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Early this year, the LIFE AskREACH project organised a set of tests on items associated with the world of sport such as yoga mats, weights, gym balls, sports shoes, swimming equipment etc. originating from 13 European countries. In fact, sports equipment may contain chemical substances falling into the SVHC category (Substance of Very High Concern).
In total, 82 samples were analysed by an independent laboratory accredited to carry out research into SVHCs.
The results are encouraging but still inadequate.

The European Project “ZEro waste Ligno-CellulOsic bio-Refineries” (ZELCOR), of which Ineris is a partner, is ending. The project was launched in 2016, has been coordinated by INRAE Versailles, and is based on the expertise of 18 partners from seven countries. Work carried out in this way has made it possible to recover “recalcitrant” bio-sourced waste materials (such as lignins and humins) in chemical products and high added value materials. Ineris is piloting work linked to durability aspects, risk management and environmental impact management.

The HyPSTER Project has just been launched as France’s first pilot site for underground storage of green hydrogen in salt cavities. Hydrogen has been identified as a strategic vector for implementing energy transition. This project benefits from strong European support, and aims to deploy a demonstrator which covers production, storage and use of hydrogen under optimal safety conditions. Following the experimental phase planned to run until 2023, the project may be deployed commercially. Ineris is supporting this project, with regard to safety issues for this kind of technology.

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.

Saison's greetings and happy new year !

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.

The 2019 Scientific Report is now available.

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.

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.