HEALTH supremos have been ridiculed for banning booze at their work events after saying there is no safe level of drinking.
The diktat imposed at the World Health Organization was called “joyless” and “unscientific”.
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Dr Hans Kluge, WHO director for Europe, revealed that alcohol is no longer allowed at conferences, meetings or dinners hosted by the agency.
He said: “Evidence links alcohol consumption to 60 to 80 per cent of liver mortality in Europe.
“I recently decided that no alcohol is being served at any WHO hosted events. There is no safe level of drinking.”
Geneva-based WHO caused outrage in January by saying no amount of alcohol was safe.
NHS guidelines say the dangers of drinking are low if consumption is limited to 14 units per week — equal to six pints of beer or six glasses of wine.
Many studies even show a regular tipple can boost your health.
Chris Snowdon, head of lifestyle economics at the Institute of Economic Affairs, said: “If the WHO believes its own unscientific rhetoric, it should go ahead with its alcohol ban.
“The people who want to force us to live a joyless existence should suffer it first.
“The problem with this policy is that it will be another reason for sensible people to turn down a job with the WHO.”
Dr Kluge revealed the diktat in a speech to the European Association for the Study of the Liver.