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Kopernikus to take environmental monitoring one step further
The Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) initiative has been re-launched under a new name: Kopernikus. To mark the start of its pre-operational phase, a major Conference on this initiative is taking place under the French Presidency of the EU at Lille. Kopernikus will contribute to the better collection and dissemination of environmental data, core tasks of the European Environment Agency (EEA).
Comprehensive, accurate and timely information is essential for action to protect and improve the environment. Since the 1990s, Europe has been working on integrating, ... |
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HPA develops new environmental sampling process
The Health Protection Agency has developed a new environmental sampling process to help assess the risks to human health from major chemical disasters. Delegates at the Health Protection Agency’s annual conference in Warwick will find out how soil, herbage and dust sampling processes will allow Agency scientists to assess the short and long term health risks from chemical contaminants following major disasters such as the Buncefield fuel depot fire in Hemel Hempstead, in 2005.
There is currently no single UK agency responsible for environmental monitoring of surface soils and herbage for ... |
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