The objective of this study is to estimate the number of lung cancer deaths attributable to radon in Corsica. The characterization of exposure is based on a residential measurement...

In October 2002, the Midi-Pyrénées Regional Health Agency was contacted by two local health departments following public concerns regarding the aerial application of pesticides on sweet...

The assessment of the health impacts of air pollution on the urban areas of Orléans and Tours presented in this report is fully in line with the guidelines of the Regional Air Quality...

On March 3, 2005, the Lorraine Regional Health Directorate (DRASS) alerted the Eastern Regional Health Agency (CIRE) to 11 deaths at a nursing home. Four residents tested positive for...

The assessment of the health impacts of air pollution in the Lyon metropolitan area is part of the development of the City of Lyon’s Air Protection Plan, launched in 2003. This plan...

The explosion at the AZF factory on September 21, 2001, in Toulouse had a major impact on the entire city, both in terms of human casualties (30 deaths, several thousand injured) and...

Six pediatric cases of bone marrow aplasia (BMA) involving children residing in Ille-et-Vilaine and treated in 2004 by the pediatric hematology department at the Rennes University...

Fourteen cases of shigellosis confirmed by stool culture were reported in the Aude department between June 5 and July 5, 2004. Eight of these patients lived in the same municipality, and...

In a letter dated March 29, 2006, the Minister of Health and Solidarity tasked the General Inspectorate of Social Affairs and the French Institute for Public Health Surveillance with a...