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Clean Air Day, the UK’s largest campaign on air pollution is on Thursday 16 June 2022.

Air pollution is the biggest environmental threat to our health, no matter who you are or where you live. It can harm every organ in your body and can shorten our lives, contribute towards chronic illness and put us more at risk from COVID-19.

Investigations by Local Authority Environmental Health teams found a substantial number of businesses with recalled product still available for sale.

In response to this, Food Standards Scotland (FSS) issued a warning the public to continue to be on the lookout for certain Kinder products and advised that the products should not be purchased or eaten.

The products, which were recalled by Ferrero in early April, have been linked to an ongoing salmonella outbreak. A number of these cases have been young children.

The mandatory housing measures for poultry and captive birds, which were introduced across the United Kingdom to help stop the spread of bird flu, were lifted on Monday 2 May 2022, the Chief Veterinary Officers have confirmed today.

The board room at 19 Torphichen Street has formally been named the ‘Forteath Room’ in recognition of Bernard Forteath’ s outstanding and distinguished service to the Institute and the Environmental Health profession.

More than 80 cases of monkeypox have been confirmed in at least 12 countries.

The World Health Organization has said another 50 suspected cases are being investigated and warned that more cases are likely to be reported. Infections have been confirmed in nine European countries, as well as the US, Canada and Australia. So far, public health agencies in Europe have confirmed cases in the UK, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Belgium, France, the Netherlands, Italy and Sweden.

NHS Borders Health Protection team is currently managing a probable outbreak of E.coli O157.

The outbreak appears to be affecting children at Cherrytrees nursery in Hawick and as a result of this Cherrytrees nursery has had to temporarily close. However, there is no evidence to suggest that the source of infection is the nursery.

None of the affected people who have been reviewed medically are causing any clinical concern.

An independent review of the role of incineration in the waste hierarchy in Scotland, which recommends a cap on future incineration capacity, has been published by the Scottish Government

The Scottish Government have launched a consultation which seeks to gather views on 

New data from the UK’s largest ever attitudinal survey towards allergies, conducted by Allergy UK, the leading patient charity for people living with allergic disease, found that over half (53%) of people living with allergies in the UK regularly avoid social situations due to their allergy.