Health and environmental risks
List of current research projects concerning the Environment – Health unit :
Walloon human biomonitoring: Aims to determine the levels of exposure of the Walloon population to chemicals present in the environment.
PPP Toolkit: Participation in the development of a decision-support tool to help select the most appropriate measure(s) for reducing (pesticide) drift.
EU JAMRAI-2: European Joint Action on Antimicrobial Resistance and Healthcare-Associated Infections.
SIGENSA: Development of a geographic information system for the environment and health.
SURIPEST: Establishment of two pesticide monitoring networks in Walloon air and soil to improve health risk assessment.
PARC: ‘PARC’ research and innovation partnership for the assessment of risks associated with
chemical substances.
ZNT-Pesticides: Identification of no-treatment zones (ZNT) for pesticides with a view to better protecting vulnerable populations.