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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.

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.

Eight out of ten people are worried about “the effects of chemical products in everyday consumables”*. As well as their obligation to inform, brands must adapt to this new attitude. Ineris is one of the partners of the LIFE AskReach project, which is developing the Scan4Chem mobile application. This application enables consumers to screen everyday objects and find out whether or not they contain substances of very high concern (SVHC), which is likely to guide their consumption choices. At this stage, Ineris is asking brands to volunteer to enter their products into the database and expand the information available to consumers.

Ineris has recently organised two sessions of theoretical training on the subject of a better understanding of the sources of atmospheric pollution in Cairo, based on an analysis of the chemical composition of particulate matter. They brought together around thirty Egyptian participants, as well as our partners from the World Bank and the Cyprus Institute, by videoconference.

Ineris and the Swedish company Boliden, a mining specialist, have renewed their research partnership agreement for a period of 3 years. This agreement aims to make progress in the assessment and control of geotechnical and geological risks in deep underground mining.

After releasing a French version last week, Ineris has developed a Europe version of the tool, which displays daily effects that the lockdown is having on nitrogen dioxide and particulate matter concentrations.