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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.

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.

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.

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.

Ineris publishes an online map collection that traces changes in air quality in France from 2000 to 2019.

On 31 July 2020, the National Laboratory of Metrology and Testing (LNE, Laboratoire national de métrologie et d’essais) created the “Environmental Instrumentation Certification” (CIE, Certification Instrumentation pour l’Environnement) association in order to establish a certification of sensor systems for measuring air quality.

The Institute is participating in the BlackCycle project, coordinated by Michelin, the world leader in tyres.