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Ineris sets new priorities for 2021-2025
Coming into effect on 1 January this year, Ineris has adopted a new Objectives and Performance Contract for the 2021-2025 period. The contract was signed on 21 December last year by Minister for Ecological Transition Barbara Pompili, Ineris CEO Raymond Cointe and Chairman of the Institute’s Board of Directors, Alain Dorison. -
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Ineris celebrates its 30th birthday!
30 years ago, in the year 1990, against the backdrop of growing environmental concerns and the scheduled decline of coal mining in France, a new public body was established to succeed the Centre for Coal Research: on 7 December 1990, Ineris was created by French government order n°90-1089. -
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Effects of fine particles on human health: Ineris contributes to Europe-wide study
Ineris recently participated in a European study coordinated by the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI, Switzerland) on sources of atmospheric fine particles (PM2.5) and their harmful effects on human health. The results of this study, published in the journal Nature (18 November 2020), draw a link between sources of fine particles and their oxidizing potential (OP) as an estimation of the capacity of PM2.5 to bring about harmful effects (oxidative stress) on the human body. -
Ineris (the French National Institute for Industrial Environment and Risks) is a public institution supervised by the Ministry of Ecological Transition, known in French as the Department for envrionnement. Ineris dedicates itself to the assessment and prevention of the risks that economic activities can pose to health, the safety of people and property, as well as the environment. The Institute also provides support to help industrial companies adapt and comply with these constraints. -
Microplastics: Ineris leads the European Missouri project
On 17 November, Ineris and its partners launched the European project Missouri (MIcroplasticS in Soil and grOUndwateR: sources, transfer, metrology and Impacts) on issues related to the presence of microplastics in soil and groundwater.
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To characterise the chemical state of aquatic environments, the European Water Framework Directive (WFD) requires a monitoring based on the chemical analysis of a list of priority substances and substance groups (45). This provides very limited information considering the thousands of chemical molecules present in water.
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The Institute operates in a support role in Lebanon
Following the accident in Beirut on 4 August, the Ineris expert Bernard Piquette is currently working in Lebanon, together with the French fire brigade officer Colonel Denis Royer, to support the Lebanese authorities.
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Measuring exposure to radio-frequency radiation from 5G-NR telephony in South Korea
Ineris asked the Technical Centre for Mechanical Industries (Cetim, Centre technique des industries mécaniques) to carry out a measurement campaign on exposure to the new 5G-NR (New Radio) telecommunications networks being prepared in France in 2020.