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Joint Conference on Data and use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) for surveillance and risk assessment in food safety, animal and plant health

The rapid advancement of AI, coupled with the expanding availability of omics and surveillance data, is transforming the landscape of food safety,...

Proposal to classify chloroethane as a reproductive toxicant and endocrine disruptor

On the basis of studies showing impaired fertility and development, ANSES proposes classifying chloroethane as a reproductive toxicant and...

Green Data for Health: ANSES’s ambitions for leveraging environmental health data

For the past year, the Agency has been coordinating Green Data for Health (GD4H), an initiative that aims to improve understanding of the impact...

Waste sorting workers highly exposed to multiple health risk factors

Workers in centres sorting plastic, cardboard and metal packaging are exposed to multiple hazards – including micro-organisms, chemicals, noise,...

Learning more about exposure to lithium in order to control the health and environmental risks

Lithium is essential in a number of industry sectors, such as the manufacture of car and mobile phone batteries, and its uses are growing rapidly....

ANSES's commitment to the One Health approach

Adopting a One Health approach means taking account of the interdependence of human, animal, plant and environmental health in order to improve...

Wood heating: stepping up measures to reduce air pollutant emissions

In France, nearly 7.5 million households use wood for heating. Although it is a widespread energy source considered to be renewable, domestic wood...

A new methodological guide to developing reference values

The chemicals we may be exposed to on a daily basis or through our occupational activities can have adverse health effects. To safeguard human...