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Father Wouter launches anti-vaping campaign warning young people about skin and sex life damage

Father Wouter Snoeijers has launched a unique anti-vaping campaign that uses fictional, provocative flavor names to highlight potential negative effects on teenage skin and sexual health. The initiative aims to reach young people by focusing on social and aesthetic consequences that are more immediate to them than long-term health warnings.

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One dead, several hospitalizations and a liver transplant: poisonous death cap mushroom alarms doctors

Medical professionals in the Netherlands are raising urgent alarms regarding the prevalence of the deadly green death cap mushroom. The fungus, which resembles a common wild mushroom, has already caused an unusually high number of poisoning cases, including one fatality and emergency liver transplant surgery, early this autumn.

At Flow Community you don't have to rush home after yoga: 'There is time for tea and a chat'

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UMC: increasingly unhealthy food supply in cities, Amsterdam also scores poorly: 'Hurry up with Food Law'

A study by the UMC across ten Dutch cities shows that urban food environments have become increasingly unhealthy over the last decade. Local officials are now calling for a new national Food Act to grant municipalities the legal power to regulate unhealthy food vendors, especially near schools.

Phone ban at school may backfire: 'Young people compensate with screen time at home'

Starting January 1, the Dutch government plans to expand the mobile phone ban in schools to include playgrounds and break times. While the policy aims to curb distractions, experts caution that it could increase social isolation and lead students to compensate for lost screen time at home.