Chlordecone, an organochlorine insecticide, was widely used in Martinique and Guadeloupe to control the banana weevil, leading to long-term soil contamination. This contamination has...

Introduction - An outbreak of dengue fever 2 occurred in the western municipalities of French Guiana beginning in late November 2005. An investigation was conducted in Maripasoula in...

From June 29 to July 1, 1998, four cases of Legionnaires' disease in British nationals were reported to the National Public Health Network through the mandatory reporting system and...

In January 1998, the Departmental Directorate of Health and Social Affairs (DDASS) of Seine-Maritime reported to the National Public Health Network (the Institute for Public Health...

Introduction - Awareness of the risks associated with carbon monoxide (CO) was assessed in a public housing complex in Morbihan. The study sought to identify differences in awareness...

The transmission of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) remains high among people who inject drugs (PWID). While harm reduction policies that promote IDUs’ access to sterile syringes and...

In order to validate and supplement the estimates of the scale of the dengue epidemic in Martinique in 2001–2002, which were based on data from the surveillance system, a dengue...

The industrial disaster that occurred on September 21, 2001, in Toulouse resulted in the total or partial destruction of 1,300 facilities, affecting nearly 21,000 jobs. About five...

The explosion at the AZF factory on September 21, 2001, was a major industrial accident with two notable characteristics: the impact on the entire city, far beyond the industrial site,...