussels on developments regarding the EU Waste Framework Directive. The targeted revision of the Waste Framework Directive aims to strengthen separate collection requirements, extend producer responsibility, improve recycling performance, and harmonize monitoring across the EU, with key...
Seminar: Who can speak to the powers that be?
The WHO is pushing to make it more difficult or even impossible to talk to politicians if you work in the beverage or food sector. It is already difficult, if not impossible, for the tobacco industry to talk to political representatives. Now the alcohol and food industries look set to suffer the same fate. Is this a good development that...
EPHI in Almedalen 2025
Don't miss EPHI's exciting event during Almedalsveckan 2025 We will as usual be on site in the pink house above Donner's place on Hästgatan 2 where we will organize several seminars and record 100% together with Henrik Jönsson. Tuesday 24/6 10:00-11:00 A final round - 50 years with the total consumption model Sweden has for half a century...
100% and Henrik Jönsson are looking for editors
We are looking for a talented video creator to join the team behind 100% and Henrik Jönsson! Start: Mid-MayScope: Freelance to begin with - for the right person it can become a permanent positionLocation: Preferably Stockholm, but not a requirement Do you want to work in a creative, fast and committed team? Now we are looking for you who are sharp at both filming and editing, and who...
Have the EU´s industry policies run out of charge?
Jonas Grafström, a researcher at Ratio, the Swedish business research institute, has written a report on the collapse of the battery company Northvolt. Northvolt is not alone in being a failing battery company. There are other failing ventures in Europe. The EU's current climate policy focuses on reducing greenhouse gas emissions from transport and...
Make America Healty Again
Make America healthy again! Robert F. Kennedy Jr, RFK, nephew of former President John F Kennedy and son of Robert F Kennedy, who switched from the Democrats to the Republicans in this year's election, will be tasked by President Donald Trump. He will make, perhaps, the world's most unhealthy population healthy again. I spent...
100% EU
178. Benjamin Dousa saves the snuff
White snus is under threat on three fronts, says Sweden's Minister for Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade Benjamin Dousa. He tells us what the government will do to stop tax increases and bans.
177. Healthy cosmetic surgery
Journalist Erik Galli answers whether cosmetic surgery can improve well-being, and whether being able to move your forehead is really desirable.
176. Reduced VAT on food, a bad idea
VAT is not a left-right issue, says Patrick Krassén, tax policy expert at Företagarna. Can the reduced VAT on food get rid of inflation? Or is it just election pork that risks leading to an even fatter population? We find out in today's...
175. Sport and gender
Sex hormones affect both strength and endurance. Therefore, athletes who have gone through male puberty should never compete with women, says Tommy Lundberg, associate professor of physiology at Karolinska Institutet.
174. All about functional medicine
Peter Martin, CEO of FunMed, talks about how functional medicine can help patients get to the bottom of their health problems, while publicly funded healthcare could cut costs.
173. Salmon fishing, berry picking and unnecessary regulations
Fredrik Kopsch, chief economist at Timbro, talks about his newly written cookbook and about the regulations that complicate Swedish food production.
172. Frozen after death
We meet futurologist Anders Sandberg who explains why his head should be kept frozen after his death and then hopefully brought back to life.
171. Nationalization of health care
Jean-Luc Af Geijerstam, Director General of the Swedish Agency for Health and Care Services Analysis, explains the advantages and disadvantages of a state-run healthcare system compared to today's regionally run system.
170. Have more children for the sake of the climate
Editorialist and economist John Norell explains why we should be concerned about low birth rates and what policy can do about it.
169. All about stem cells
Pain specialist Torbjörn Ogéus treats osteoarthritis using stem cells. In this episode, he talks about the potential of this new technology, but also about the policies that are holding it back.
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Several of EPHI's publications are available both in text and as recorded podcasts. Most often it is the authors themselves who read their text. Subscribe to EPHI's recorded reports and essays and you can listen to new exciting perspectives on environment and health issues when it suits you.
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3: PM Nilsson - Duty to exercise?
This is a reading of an essay from EPHI. Although daily physical activity is probably one of the best things you can do to stay healthy, it is considered to be something that you have to do entirely at your own discretion. This applies to adults as well as children and...
1: Jojje Olsson - China and the climate after COP26
This is a reading of a briefing paper from EPHI. China's emissions are the single most important factor for the future of the climate. It currently emits more carbon dioxide than the EU and all other OECD countries combined. In contrast to other leading economies, they increased...
2: Lena Andersson - To eat or not to eat
This is a reading of an essay from EPHI. Eating has become so much more than a way to get nourishment. What you eat can be a stand for a better world for humans as well as animals, for domestically produced products or a national agriculture....
3: PM Nilsson - Duty to exercise?
This is a reading of an essay from EPHI. Although daily physical activity is probably one of the best things you can do to stay healthy, it is considered to be something that you have to do entirely at your own discretion. This applies to adults as well as children and...
2: Lena Andersson - To eat or not to eat
This is a reading of an essay from EPHI. Eating has become so much more than a way to get nourishment. What you eat can be a stand for a better world for humans as well as animals, for domestically produced products or a national agriculture....
1: Jojje Olsson - China and the climate after COP26
This is a reading of a briefing paper from EPHI. China's emissions are the single most important factor for the future of the climate. It currently emits more carbon dioxide than the EU and all other OECD countries combined. In contrast to other leading economies, they increased...
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Benjamin Dousa on the EU attack on snus: a red line
White snus is under threat on three fronts, says Sweden's Minister for Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade Benjamin Dousa. He explains what the government will do to...
New report on EU dependence on China
In his latest report for the think tank EPHI, China analyst Jojje Olsson examines how China has systematically penetrated European markets.
50 years of the total consumption model
Just in time for midsummer, EPHI is releasing the report A Last Round, in which Fredrik Nyström, Professor of Internal Medicine,...
Party healthy with Bingo Rimér
Bingo Rimér, no longer a girl photographer, talks about everything from couples therapy to the quality of her sperm. Loneliness is more dangerous than...
Professor: Moderate alcohol is good for health
Exercise, snuff and exercise in moderation, that's what Fredrik Nyström, chief physician and professor of internal medicine at Linköping University, recommends...
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