Objective: There is little data on workplace accidents among self-employed individuals in the retail and skilled trades sectors because there is no relevant legislation or statistical...

Introduction. Screening and treatment for chronic hepatitis C in France remain inadequate. Developing effective strategies to increase the number of infected individuals receiving care...

In late August 2010, an increase in mosquito activity was reported in the Nantes metropolitan area. The species in question was likely Aedes caspius. Similar incidents had been reported...

In France, Corsica is one of the regions most affected by the fallout from the Chernobyl accident. Based on the scientific knowledge available at the time, it was deemed essential to...

In the Nantes metropolitan area, more than 400,000 people receive water pumped from the Loire River. This water is treated at the La Roche plant through a comprehensive process of...

Background. Between 2003 and 2009, the department of Seine-Maritime—and particularly an area encompassing Dieppe and its surroundings—experienced a hyperendemic situation of invasive...

In early October 2010, health authorities were notified to "address the health issues" affecting preschool and elementary school teachers at a private school (fatigue, migraines, ear,...

During the summers of 2009 and 2010, an increase in outbreaks of oak processionary caterpillars was recorded around Lake Der. In 2011, treatment was partially applied around the lake to...

An environmental monitoring campaign revealed high concentrations of naturally occurring arsenic (As) in the soils of the Moselle and Madon basin in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department...

Inorganic arsenic has been classified as a human carcinogen (Group 1) by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC). The Auvergne region has geological conditions conducive...