pesticides

🔬🌍 Environment and Breast Cancer: A Major Step Forward from a Strasbourg Research Team

In October 2025, at the 31st International Senology Meetings in Strasbourg, the team led by Prof. Carole Mathelin (ICANS | Institut de cancérologie Strasbourg Europe) presented preliminary findings showing a link between environmental exposures and breast cancer.

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Occitanie (France) — Ambient Air: A First‑of‑Its‑Kind Study Measuring Pesticides, Endocrine Disruptors and PFAS Simultaneously 🌬️🧪

Understanding what we breathe daily is essential for effective public policy. For the National Air Quality Day, Atmo Occitanie published an unprecedented snapshot of combined exposures in the region: pesticides, potential endocrine disruptors and PFAS measured simultaneously across Occitanie.

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🍷 TFA Contamination in European Wines: A Rising PFAS Concern

A recent pan-European study has revealed an alarming trend in the wine industry: widespread contamination of wines with trifluoroacetic acid (TFA), a degradation product of PFAS-containing pesticides and fluorinated gases.

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🌍 Emerging Contaminants and Groundwater : The Upper Rhine ERMES-II Project Reveals Alarming Results

The groundwater of the Upper Rhine region—shared by France, Germany, and Switzerland—faces growing threats from pollution caused by emerging contaminants.

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