Outdoor air (ambient)
Challenges in air quality
Updated on 20/09/2016
Keywords : Outdoor air (ambient), Indoor air
Air, whether outdoors or in confined environments, is likely to be polluted by chemicals, bio-contaminants or particles and fibres that can have an adverse effect on health. These pollutants can be of natural origin (pollens, volcanic emissions, etc.), or be linked to human activity (particles from industrial activities, agriculture or road transport, volatile organic compounds emitted by building materials, etc.). For indoor air, the nature of the pollutants depends mainly on the characteristics of the building, as well as the inhabitants’ activities and behaviour (smoking, DIY, painting, etc.). For outdoor air, pollutant-emitting activities such as industry, transportation, heating buildings and agriculture also influence the chemical make-up of emissions. Air quality has been a subject of concern for many years and has now become a major public health issue. ANSES works on both indoor and outdoor air to assess the risks related to pollutants found in these environments.
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Contamination of air by pesticides
Updated on 29/09/2020
Keywords : Pesticides, Indoor air, Outdoor air (ambient)
Air pollution caused by pesticides is one of the components of atmospheric pollution. However, it is still less well documented than the contamination of water or food by these same substances. There is currently no national surveillance plan or regulatory value for pesticide contamination of the various air environments (outdoor and indoor air). Because improving air quality is a major public health issue, a national plan for the reduction of atmospheric pollutant emissions (PREPA) has been implemented as a roadmap for achieving this, through some 50 actions. These include the national exploratory campaign to measure pesticides in outdoor air (CNEP), led by ANSES alongside Ineris and the AASQA network, with a view to establishing permanent targeted monitoring at national level.
Road infrastructures
Updated on 20/09/2016
Keywords : Outdoor air (ambient), Road infrastructures
As part of the revision of the Circular on impact assessments concerning the construction or upgrading of road infrastructures, ANSES received a formal request to update the list of substances to consider in health risk assessments. In an Opinion and Report published in August 2012, the Agency proposes a list of 14 pollutants and two classes of pollutants.
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