Occupational factors that may increase the risk of cancer are often studied in isolation from one another, even though multiple exposure to carcinogens is a reality. Multiple exposure to...

Introduction: There is a major challenge in determining pesticide exposure among agricultural workers. This is due to the wide variety of plant protection products (PPPs) used on a...

For the first time in France, the biological concentrations of several environmental chemicals have been measured in a representative sample of the population. The French Institute for...

One method for assessing a child’s in utero exposure to environmental chemical pollutants is to measure the levels of biomarkers for these substances in biological samples collected at...

Since the 1980s, epidemiological studies have suggested a link between occupational exposure to pesticides and the onset of various diseases (cancers, neurological disorders,...

The purpose of this guide is to present the technical and methodological data that led to the compilation of information from the Acta phytosanitary indexes. These annual publications,...

Background: Dengue and chikungunya viruses (arboviruses) are transmitted from person to person by mosquitoes of the genus Aedes. Present in France’s overseas departments, they have...

In February 2013, the Aquitaine Regional Health Agency (ARS) was contacted regarding pesticide spraying near a school and a suspected spatiotemporal cluster of pediatric cancers in a...

Retrospective assessment of agricultural workers’ exposure to pesticides is essential for understanding and establishing links between their occupational activities throughout their...