The Environment and Public Health Institute is a think tank that addresses the environmental and health threats of our time. We do so with the conviction that free enterprise, economic growth, new technologies and free choice are not threats to our environment and health, but rather a prerequisite for them. Read more "
Our work is divided into public health program area and Environment program area.
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EPHI IN ALMEDALEN 2023!
On Thursday, June 29, we are organizing five seminars on interesting and current topics. The day will end with a mingle where you as an audience will have the opportunity to talk to the panelists and us at EPHI. Seats are limited, so we recommend that you arrive in good time. No pre-registration for the seminars is required. Click here for more information!
Taste of nicotine
In Sweden, we have almost reached the WHO target of being smoke-free, defined as less than 5% daily smokers. One contributing factor is the availability of a different way of using nicotine than smoking - snus. In our series of essays on HEALTH, Professor Fredrik H Nyström looks at the issue of nicotine and how dangerous or harmless it is. The essay Taste of...
Almedalen
Today we woke up tired but happy and invigorated after an incomparable day in Almedalen's EPHI center! Happy to have met new and old friends here in Almedalen. Strengthened by the fact that we managed to complete ten seminars, which dealt with, among other things, how we get sufficient electricity grids for the future, China's role in climate change, what dietary advice should look like for...
A full day on environment and public health!
Time: July 5, 8:30-18:00Location: Donners Plats 3, Visby After two summers without any Almedalen Week in place, it feels great to come to Visby and show us off. Ephi has been around for just over a year but now it's starting to take off. On Tuesday we have a full program that starts with a breakfast discussion with Lena Andersson about what to do...
Duty to exercise?
In our series of essays on HEALTH, Dagens Industri's political editor PM Nilsson argues that liberalism is a good desk pad and a cornerstone of any successful society, but often a failed starting point for public health work.
Cash environmental tax? - An evaluation of the excise tax on plastic carrier bags
Should politicians implement environmental policies that upset people in their everyday lives? Then the least you can ask is that the efforts have the intended effect and do something good for the environment and the climate. As the plastic bag tax turns two years old, Sofia Höglund explains what has happened since the tax was introduced in a report for EPHI. The report Cash...
Breifing Paper: China and the Climate after COP 26
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. This Briefing Paper maps China's greenhouse gas emissions and its role in climate change, and examines the Chinese government's climate ambitions and action plan to achieve them.
100% EU
124. Why should you avoid organic food?
With only a few days to go before the European elections, Torbjörn Fagerström, professor emeritus of theoretical ecology at Lund University, explains what is wrong with the EU's agricultural policy and why we should follow Brazil's lead. He also explains why we should not buy...
123. Should you be allowed to take your children out of school to travel?
Is it fair for municipalities to sue parents who take their children on trips? And is traveling immoral and unnecessary, or educational and healthy? Vagabond founder Per J Andersson is a guest on the podcast to discuss the view on travel and gives his best tips for...
122. Skip the sunscreen and enjoy the sun
Health expert Fredrik Paulún joins the podcast to talk about his latest book, The Light Revolution. Paulún explains that the sun is at least as important as exercise for our health, and that the advice to always wear sunscreen is wrong.
121. snus sales in pharmacies
Psychiatrist David Eberhard, author of the report Nicotine and the Brain for EPHI, tells us what addiction is, how it works and when it's dangerous, and why the inventor of snuff bags deserves the Nobel Prize in Medicine.
120. Tobé (M) - Free trade friendly customs advocate
The Moderate Party's top candidate Tomas Tobé is a guest on the podcast ahead of the EU elections. Tobé explains why snus is provocative in the EU and notes that the battle over nuclear power has been won. We find out why carbon tariffs might be a good idea and whether the EU should decide how much we...
119. Sweden needs more mines
MEP Emma Wiesner (C) joins the podcast to share her election promises for the upcoming European elections. Wiesner wants to see an EU that takes responsibility for mining and where pigs still have their squeals.
118. Will stem cells revolutionize our health?
Maria Rankka, investor, entrepreneur and chairman of Cellcolabs, is a guest on the podcast. Among other things, Maria Rankka talks about the effects she noticed after the stem cell treatment she did in the Bahamas and gives her best health tips.
117. Leave the whining policy
Anna Maria Corazza Bildt (L), the "Surströmmingsvurmaren", is a guest on the podcast ahead of the European elections on June 9. She gives her views on everything from food production, farm sales and snus enjoyment to Fit for 55.
116. Can you exercise without private health insurance?
How do you get the right care for your training injury? Medical anarchist Petra Månström, who runs the Marathon Podcast, reflects on why the healthcare system has such a hard time dealing with training injuries.
115. How the conservatives will attract women
Opinion analyst Per Rosencrantz is a guest on the podcast and talks about why so much politics is about harsher punishment, gang crime and migration while women are interested in healthcare and health.
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