Health effects of wine

A new legislative proposal in Bulgaria aims to prohibit the sale, purchase, and provision of energy drinks to individuals under 18 years of age.

Wine-drinking vessels, bowls, and animal bones were found inside it.

The World Health Organization (WHO) said Aug. 22 the level of microplastics in drinking-water is not yet dangerous for humans but called for more research into potential future risk.

The National Public Health Organization (EODY) on Wednesday issued a series of guidelines aimed at reducing the number of drownings at Greece's beaches, advising people with children to be vigilant at all times and to opt for locations that have a lifeguard service.

The government's 2019 draft budget does not include revenues from a controversial excise tax on wine, which means the measure has been abolished, Kathimerini understands.

Deputy Agricultural Development Minister Vasilis Kokkalis reportedly informed representatives of the Greek wine sector on the development during an ongoing meeting held in Athens on Thursday, sources told the paper.

AFP - Even an occasional glass of wine or beer increases the risk of health problems and dying, according to a major study on drinking in 195 nations that attributes 2.8 million premature deaths worldwide each year to booze.

Scotland introduced minimum unit pricing on alcohol on May 1 as it tries to improve public health by raising the cost of cheap, strong drinks favored by young people and binge-drinkers.

Scientists say 8,000-year-old pottery fragments have revealed the earliest evidence of grape wine-making, reported BBC. 

The earthenware jars containing residual wine compounds were found in two sites south of the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, researchers said.

Some of the jars bore images of grape clusters and a man dancing.

Greek coroners are advising those driving during the holidays to abstain from alcohol altogether. Ahead of the New Year's celebrations, the Hellenic Society of Forensic Medicine noted that local morgues are always filled with the bodies of young people at this time of year.

Britons need to drink less as any alcohol consumption increases the risk of cancer and other diseases, the government's health chiefs said in the first new guidelines issued for 20 years which were denounced by critics as "nanny state" scaremongering.