Chantal Verdonschot (she/her)
@cverdo.bsky.social
Comms @EuroHealthNet. Passionate about health and social equity. Frustrated with the status quo. Dutchie in Madrid 🇪🇸 Crochet enthusiast/newby 🧶
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The evidence is clear. #UltraProcessedFood is making us sick. Rich in salt, sugar & fats, it leads to obesity & cancer, and the #EU can no longer afford not to address them.
Our Policy Précis exposes #UPFs as a threat to #health which must be addressed decisively.
➡️ eurohealthnet.eu/publication/...
Our Policy Précis exposes #UPFs as a threat to #health which must be addressed decisively.
➡️ eurohealthnet.eu/publication/...
Regulate ultra-processed food to save lives and improve health - EuroHealthNet
The EU must put health back in agriculture and food policies Ahead of the European Commission publication of the EU Vision […]
eurohealthnet.eu
If you were to pick up a random item in your cupboard now, how many ingredients would you recognise?
#UltraProcessedFoods - those with scary e-numbers - are hard to avoid, even if they make us sick.
The good news is that the #EU can reign them in. The bad news is that #lobbying is stopping them. ⬇️
#UltraProcessedFoods - those with scary e-numbers - are hard to avoid, even if they make us sick.
The good news is that the #EU can reign them in. The bad news is that #lobbying is stopping them. ⬇️
Definitely worth a read: a detailed account of industry lobbying to weaken regulation for that would protect #health and nature.
Remember when Big Agri lobbied to scrap the EU pesticide law – claiming profits mattered more than our health & nature?💸
A year after this setback, @foeeurope.bsky.social exposes how they did it & how to stop them next time 👉
friendsoftheearth.eu/publication/...
#PesticideFreeEU
A year after this setback, @foeeurope.bsky.social exposes how they did it & how to stop them next time 👉
friendsoftheearth.eu/publication/...
#PesticideFreeEU
How the agroindustry brought down the EU pesticide law
This briefing outlines how the agroindustry's lobbying strategies dismantled this crucial pesticide legislation, the dire consequences that follow - and how to move forward.
friendsoftheearth.eu
February 6, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Definitely worth a read: a detailed account of industry lobbying to weaken regulation for that would protect #health and nature.
"Last year, 4.6bn low-value parcels entered the EU, equivalent to 12m a day"
Any restrictions on the importing of these cheap, counterfeit, and often unsafe products would be a massive win for the #environment.
www.theguardian.com/business/202... @theguardian.com #shein #temu
Any restrictions on the importing of these cheap, counterfeit, and often unsafe products would be a massive win for the #environment.
www.theguardian.com/business/202... @theguardian.com #shein #temu
EU to tighten checks on goods sold by sites such as Shein and Temu
Online retailers face controls as part of crackdown on ‘dangerous products’ flooding bloc’s market
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2025 at 1:14 PM
"Last year, 4.6bn low-value parcels entered the EU, equivalent to 12m a day"
Any restrictions on the importing of these cheap, counterfeit, and often unsafe products would be a massive win for the #environment.
www.theguardian.com/business/202... @theguardian.com #shein #temu
Any restrictions on the importing of these cheap, counterfeit, and often unsafe products would be a massive win for the #environment.
www.theguardian.com/business/202... @theguardian.com #shein #temu
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It’s time for the super rich to pay higher taxes for the good of people and planet.
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#TaxTheSuperRich
| For People & Planet
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February 4, 2025 at 1:07 PM
It’s time for the super rich to pay higher taxes for the good of people and planet.
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If you were to pick up a random item in your cupboard now, how many ingredients would you recognise?
#UltraProcessedFoods - those with scary e-numbers - are hard to avoid, even if they make us sick.
The good news is that the #EU can reign them in. The bad news is that #lobbying is stopping them. ⬇️
#UltraProcessedFoods - those with scary e-numbers - are hard to avoid, even if they make us sick.
The good news is that the #EU can reign them in. The bad news is that #lobbying is stopping them. ⬇️
The evidence is clear. #UltraProcessedFood is making us sick. Rich in salt, sugar & fats, it leads to obesity & cancer, and the #EU can no longer afford not to address them.
Our Policy Précis exposes #UPFs as a threat to #health which must be addressed decisively.
➡️ eurohealthnet.eu/publication/...
Our Policy Précis exposes #UPFs as a threat to #health which must be addressed decisively.
➡️ eurohealthnet.eu/publication/...
Regulate ultra-processed food to save lives and improve health - EuroHealthNet
The EU must put health back in agriculture and food policies Ahead of the European Commission publication of the EU Vision […]
eurohealthnet.eu
February 4, 2025 at 12:11 PM
If you were to pick up a random item in your cupboard now, how many ingredients would you recognise?
#UltraProcessedFoods - those with scary e-numbers - are hard to avoid, even if they make us sick.
The good news is that the #EU can reign them in. The bad news is that #lobbying is stopping them. ⬇️
#UltraProcessedFoods - those with scary e-numbers - are hard to avoid, even if they make us sick.
The good news is that the #EU can reign them in. The bad news is that #lobbying is stopping them. ⬇️