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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...

Table of nutritional composition of foods (CIQUAL): ANSES supplements its data and publishes its work priorities for the coming years

With 3185 foods listed, the CIQUAL table managed by ANSES is the reference database on the nutritional composition of the most widely consumed...

Water filtration in public swimming pools: ANSES publishes its recommendations on membrane processes

Today, ANSES is publishing an opinion on the use of membrane processes for filtering pool water or water used for backwashing filters in public...