Exceedances of the groundwater quality limit value set by French regulations have been observed for one substance—lindane—in several water samples taken from the Gavaudan spring, which...

Five cases of leukemia believed to have occurred over a four-year period in the town of Saint-Philbert-en-Mauges (Maine-et-Loire) led the town’s mayor to file a report with the...

Introduction - Awareness of the risks associated with carbon monoxide (CO) was assessed in a public housing complex in Morbihan. The study sought to identify differences in awareness...

Following a report by Professor Charles Sultan, a pediatric endocrinologist at Montpellier University Hospital, regarding an increase in the number of cases of severe malformations...

A new system for monitoring cases of CO poisoning, implemented via a circular, has been piloted in the Pays-de-la-Loire and Aquitaine regions since January 2004. This system relies on a...

T.PC., a company located in Seurre, uses various metals in the manufacture of electronic components. Less than 150 meters away from the factory, downwind, there is a daycare center and a...

In Paris, at STD clinics, the number of syphilis cases has declined steadily since the 1980s. In 2000, a rise in the number of cases revealed an epidemic among gay men. To address this...

The first wave of the 2009 influenza A(H1N1) epidemic occurred on Réunion Island during the southern winter, as in most countries in the Southern Hemisphere. This episode, which lasted 9...

As of November 19, 2009, while the 2009 influenza A(H1N1) epidemic was just beginning in metropolitan France, the overseas territories—with the exception of Mayotte—had all emerged from...

The prevalence of diabetes is estimated at 4.9% in mainland France, but is two to three times higher in France’s overseas departments. Mayotte is a French overseas collectivity for which...