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09 June 2010
Biotechnologies and the environment. Academic communication. Ed. Le Manuscrit : Avril 2010
Biotechnologies and the Environment A NATF Academic Communication. Ed. Le Manuscrit : April 2010 Biotechnologies rely on certain properties of micro-organisms, animal or vegetable cells, cell constituents, notably enzymes, in order to create new products, new production processes or new services. Biotechnologies are usually exclusively associated with GMBs and carry a generally negative connotation in France, even though their impact in the domain of public health is generally seen as positive. This vision stems largely from the fact that the benefits are not clearly understood and therefore are not “visible”. Faced with the difficulty of appreciating the risk factors and […]
18 December 2009
Reducing exposure to mobile relay antenna radiation is not justified scientifically: the Academic position
Inter Academic Position Paper Reducing exposure to radiation from relay antennae is not scientifically justified The French National Academy of Medicine, the Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Technologies of France set up a group of experts with the remit to issue an Advice Note on the risks to health of exposure to radiofrequency radiation. The experts based their findings on a collective expertise conducted by the Afsset (French National Agency for Sanitary Safety questions related to the Environment and to the Work-place], the conclusions of which are agreed to by the French OPECST (Parliamentary Office for assessment […]
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