News of 17/12/2019
Today, ANSES is publishing the list of projects selected as part of its two 2019 calls for research projects for the National Research Programme for Environmental and Occupational Health, with the first for projects on a general theme, and the second on the theme of “radiofrequencies and health”. Following the selection process, 40 projects will be given funding totalling 6.5 million euros.
ANSES operates the National Research Programme for Environmental and Occupational Health (PNR EST), financed from budgets delegated by the Ministries of the Environment and Labour, as well as funds from partner institutions. In this context, each year the Agency issues two calls for research projects, essential tools for developing scientific knowledge with which to support public policy-making and health risk assessment work in its field of competence.
For the second year running, an additional budget of €2 million from the Ministry of Ecological and Inclusive Transition will provide specific support for projects on endocrine disruptors.
In 2019, 306 projects were submitted in response to the two calls for projects. After a rigorous selection process based on the assessments of a scientific committee, 40 projects were selected. Thirty-five projects will be funded by ANSES (€5.5 million), two projects are being supported by the multi-agency thematic institute for cancer (ITMO Cancer) from the AVIESAN alliance as part of the national Cancer Plan (€0.4 million), and three projects by ADEME (€0.6 million).
The research projects selected in 2019 relate to one or more types of environmental exposure:
- twenty projects concern chemical agents, including 11 projects on endocrine disruptors financed mainly by the specific budget allocated to this theme. Four specifically address issues of neurodevelopment and neurological disorders;
- six projects concern physical agents, including four on radiofrequencies and two on light pollution;
- eight projects address questions of indoor or outdoor air quality, four of which are related to respiratory diseases;
- four projects focus on pathogen vectors and vector control;
- three projects focus on mineral fibres and nanoparticles, including one on co-exposure with endocrine disruptors.
These research projects cover ANSES’s different areas of expertise, i.e. occupational health (8 projects), environmental health and cancer (7 projects), ecosystem contamination (3 projects), and the human and social sciences (1 project).
List of funded projects:
The final decision to finance these projects is conditional on the success of the agreement specific to each financier.
List of members of the scientific committee of the research program:
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