Health and the quality of our environment are closely intertwined and influence each other. Air pollution and water quality have an impact on human health, and medicinal residues excreted by humans and livestock have a negative effect on water, soils, and fauna. In addition, antibiotic resistance can also spread through environmental pathways.

Ecologic Institute has been working for many years on various aspects of the relationship between the environment and health. For example, the area of human and veterinary medicine in the environment includes exploring potential measures to reduce the entry of medicines into the environment, developing stakeholder information, and producing targeted communication materials for different stakeholder groups on the impact of their actions and possible responses. The results range from policy recommendations for authorities at European and national level to training materials for farmers and veterinarians which support thematic awareness raising.

Our transdisciplinary research on health lies at the interface of environmental and life sciences as well as social and political sciences. To find appropriate responses, Ecologic Institute collaborates with academia, governments, industry, and civil society.