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Bioplast4safe

Biomonitoring of biodegradable micro and nanoplastics: from the environment to humans in a one health perspective
The BioPlast4Safe Project is financed, from 2023 to 2026, by the National Plan for Complementary Investments (PNC) to the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR), as part of Investment 1.4 dedicated to the promotion and financing of applied research with multidisciplinary approaches in specific areas of health-environment-climate intervention, of which the Ministry of Health, General Directorate of Health Prevention is the implementing body.

Project INTiERIM

European sustainable development strategies have long stressed the need for a reduction in emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), also reaffirmed in the recent 7th European Environmental Action Program. From the awareness that it is desirable and necessary to fill the knowledge gaps in the approaches and methodological tools for the prevention and assessment of indoor environmental pollution and to ensure that these aspects can be effectively integrated into environmental policies that can become or already are key tools for the reduction of VOCs such as ECOLABEL and EMAS Scheme, LCA procedure, REACH, energy efficiency, a study project called INTìERIM “INTegrating ìndoor voc Emission Risk Management” was developed in ISPRA in 2014.

vebs.png VeBS - The good use of green and blue spaces for the promotion of well-being and health
The VeBS Project - The good use of green and blue spaces for the promotion of well-being and health - is financed, from 2023 to 2026, by the National Plan for Complementary Investments (PNC) to the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR), as part of Investment 1.4 dedicated to the promotion and financing of applied research with multidisciplinary approaches in specific areas of health-environment-climate intervention, of which the Ministry of Health, General Directorate of Health Prevention is the implementing body