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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.

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CleanAir@School

The CleanAir @ School project is a Citizen Science and environmental education initiative in schools on the subject of air quality, promoted by the AEA (European Environment Agency) and the EPA Network. The project is coordinated in Italy by ISPRA and involves 15 Agencies of the National System for the Protection of the Environment (SNPA), which carry out activities in 69 schools located in 30 Italian municipalities. The initiative is sponsored by the Ministry of the Environment and Protection of the Territory and the Sea (MATTM) and carried out in collaboration with the National Association of Italian Municipalities (ANCI).

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.

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PULVIRUS

PULVIRUS project: put together different tools and experiences of the ENEA ISS and the SNPA with the aim of understanding the link between air pollution and the spread of the pandemic and the role of atmospheric particulate in the complex mechanisms of action of the virus.

 

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