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Severe poisoning after consumption of toxic jimsonweed leaves from a vegetable patch

Following a group of severe poisoning cases in the Grand-Est region, ANSES and the poison control centres are alerting the public to the risks...

ANSES makes recommendations to limit cadmium exposure from consumption of edible seaweed

Almost a quarter of edible seaweed samples analysed recently had cadmium concentrations above the maximum level of 0.5 milligram per kilogram set...

Food safety: ANSES offers a tool for ranking chemical and biological hazards

From farm (food production and processing) to fork (consumption), the food we eat can be contaminated by various chemical and biological agents...

Study of the carcinogenic potential of glyphosate: ANSES announces the withdrawal of the consortium selected to conduct additional toxicological studies

Following the controversies over the carcinogenic classification of glyphosate, ANSES and its expert groups developed a strategy for the...

An ANSES unit becomes the international reference laboratory for an equine parasitic disease

The Physiopathology and Epidemiology of Equine Diseases (PhEED) Unit, within the Normandy site of ANSES's Laboratory for Animal Health, has just...

Inhalation of nitrous oxide: ANSES recommends improving regulations and better informing the public about potential health risks

Nitrous oxide is a gas used in the medical field for its analgesic properties. It is also used and sold as a propellant in canisters for whipped...

Detection of a novel swine influenza virus in China underlines the importance of monitoring this disease in pigs

Although the novel influenza virus detected in pigs in China has some characteristics that favour its spread in humans, it does not pose an...

Loss of sense of smell: SARS-CoV-2 does not seem to infect the olfactory nerves

Anosmia – or loss of sense of smell – is one of the symptoms commonly encountered in COVID-19 patients, and healthcare personnel include this...